text: Some good ways are: \n\n1) Attempt to expand and increase your vocabulary.  There is a section in Reader's Digest that usually makes this one fun way to learn;\n2) Try solving lots of different word puzzles, there are a few good ones on here --they can be either riddles or mathematical puzzles;\n3) Try to do puzzles that require 'spatial' thinking or visualizing three dimensional objects;\n4) Practice pattern recognition, such as puzzles which ask you to find the next letter or number in a sequence of numbers;\n5) Practice doing the "jumble" puzzles or try and create anagrams from other words; and\n6) Do a lot of reading and writing!