Hello girlies! Sophie here. Summer holidays are almost here for most of us, aren't they? No more waking up early, studying until you pass out from tiredness and endless exam stress. It's time for fashionable outfits, sunbathing, swimming in the beach and eating as much ice-cream as possible (or for some cases, skiing on a mountain, having snowball fights and making snowmen with your friends). Either way it means having fun. 

However, having fun doesn't mean forgetting everything you've learnt the previous year! Be honest here. How many times has it happened that you get back from your summer holidays only to realize that your brain has emptied of everything you've learnt about last year? And how many times has that leaded you to failing an exam or getting ridiculed in front of your entire class? Unfortunately, it has happened quite a lot of times for me, so I decided to give you a few tips that will not allow that to happen again (they can also be used for learning in general)

- ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕖

I know it is cliché but as Plato himself said (yes this was actually first said by Plato): "Repetition is the mother of learning." If you don't revise at all during the summertime, then it will be very hard for you to remember everything you've learnt the year before. Even if you are a straight A student you will find yourself forgetting details and important techniques, useful for the new school year. I'm speaking for experience when I say you need to revise in order to remember everything . 

- 𝕄𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤.

I know nobody wants to work during a trip or a journey. I don't either. My solution for this is to only work during the period before and after your trips, when you are at home. Make notes of every important chapter for each class. Write your notes with cool pen colors or use highlighters to make writing and reading them more fun! Put some cool stickers too! Maybe even draw some sketches about the subject if it helps you remember or learn it! Then, just before school starts, read your notes again! Believe me, it will be a huge help.

𝓣𝓘𝓟!

ᴜꜱᴇ ꜱᴛɪᴄᴋʏ ɴᴏᴛᴇꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴘᴀʀᴛꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʟʟ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴛ.

𝓣𝓘𝓟!

ᴜꜱᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴘᴀꜱᴛᴇʟ ᴏʀ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀꜱ (ᴇxᴄᴇᴘᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴘᴇɴ) ꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛɪʀᴇᴅ!

- 𝕌𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕦𝕕𝕚𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕤 

Use your top intelligences and learning style to help yourself learn. If your TI is linguistic and your learning style is visual (like me), you will probably not have a problem in reading notes or passages from your books. On the other hand, if your TI is naturalist and you're a kinesthetic learner you will most likely find it hard. 

𝚅𝚒𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛.

If you're a visual learner, there are quite a few ways that you can revise and make sure the information will stay in your brain. You can make spidergrams and diagrams, graphs, pictures that include information in visual form, watch videos and movies or documentaries to help you learn. You can also try to combine it with your TI. If your TI is naturalist for example, you can take long walks in a local forest or a nice meadow and try find something to match between the subject you need to learn about and the nature surrounding you. If your TI is musical (although most people with Musical TI are auditory learners) you can write a song about the subject and try to learn the lyrics in order to remember that.

𝓣𝓘𝓟!

ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴀ ʏᴏᴜᴛᴜʙᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟɪꜰɪᴇꜱ ᴅɪꜰꜰɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ꜱᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛꜱ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜰᴜɴɴʏ ᴍᴀɴɴᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ʏᴏᴜᴛᴜʙᴇʀꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ, ꜰᴜɴ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏꜱ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀ ᴠᴀʀɪᴇᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛꜱ. ɪ ᴅᴏ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴄʜᴀɴɴᴇʟꜱ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟɪᴢɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴘʜʏꜱɪᴄꜱ, ᴄʜᴇᴍɪꜱᴛʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀꜱᴛʀᴏɴᴏᴍʏ/ᴀꜱᴛʀᴏᴘʜʏꜱɪᴄꜱ. ᴜɴꜰᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴀᴛᴇʟʏ, ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ɢʀᴇᴇᴋ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ, ɪ'ᴍ ꜱᴜʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ꜰɪɴᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴɴᴇʟꜱ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ.

𝙰𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛

If you're an auditory learner, revising through notes and books will be quite hard for you. Compose melodies and write songs based on your notes and then listen to it until it's stuck in your mind. Use audios of the passages in your book. Buy audiobooks instead of actual books. Find videos on YouTube and close your eyes to concentrate on listening to them instead of watching them. If you are an auditory learner with a linguistic TI, read your notes and passages loudly.

𝓣𝓘𝓟!

ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴍᴀʏ ꜱᴇᴇᴍ ᴡᴇɪʀᴅ ʙᴜᴛ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀᴜᴅɪᴛᴏʀʏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴᴇʀꜱ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏᴡɴʟᴏᴀᴅ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱᴇꜱ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴀꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜰɪɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴇᴀꜱɪᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴜɴᴄᴏɴꜱᴄɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛɪʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɪᴛ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ.

𝓣𝓘𝓟!

ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ ᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜᴛᴜʙᴇ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏꜱ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇʟꜱᴇ (ᴇɢ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴀɪʟꜱ). ʏᴏᴜ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ᴘᴀʏ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴄɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇʟʏ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴏɴ.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛

If you're a kinesthetic learner (meaning that you are more of a practical person and learn better by acting rather than learning things in theory) you should try to turn your notes into action. Try to turn math equations and problems into small acts or try to adapt them into your lives. Apply your chemistry knowledge to experiments! Practice talking in another language with your friends! Remake your favorite movie skills in another language! Rewrite the dialogues or improvise at the moment! Generally try to find ways to turn theory into action.

𝒩𝑜𝓉𝑒:

𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓪 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝔃 𝓽𝓸 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓣𝓘 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓛𝓢 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮: https://personalitymax.com/personality-test/

- 𝕄𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕦𝕟

There is no need for revising to be boring! Gather your friends or family and find a board game that fits the subject(s)  you are revising about! Find funny quizzes online and see who can answer the most questions correctly! If you can't find any fitting games/quizzes then make your own! Draw your board game on an old carton and use plastic bottle caps or a cola can opening thingy (I think they're called ears?) for pawns. Remember to recycle them when done! For a quiz, you can use a few pages of your note-keeping notebook without cutting them off so that you can use it on your friends later on! You can also make question cards and make your friends ask you the questions there.

I hope these few tips helped. Remember to not let your stress and study-mania (if you have it) take over your holidays! After all, school holidays are meant to be a resting period for students. With a bit of revising and loads of fun, I'm sure you'll have an amazing summer and you will also be ready for the incoming school year!

Love y'all <3

- Sophie (BooksAndCocoa)

Picture source: Pinterest, myself