TYO's mission is to enable children, youth, and parents in disadvantaged areas of the Middle East to realize their potential as healthy, active and responsible family and community members.
Posts tagged children
Jul 31 '12
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Wear a Moon, Float Among the Stars: Excellent Idea on NPR today
I really enjoy this idea and look forward to following this blog!
Check it out: http://bedtimemathproblem.org/
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Our mission:
To make the nightly math problem as common as the bedtime story.
Bedtime Math is the brainchild of Laura Bilodeau Overdeck. Laura has no professional…
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Jul 6 '12
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“When we scold our schoolteachers about the low reading scores of their students, we pretend that it is the easiest thing in the world: to teach a person to read and write. Try it sometime, and you will discover that it is nearly impossible.”
— Kurt Vonnegut (via rabhelpants)
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Jul 5 '12
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An organisation in Afghanistan is trying to improve the lives of children there - by providing them with skateboards.
The organization behind Skateistan started 4 years ago, with a few boards and some interested kids, and it has grown.
It has made a special effort to include those on the margins, like girls and the disabled.
via Skateboards help Afghan youth scrape by (by AlJazeeraEnglish)
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