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John Lennon has reappeared supporting the nonprofit program One Laptop per Child. What Mr. Lennon says, thanks to digital production, is: “Imagine every child, no matter where in the world they were, could access a universe of knowledge. They would have a chance to learn, to dream, to achieve anything they want. I tried to do it through my music, but now you can do it in a very different way. You can give a child a laptop, and more than imagine, you can change the world.”

Researchers compared brain activity of eleven very overweight girls to a group of girls with a normal weight. Even at this young age the researchers discovered a decrease of brain activity caused by obesity, which will lead to problems in their development. If this is permanent damage will be investigated further. Once again another reason to start fighting obesity among children.

Sir Ken Robinson is a visionair and a creativity expert with a very clear view on our current education systems; “schools kill creativity”. Everybody having and/or working with children should watch this presentation. Because why is being good at math so much more valued than being good at dance or drama. Surprising, because there are so many people making a very good living with artistic professions. My wish for the next generation is to turn schools into talent development centers.

With 30 children in a class and only 1 teacher it is very hard to give all the students enough attention and develop their talents to the max. Dave Eggers, who is a writer of books and storywriter for magazines, realized that one on one tutoring is the best encouragement for children. He set up a network of volunteers, most of them writers with flexible working hours, to help children with their homework in a fascinating and innovating way. Dave gave a presentation and won a prize with his initiative. The presentation video on the homepage is really funny and heartwarming and makes you want to participate too. (www.onceuponaschool.com)

I have two completely different children, which means they enjoy different activities, they like different books and also learn in different ways. Every child has it’s own learning style, which comes down to basically three different groups: auditory, visual or kinesthetic learners. Here is a simple test to find out what style your child has and how you can motivate him or her to learn easier and quicker.

visual learner