memory skills (visual)
one exercise that i do with my son involves printed out pictures of his fave
cartoon characters. i lay them down on the floor face up in a line. i
usually do four or five. i have him say each one as i point to it one time
and then i turn them over. he has to recall each one in order. but i dont
turn them over, instead i take the first one and move it to the end of the
line and now he has to repeat the whole process...i point to the first
picture in the line (which was previously the second picture in the line)
and he has to say which one it is and then i go down the line and now the
last one in the line was previously the first one in line. then i do it
again with the next picture...i repeat this four or five times and then i
turn them over. he picked this up rather surprisingly quickly. weve done up
to six characters in a line with about five movements. i also arrange them
in triangles and squares and change up the pattern of movement. (my son just
turned six and has autism). phil