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Told you so! Tutoring is a win-win for tutors, grade-school kids
As a volunteer JABA FISH tutor at Jackson-Via Elementary School, I have mentioned several times my belief that tutoring provides significant health and brain benefits – for the tutor as well as for the students! Here is some proof coming out of Experience Corps, a program operating in 22 cities nationwide that trains volunteers over…
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Aging 101: Improving Your Fiscal Health
Karin Bonding, Finance Professor at the U.Va. McIntire School of Commerce, will discuss “Improving Your Fiscal Health” at the Institute on Aging’s next “Aging 101.” The lecture takes place on April 20 at 3:00 at the Doubletree Hotel Charlottesville. Professor Bonding, Chartered Financial Analyst, will address the need for advance planning. She stresses the importance…
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Creativity and Kindergarten – Lessons for Lifelong Learning: Update
Creativity and Kindergarten – Lessons for Lifelong Learning has been one of my top posts since it first appeared last June. When I first read the original post on Mark’s Weblog, I was pressed for time and simply quoted him in order to pass along the message. I have reread it several times while thinking…
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Crime Wave Hits Charlottesville! – Virginia Festival of the Book starts next week
As I have mentioned before, I really look forward to the Book Festival every year. My favorite event is the annual Book Fair at the Omni. In previous years I have found the perfect books for my young friends at Jackson-Via Elementary School as I wandered through the exhibits during breaks between the Crime Wave…
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Events / U.Va. Institute on Aging – How to talk to loved ones about legal, financial, and medical plans for aging parents and spouses
Our always popular Festival of the Book is almost here! Read below about a session that will be very interesting to many of us -if not for our parents, then for ourselves. See you there! Virginia Morris, a nationally recognized authority on eldercare and author of How to Care for Aging Parents, will lead a…
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Lifelong Learning – One way to keep your memory sharp
I was marveling this week at the plethora of memory building books displayed in the bookstore. It sure looks like a hot topic! Here are some ideas from Harvard Health Publications: 7 ways to keep your memory sharp at any age As we grow older, we all start to notice some changes in our ability…
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