Here is an amusing collection of ingenious mnemonics devised to help us learn and understand hundreds of important fact as children and can continue to resonate with us as adults. Featuring all the mnemonics youall ever need to know, this fun little book will bring back all the simple, easy-to-remember rhymes from your childhoodaonce learned, fix the information in the brain foreverasuch as learning to count by reciting aOne, Two, buckle my shoe, Three, Four, knock at the door.a Packed with clever verses, engaging acronyms, curiousaand sometimes hilariousasayings that can be used to solve a problem or cap an argument. Take a trip back to the classroom, and rediscover the assortment of practical memory aids covering a range of different subjects, including spelling, time, mathematics, history, general trivia, and much more. The information is organized in short snippets by category such as: * Geographically Speaking: Remember North East South West by reciting Never Eat Slimy Worms or Naughty Elephants Squirt Water. *Time and the Calendar: aThirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have 31 excepting February alone; And that has 28 days clear; With 29 in each leap yeara *Think of a Number: Know the Roman numerals by remembering aI Value Xylophones Like Cows Dig Milka *World History: aIn fourteen hundred, ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, And found this land, land of the Free, beloved by you, beloved by mea The clever verses, engaging acronyms, curious sayings are endless. Guaranteed to amuse and inform, here is a perfect gift for any language loveracomplete with a To/From gift plate.