THE CoolerRuler:
PUTTING YOU IN CHARGE
OF YOUR PROGRESS
Boost Your Learning Power
Post-It Tricksters are wonderful!
← return to main pageSo you're working really hard at learning for that upcoming test. You spend ages revising, you put your books away - and what happens? Your brain immediately starts trying to forget what you've been working so hard to put in.
The solution is to trick your brain into revising when it doesn't know it's revising. Place post-it notes of spellings/history dates/difficult multiplications (such as 8x8=64) all over the house (on the fridge door, by the bathroom mirror, on the wardrobe door, front door... everywhere), so that you can't help coming across them during the day. Use lots of colour and pictures wherever possible.
Every time you catch sight of one of these Post-It Tricksters, your brain will snap back to the revision session and reinforce the information.
Some kids feel that they don't want to do this, because they think they won't get a break from studying, but it doesn't work like that - you'll hardly be aware that you are reading these notes. It's just about as painless as revision can be.
Quick, go and buy some post-it notes and coloured pens.
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- Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre
We were recently featured in the TES: "At first glance, CoolerRuler is just one of those 30cm transparent plastic classroom rulers. But stop, look more closely: this is also a deceptively simple and unobtrusive aid for children who struggle with reading and need to break words down..."
Read the full article here.