Teaching Kid to Study More Effectively

What does this list of words have to do with studying?

• Fire Hydrant
• Balloons
• Batteries
• barrel
• surf board
• diamond
• knight
• ox
• toothpaste
• neon sign

Here’s a weird little story.

Try not to cringe.

My 15-year old added some details.

You are standing next to a fire hydrant.

Not just any fire hydrant, but a huge red one big enough for Clifford the Big Red Dog to pee on.

Out of no where, someone comes and ties a big RED balloon onto the hydrant and then adds many more balloons to the bundle.

So many balloons that the hydrant pulls out of the ground and begins floating away.

WHOA!

Out of nowhere, energizer bunny batteries come flying through the air and begin popping the balloons.

Oh no! Where are those batteries coming from?

You look down and see a huge wooden barrel firing batteries faster than you thought possible.

Squinting you look at the side of the barrel and see the picture of a surf board.

What’s that you see? A diamond is rolling down the surfboard!

The biggest, brightest, most beautiful diamond you’ve ever seen is rolling down the surf board!

BOOM!

The diamond hits a knight in shining armor in the head and knocks him unconscious.

Don’t worry!

Paul Bunyan is walking by with Babe, his big blue ox. The ox begins licking the knight back to consciousness.

Confused, the knight blinks awake and is startled to see a big ox standing above him. He’s confused because the ox is covered with toothpaste!

Overjoyed about being awakened, the knight licks the toothpaste off of the ox’s side and reveals a neon sign that is blinking. “YOU Win!!!”

Can you retell the story?

Can you recite the list of words?

Do it now. Then be amazed…