Having good memory skills is very important to your daughter's success in school. She needs to learn how to store information. First of all, math and science cannot be learned the night before the test. Both of these subjects must be studied every day. Here are some memory techniques that may make learning math and science easier for your daughter:

1. Use as many of your senses as you can to learn. Listen carefully in class and write down what you hear. Then recite what you have learned when you get home. This way you are using touch, sight, and sound to learn.
2. Review what you have learned frequently. In fact, it is a good idea to schedule review sessions several times a week.
3. Tie new information to what you already know. In math and science, it is important to think about how new facts add to what you have learned earlier. For example, if you already know two parts of a plant, relate a new part to what you know about those parts.
4. Do all your homework. It will give you practice in using new information.
5. One reading of notes or textbooks will rarely be enough. Read new material several times to remember it.
6. Before tests, make up practice questions and check your answers against notes or the textbook.

Where your daughter sits in the classroom could be important. A seat in the back of the room or by a door or window may present so many distractions that it affects her ability to concentrate in the classroom as well as understand directions. She should try to sit in the front of the room.