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Elephants have been known to have amazing memories. Especially social memory - for instance, when the elder female elephants encounter an individual that they do not recognize, the herd bunches together. When an older female has had a bad experience at one of the feeding grounds, she approaches the next time in a more cautious manner.
Social memory is also an important skill for kids to learn and practice as they encounter new social situations. There are distinct social rules that correspond to certain situations... and kids feel less anxious when they are skilled at transitioning between those different social worlds. For instance, on a playground, it is socially appropriate to scream, yell, and bounce around the play structure. In a restaurant, the social rules are different. Remembering all of this is alot!
A crafty way to help reinforce a child's social memory is to create 'cheat sheets' that contain the social rules for each situation... then review the cheat sheet prior to a particular outing to activate her social memory. The child can decorate the cheat sheet... or better yet, if the child is old enough... make it into a comic strip.
Fun elephant finds:
by Petite Fish
by DecoyLab
by MyKobocek
by PaintAllNightStudios
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