Nursery World - Remember this

Understanding the ways children's memories differ from adults' will help practiitioners choose appropriate activities, says Penny Tassoni Many adults at some time complain about their memories. We may forget a dentist appointment, something from a shopping list, or worse still, someone's name. Yet our memories can surprise us. We may suddenly be transported back over the years when we recognise a long-forgotten smell from our childhood or we eat something that we have not tasted since we were small.

Many adults at some time complain about their memories. We may forget a dentist appointment, something from a shopping list, or worse still, someone's name. Yet our memories can surprise us. We may suddenly be transported back over the years when we recognise a long-forgotten smell from our childhood or we eat something that we have not tasted since we were small.

For most of us our memories are mystifying and in many ways we take them for granted. But as early years practitioners, it is worth understanding the differences between the way adults and children use memory in the development of self-esteem.

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