The Learning Well Method in combination with Memory Mapping is a very,very, strong learning and memory technique for helping you massively improve your children’s academic and literacy abilities.

We have walked the path of The Learning Well Method in improving the abilities of many children and now we want to teach you how you can walk with us so that you too can help your children massively improve their learning and learning abilities.

We said that we would summarize for you the four stages of The Learning Well Method. We have covered three so far and so here is the fourth and final part of the Method.

4) Do what works

Everyone has their own style and preferred method of learning. Success is about looking at what works and then putting it into practice to make it a habit. Encourage your children to use the Memory Maps to speak about the things that they are interested in and to talk about their schoolwork.

Help your children to make Memory Mapping a habit, so that they use Mapping over and over and over again and see the results as their abilities improve.

Ask them to use their maps to help them tell you all about the subject of a map. See what they know.

Remember, if they can say it then they know it!.

The Method is summarised by the phrase “SPEAK TO LEARN”. If your children can speak about a subject they know about that subject and can write about it when the time comes.

It’s that simple and easy as that. All you have to do is put it into practice and make it a habit.

We hope that you have enjoyed this four part summary of The Learning Well Method and that it has given you an understanding of how your children’s abilities can be greatly improved.

We’ll say it again; if your children can say it then they know it. They can cover masses of learning ground using Memory Mapping.

Please do give it a go. You will enjoy it and so will your children.

Remember – Make it fun, then you’ve won.

See you in the next Blog.

Emmmm, what shall we talk about next? Ah yes ……………………

You probably have read about the first two stages of The Learning Well Method of learning. We now have reached stage 3. If not we invite you to read our earlier two Blog entries before reading this one.

3) The third stage is – Do you know it?

We believe that the important thing when ‘testing’ is for your children to be able to express what they know.

The Memory Map can be used to test what your child or children know about the subject, as written down in their Memory Maps.

At the heart of this system, is creating the habit of expressing what your children know without a judgment about getting it wrong. There is no failure, there are only results. Instead of criticizing, the testing process is about gaining feedback and learning what can be improved on next time. How do you do this?

How long does it take to write a Memory Map? Not long. As your child thinks about what the content of their Map will be, they can express these thoughts and write them or draw them onto the Memory Map.

There is writing involved in creating a Memory Map, but by far the most important thing to do is to encourage your children to speak about the content of their Maps and what they know.

To remind you what a Map looks like here is the one that we had in our earlier Blog about Part two of The Learning Well Method:

When your children have completed a Map on a school subject, or a subject of their choice, to ‘test them’ you will ask them to verbally tell you about the subject of their Map. As we speak at 100-150 words a minute, far far more ground will be covered on a subject by speaking about it rather than if you only ask a child to write down what they are learning as an essay.

Speaking is KEY to the secret of using The Learning Well Method when testing.

When your children can speak it they know it!

Which is why we have a phrase at The Learning Well which really captures the Method;

“SPEAK TO LEARN”

If your child or children can speak about the subject then they know about the subject and can then, when the time comes, write about it. It’s really very easy and if you use the Method it will make a huge difference to your children’s abilities.

In the next Blog we will set out the fourth and final part of The Learning Well Method.

You can see by now how the whole system comes together to make a very strong learning technique.

We said that we would let you into the secret of The Learning Well method and so as promised here is the second stage of the method.

2) The second stage is – Action Steps

The Learning Well Method uses The Learning Well Memory Map system for its action steps to greatly improve learning in any area and provide a step-by-step guide for you to follow and help your children improve.

Using the Method little and often achieves outstanding results, so take action in little steps and do it frequently.

Here is an overview of the Memory Mapping skill using a completed Memory Map.

The MEMORY MAP that you can see here represents a landscape A4 sheet of paper. Though this one is created using images downloaded from the net and words that are typed, you and your children can produce them using just pens and pencils and draw and write freehand.

In the middle, put the central word, words, idea, or topic on the subject that interests your child. Surrounding the central word are placed 6 other words, ideas or topics, including little drawings, with lines joining these new words to the central one.

No more than 6 words or ideas linked to the idea in the middle.

2 or 3 more words can be linked to each of the 6 words surrounding the central one.

This gives you a framework and structure for creative expression which is brilliant for memorizing and brilliant for seeing how ideas link together and is also ideal for testing.

The subject of this particular Memory Map shows you how to memory map, but it could be about any subject or topic that your children need to learn for school or a subject that they are interested in. At this stage please don’t worry what the particular words and pictures mean in this particular Memory Map. Remember this Map is focused on explaining how to do a memory map.

You will eventually learn how to do mapping and your children will greatly improve their abilities using them. It really is very simple.

Part 3 of The Learning Well Method will be found in our next Blog entry. See you there!

Thanks for all the great feedback on our articles and reports. Its fantastic to know that it has been of use to so many of you and of course your children.

We spoke to a London based Head Teacher yesterday who was looking for ways of motivating children to do more outside of the classroom to improve their literacy and learning. During the discussion she asked us to summarize The Learning Well four stage Method of learning for children.

Just what is the secret of the method that has a tremendous impact on children’s literacy and related subjects and is so really very easy to learn?

We told her the answer and would love you to have The Learning Well Method summary as well.

Why? Because you can easily use the method to massively improve your children’s abilities at school!

We will therefore summarize the method in this Blog and three further Blogs as the method is a four stage process.
So, here is the first part of the summary that we produced:

There are 4 Stages of learning -

1) Whatever you are LEARNING
2) Take action STEPS
3) Ask, do you KNOW IT?
4) Do what WORKS

To remember this, think of the mnemonic:

“Learning Steps Know It Works”

The first of these stages is expanded upon in this Blog and the other three will follow very shortly.

The Learning Well Method Part 1

1) The first stage is learning

There are many areas that your children will need to learn and School provides an environment in which children work fairly hard.
However, the work at school will not be studied so readily at home.

If you try and carry out the same type of work, it is unlikely to be successful. Up goes the cry “I want to do something else”, watch TV, play computer games, sports, anything other than doing yet ‘more learning’. Even homework has the advantage of the fact that it must be completed for school. Any extra work is therefore a struggle.

So how do we help you to overcome this problem?

The answer is that the work has to be more interesting and more fun!

Instead of doing ‘more school work’ you need to meet your children in areas of their own interest. This could be those TV programs, computer games, sports; really just about anything that interests them. This will create motivation. Your children will want to use The Learning Well Method, because its fun!

Please do suspend your own judgment of what constitutes work, particularly academic work. Besides school subjects there are many other opportunities in your children’s lives that can provide the basis for their learning. Ideas to help you in this regard can be found throughout this Blog.

Please remember this.

YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR CHILD’S LITERACY AND ACADEMIC ABILITIES DRAMATICALLY WITHOUT DOING SCHOOLWORK.

With the method you make it fun, then you’ve won!

The second stage of The Learning Well Method will be provided in our next Blog.

The Learning Well Method is captured by the mnemonic;

‘Learning Steps Know It Works’

The Leaning Well Method is set out below in four steps:

1) Whatever you are LEARNING

2) Take the Action STEPS to learn

3) Test by Asking do you KNOW IT?

4) And, do what WORKS

Remember the mnemonic;

‘Learning Steps Know It Works’

Explanation of the 4 steps:

1) Learning

Here your will be learning and remembering their schoolwork or something that they are interested in.

We have made it as simple and enjoyable as possible. Your child will really want to learn using the methods available from The Learning Well.

2) Action Steps

We provide a simple, step-by-step approach, guiding you to on how to help your child use the gift of amazing memory.

3) Do you know it?

The essence of the ‘do you know it’ step is:

No failure, only results.

The testing process is about gaining feedback and learning fast (instead of criticising).

4) Do what works

This step is a practical approach, it looks at what works. Then you put it into practice, making it a habit.

And always remember to ‘make it fun, then you’ve won!’