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		<title>Juggling: A Cognitive Powerhouse for Your Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drrohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Juggling is a cognitive powerhouse, especially for children. It can improve goal setting and planning as well as reducing stress. Juggling is one of many creative, brain-enhancing activities encouraged and practiced at the Sparks of Genius Neuroeducation Center in Boca Raton, Florida. ]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoy Art And Create Brain Power</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2009/10/enjoy-art-and-create-brain-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Price PhD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="attachment_210" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Brain and Success Development"]<img src="http://sparkmygenius.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/brainstorm-300x215.jpg" alt="Brain and Success Development" title="brainstorm" width="300" height="215" class="size-medium wp-image-210" />[/caption]<strong>By Amy Price PhD</strong>
Somewhere in the world there is a child's brain waiting to be salvaged. You have the power in your hands to change a destiny. With a few simple strategies and a little funding there can be answers. <strong>We can build it...You can help!</strong> You are invited to attend an art and media exhibit dedicated to brain development]]></description>
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		<title>Homework Tips, Myths and Helicopter Parents</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/10/homework-tips-myths-and-helicopter-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/10/homework-tips-myths-and-helicopter-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a new term last week — helicopter parents. It describes baby boomers that started families as thirty-somethings.  They evolved a more involved parenting style, which has persisted into elementary school, high school, and even college. Bostonia, the alumni magazine of Boston University, describes this new breed of parent this way: 
“…helicopter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Parents’ Dilemma: Where to send my child to School?</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/a-parents%e2%80%99-dilemma-where-to-send-my-child-to-school/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/a-parents%e2%80%99-dilemma-where-to-send-my-child-to-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is my child going to the right school?  
Deciding this seemingly simple question can be agonizing for parents. Not only are some schools “objectively” better (lower teacher student ratios, more enrichment programs, etc) but one kind of child could fail in the same school where a different child would thrive.  It happened to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food for thought?</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/food-for-thought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many counties around the U.S. school districts are offering free breakfasts to students under the theory that if you&#8217;re hungry then you aren&#8217;t at your best.  They&#8217;re hoping to see an increase in grades and standardized test scores, especially in poor schools where students are often short on good scores and good meals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the work out of Homework</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/taking-the-work-out-of-homework/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The days are getting shorter.  School is starting.  Homework is coming. Arguments about homework generate anger and frustration for parents and children. It’s easy to understand the child’s perspective.  They’re in school all day and then they are free – BUT WAIT – there is homework to do. As parents we know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want Your Children to be Smarter in School This Year?</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/want-your-children-to-be-smarter-in-school-this-year/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/want-your-children-to-be-smarter-in-school-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tell them to Think of Their Brain as a Muscle
Research shows that students do better in school when they are told they can get smarter by training their brains to get stronger— like a muscle.
Article here.
Does your child see intelligence as something fixed or something expandable?
Students who think intelligence is fixed become preoccupied with whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s wrong with teachers?</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/whats-wrong-with-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/whats-wrong-with-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my opinion, there is a real problem when the need for teachers to feel like they are the master of their domain is more important than the mission of preparing students for academic and real life.  Here is a perfect example.

Mr. Lampros’s introduction to the high school’s academic standards proved a fitting preamble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myth-Busted: Einstein on Education</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/07/myth-busted-einstein-on-education/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/07/myth-busted-einstein-on-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drrohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You probably know how Einstein was a horrible student, was forced to wear a dunce cap, failed at math and was repeatedly told by teachers that he was hopeless.
All wrong.
In a new biography, “Einstein: His Life and Universe,” Walter Isaacson explains how good a student Einstein actually was. He was a good student, did not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Movie Review</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/07/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-movie-review/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/07/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-movie-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry Potter fights off soul-sucking monsters, dark wizards and bureaucratic teachers in the latest movie installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.  You can read without fear: all spoilers are avoided.
This episode focuses on what happens when educational decisions are made, not by teachers, but by government bureaucrats like the lovely pink [...]]]></description>
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