Innocent ... simplistic ... uninhibited ... unconditioned ... non-conformed
perspectives and developments from our youth. Movements in education.
Getting back to the basics, (youth) and how we learn about ourselves,
(education).
"We, the children, are not the sources of the world's problems ... we are the resources needed to solve them!"
– World Fit for Children, Unicef
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Article Source: The Denver Post
Written by - Kevin Simpson - June 29th, 2009
A small lesson, perhaps, but one of many absorbed by the 17-year-old Edwards and 22 other Highlands Ranch High School student leaders who orchestrated the 73rd annual National Association of Student Councils conference.Along with adult volunteers and adviser Rashaan Davis, the kids planned every aspect of an event that brought about 1,300 student delegates to the Douglas County school.
In return, they got a crash course in real-life economics, a glimpse of how to work in the adult business world and a taste of the teamwork required to pull off a conference four years in the making.And they had to work within a budget of roughly $400,000.
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Article Source: The Miami Herald
Written by - Ana Veciana-Suarez - May 23rd, 2009
Yipee! It's almost summer vacation.But even when school is out, learning still will be very much in.
Summer vacation, educators say, is no time for parents to let their kids forget about academics. Research has shown that if you don't keep your child's brain working during this interlude, she could lose, on average, 2.6 months of grade-level equivalency in math skills and as much as a year's reading level.
So it's in your child's best interest to keep academically active. The good news? The brain can be challenged in a variety of ways that won't cost too much money or prompt teeth-gritting resistance from the kids.
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Article Source: CNN
Written by - Tristan Smith - May 15th, 2009
TLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- As little Tatyana Larbi, aka Little Miss Muffett, sings about selling her cotton and twigs to the "sister pigs," you can tell the young girl is enjoying her moment in the limelight, even if she can't see the audience's response.
The set and costumes are pretty basic. Most were made by parents and volunteers. But that doesn't matter to the beaming mothers, fathers and grandparents in the audience. The fact that these 10 children are performing this day is enough for them.
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Article Source: The Denver Post
Written by - Linda J. Buch - March 16th, 2009
Start young, finish fit...For kids, play is work.
Children are kinetic beings who love to move. While it might look like child's play, turning somersaults and playing tag involves the whole brain."Play is thinking time for young children. It is language time. Problem-solving time. It is memory time, planning time, investigating time," writes child-development specialist James L. Hymes in "Teaching the Child Under Six." "It is organization-of-ideas time, when the young child uses his mind and body and his social skills and all his powers in response to the stimuli he has met."
Regular physical exercise helps improve school performance, emotional health and overall well-being, well into adulthood. Government guidelines say that children and adolescents must have a minimum of 60 minutes of daily physical activity that includes aerobic, muscle and bone-strengthening activities. But each child is unique and has individual needs and abilities. Where one child may crave running and kicking, another might prefer tumbling or swimming.
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Article Source: CNN -Tribune Media Services
Written by - Eileen Ogintz - February 16th, 2009
Persistence is the key....Getting up when you fall, trying again when you fail.
"Who can tell me something you've been persistent about?" asked Megan Skiles, 24, of the 34 kids sitting in a circle in the snow at the base of Bolton Valley Ski Area in Vermont.They look like any group of young snowboarders decked out in the latest Burton gear, but looks, as we know, can be deceiving. These kids can't afford snow sports or the gear, much less bus fare to the mountain. In fact, some live in homeless shelters, others live in group homes around Burlington, Vermont, about a half-hour's drive from this locally-owned ski area. Some have been in trouble with the law.
They are here thanks to Jake Burton Carpenter, the founder of Burton Snowboards and the recognized pioneer of the snowboard industry. When Burton gained success, he and his wife, Donna, decided they wanted to help the community by introducing snowboarding to kids who otherwise would never have the opportunity.
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Steps for Positive Observation
STEP 1: Recognize
What we are conditioned to experience... Where does the belief come from? Your belief or someone else's belief?
STEP 2: Realize
A positive outlook is a choice... You are always at choice. Example: Are you a smoker or someone who chooses to smoke?
STEP 3: Quantify
The positive and productive potential found within... You are and always have been total potential... Grab it... Grow it!
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