Challenging the Birthday Plan
The vast majority of US schools arrange students by chronological age: children usually start kindergarten by age 5 or 6 and remain with their age-mates until grade 12. “Most schools use age-based grade levels because of historical legacy. In the mid-1800s (before we...Recess is Vital!
A positive correlation exists between physical activity and cognitive development. Government health guidelines recommend sixty minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day. Yet most children do not meet that guideline. “Recess, a regularly...Update: How to Maintain Fluid Intelligence
More than eighty years ago, psychologist Robert Cattell partitioned intelligence into two parts: fluid and crystallized. Fluid Intelligence refers to a person’s current ability and involves openness to learning new things, while crystallized intelligence refers...See the Writing on the Wall!
“Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning” This recent headline from NPR’s health news reinforces previous research about the importance of handwriting. For children, “Writing by hand also improves memory and recall of words, laying down the...