Fun. I spent some time with memory-training last year and used it to successfully impress my 7-year old son and his friends by having them suggest random words

Fun. I spent some time with memory-training last year and used it to successfully impress my 7-year old son and his friends by having them suggest random words and write them down in a big list (one word per line, legibly - they had no idea they were secretly practicing penmanship!) and then I'd recite them from the mental story I'd created from each one after only a few minutes study. Six months later, I could still recite 50+ out of the 75 words without hesitation, and for multiple lists. My "trick" was simply to create a visual story that incorporated each word and linked it to the next one. As long as I could remember the first word and the initial plot of the story, it was pretty simple to link to each subsequent word. In addition, I had great nonsensical stories to tell my kid when he couldn't go to sleep at night.