Active Recall: Ask, Do Not Just Re-Read

🧭 What parents can do

Instead of "read this page again", close the book and ask what they remember. Then ask them to explain it without looking.

🪜 Step-by-step

1. Let your child read or learn once
2. Close the book
3. Ask: what do you remember?
4. Ask: can you explain it without looking?
5. Only then check together

🏡 Try this activity

The dinner recall: at dinner, everyone says three things they learned today. Grown-ups play too!

❓ Questions to ask

• “What are the three most important things?”
• “Can you explain it without looking?”
• “What part was hardest to remember?”

⚠️ Common mistakes

Jumping in with the answer too early. The struggle to recall IS the learning.

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