Tag: Lifelong Learning

  • How to Succeed at Aging Without Really Dying – Amazon Kindle Blog

    You know I love my Kindle! Below is a post from the Kindle Blog that I really enjoyed. Laughter is such good medicine, and all this technology is so much fun. How to Succeed at Aging Without Really Dying 12:09 PM PDT, April 8, 2010 New to Kindle this week just in time for Mother’s…

  • 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…

  • Ready to get involved in our community? Here are some opportunities!

    Here are some new opportunities for getting involved in our extended community: Some of our current volunteer opportunities include: A gentleman in Dyke is in need of assistance with yard work Lunch server and assistant are needed in several of our community centers.  Hours and days vary Garden coordinator at Mary Williams Community center for…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…