Have you ever wondered where all that info you had in your head went? You know what I mean - all the little facts about history, phoenics, science, algebra (see, I told my teacher I would never use it). You learned all that stuff throughout school but since you don’t study it or use it on a daily basis, the details are a little fuzzy.
I got to thinking about this the other day when my husband and I were ‘helping’ his nephew with his homework and a couple of times we had more trouble with the assignment than him! And he is 12. That was troubling.
Well, in comes a new book “The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, And Roam Confidently With the Cultured Class.” Like all the inspirational devotionals out there, this one will nudge that long lost part of your brain that still knows how to conjegate verbs and how to solve that quadratic equation.
But why is it important to remember how to do those things? It pushes us to use parts of the brain that we may not engage in our daily activities. Problem solving, crossword puzzles, and other activites that engage our minds has been shown to help prevent or slow the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. Probably not something many of us on the board think about regularily but it is something we should be concerned with. Both for ourselves and our parents.
While these are not exactly the same they are interesting and along the same lines as far as learning things: 100 Words to Make You Sound Smart and The Experts’ Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do. There are also books of various games and teasers to help you keep that brain in tiptop shape: Smart Games: Wizard Workout Word Games: Superchallenging Wordplay, Strategy, and Perception Puzzles or maybe something like Aerobics of the Mind Cards: 100 Exercises for a Healthy Brain.
And as an added bonus, if you buy from Amazon through the CC link (they don’t just sell books), you will help out CC as well as get your daily fix of knowledge! Maybe next time DH’s nephew needs help, I will know what he is talking about!
