When you feel as though your memory is beginning to slip, there are certain exercises that you can use to stimulate your brain and get your memory back in gear. One of the simplest methods is to read. Reading requires a good deal of concentration. Concentration is essential to memory function. By taking a few minutes out of each day to read you are stimulating your memory in a very positive way.

It doesn't need to be a book that you read. If news interests you than reading the newspaper during your coffee break is a perfect solution. This way you'll also remember the news stories that your colleagues or spouse might bring up and you'll feel confident having read the headline and accompanying story and then committing it to memory.

If news doesn't grab your attention, perhaps sports is more interesting to you. Imagine reading the scores of the games the night before and then being able to recite each one from memory. This not only feeds your sports craving it also stimulates your memory in a way that is really appealing to you. Another fun way to get reading into your memory exercise plan is to read to your children. Children love this because it entertains them as well as allows them a few special moments with their parents.

An added bonus is that while you are reading to them, it is also stimulating their memory. The words and the images in the book are something they enjoy and so naturally they want to commit it to memory. It becomes a wonderful association of learning and connecting with you. Reading is a great exercise for the memory and when you read something that engages you it is almost effortless. While you are boosting your memory you are also boosting your knowledge database.

Boost your memory by playing bridge

Things have changed so much in our world that a simple game of cards is becoming a thing of the past. With the introduction of hand-held video games and computer software, picking up a deck of cards and sitting a table is quickly becoming a lost art. Playing cards is a fun and easy way to socialize. It also can be competitive and it has another benefit that one might not notice at first glance. Playing cards are a wonderful way to exercise your mind and to boost your memory. There are so many card games that are fun and easy. A few examples are:

• Poker
• Rummy
• Go Fish
• Bridge
• Hearts

Each is a bit different and many involve using your memory to get ahead in the game. Some games involve watching the cards closely and recognizing which cards have already been dealt and played. With a strong memory to work with you can almost guarantee that you'll have an advantage over the players whose memory isn't at the same top notch level that yours is. This can translate into a more challenging and rewarding game.

If you find yourself with a deck of cards and no opponents, a game of solitaire can offer the same memory boosting advantages as a rousing game of poker. Many games of solitaire involve close concentration and using your memory. Practice is said to make perfect and with solitaire that's very true. By developing concentration and memory skills you can beat the cards more than they beat you. If you feel your memory slipping, picking up a deck of cards and dealing them out can help shift that memory back to where it needs to be. It's also a great way to strength concentration skills.

Learn a new language and boost your memory

When we are young most of us learn one language that we use for the remainder of our lives. Normally as we enter middle and high school we are required to take on another language. For many children they can pick up the basics of the new language fairly easily. One of the fundamentals steps in learning a new language is committing the basic words to memory.

Most of us know how to say hello and goodbye in French and perhaps even in Spanish. It's not because we learned how to read those words, but instead we heard them and committed them to memory. Remembering them when the time is appropriate we are able to draw them up from memory and pronounce them effortlessly. Using this same technique to learn more words is not only a good way to further your vocabulary in that particular language but also to exercise your memory.

This can be done at any age and the benefits to memory are just as important regardless of how old you are. When you are in school, you take a class to learn a new language. In some cases this involves the use of diagrams and textbooks. You memorize the phonetic sounds and learn how to articulate the words properly.

If you are older and looking to learn a new language you can do the same, attend a class or you can purchase a set of tapes that you listen to and mimic. In the latter case, memory plays a significant role in learning the language because you are required to memorize the words and then recite them. While you learn each new word you are also committing it to memory. It's simply a great way to not only learn something new and interesting but it gives you a chance to boost your memory as well.

Excerpted from the book How To Boost Your Memory Power by Wings Of Success.

This excerpt has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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