Tag: Brain Fitness

  • You have to “Be SMART” to live and learn with zest!

    Good nutrition coupled with an active lifestyle will keep you sharp as you pursue the goal of lifelong learning! You may have noticed the feed on the right from Be SMART, my other Charlottesville blog. I am developing the Be SMART blog as a resource for students in my online Nutrition Course for the Osher…

  • Creativity and Kindergarten – Lessons for Lifelong Learning

    Kindergarten used to be about play and stories and friends and sharing. More recently, it is about doing worksheets and preparing to take tests – i.e. it is becoming more like school. Maybe this is bad. Why can’t school be more like Kindergarten instead? Of course the next question I would like to pose, is…

  • Why civic engagement is good for your brain

    Last week I volunteered to help serve lunch at my daughter’s school. Over the years, I have often found myself scooping out the pasta, pouring glasses of water, all while saying hi to her friends and getting hugs (lots of hugs, that is of course the best part of being there!). Yet this past visit…