Want your kids to be able to remember the names of the Great Lakes? The longest rivers? The oceans of the world?
I have some bodies of water mnemonics that will help them out.
These mnemonics include acronyms and a fun phrase. They should give your kids the mental cues they need to remember these various bodies of water.
Bodies of Water Mnemonics
Great Lakes
I’ll begin with the five Great Lakes.
There are two memory tricks you can use to remember these North American lakes. The first is this acronym:
HOMES
Huron
Ontario
Michigan
Erie
Superior
The second is this fun phrase:
Super Man Helps Every One
Longest Rivers
Next, I have an acronym for memorizing the longest rivers in the world.
ANY MY YOBRCA
These letters stand for the following rivers:
Amazon River
Nile River
Yangtze River
Mississippi/Missouri River System
Yenisei/Angara Rivers
Yellow River
Ob-Irtysh River
Río de la Plata
Congo River
Amur River
Oceans
Last, but not least, the five oceans can be memorized with this mnemonic:
PAISA
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Southern
Arctic
Do you know any other bodies of water mnemonics? Share them in the comment section below.