Here is an amusing collection of ingenious mnemonics devised to help us learn and understand hundreds of important
fact as children and can continue to resonate with us as adults.
Featuring all the mnemonics you'll ever need to know, this fun little book will bring back all the simple, easy-to-remember
rhymes from your childhood-once learned, fix the information in the brain forever-such as learning to count by
reciting "One, Two, buckle my shoe, Three, Four, knock at the door." Packed with clever verses, engaging
acronyms, curious-and sometimes hilarious-sayings that can be used to solve a problem or cap an argument.
Take a trip back to the classroom, and rediscover the assortment of practical memory aids covering a range of different
subjects, including spelling, time, mathematics, history, general trivia, and much more. The information is organized
in short snippets by category such as:
--Geographically Speaking: Remember North East South West by reciting Never Eat Slimy Worms or Naughty Elephants
Squirt Water.
--Time and the Calendar: "Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have 31 excepting
February alone; And that has 28 days clear; With 29 in each leap year"
--Think of a Number: Know the Roman numerals by remembering "I Value Xylophones Like Cows Dig Milk"
--World History: "In fourteen hundred, ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, And found this land, land
of the Free, beloved by you, beloved by me"
The clever verses, engaging acronyms, curious sayings are endless.Guaranteed to amuse and inform, here is a perfect
gift for any language lover-complete with a To/From gift plate.