It is helpful for children to practise at remembering numbers and other information. Examples of the type of information which we commonly try to remember are:

• Telephone numbers: When children are young you might ask them to repeat back to you 2 or 3 numbers in a row; as they get older they should be able to repeat back to you longer string, and even to remember some numbers such as their own phone number and those of their grandparents
• Addresses: help the children to learn their own address and others such as their grandparents
• Car registration numbers
• Birthdays: children can learn the birth dates in your family, and those of close relatives
• Times of special events.