- What could this mean for education Can a Mid-Day Nap Make You Smarter?
”The brain’s ability to learn information is not stable across the day,” Walker tells WebMD. The area of the brain that stores memories may get ”clogged up” as the day goes on, akin to a full email in-box on your computer, he says.
Napping at midday, when the brain’s ability to learn may have deteriorated, may clear the brain’s memory storage area and make room for new information, Walker says.
- Lawmakers tweet up a storm in D.C. – latimes.com – okay this may be easy to write this off in the “so what” category … but more open communication means easier access to our lawmakers, which means you have a quicker route to give feedback … if you choose to
- Pediatricians call for a choke-proof hot dog – they are a choking hazard, but do we really want to redesign the hot dog?
Better yet, the academy would like to see foods such as hot dogs “redesigned” so their size, shape and texture make them less likely to lodge in a youngster’s throat. More than 10,000 children under 14 go to the emergency room each year after choking on food, and up to 77 die, says the new policy statement, published online today in Pediatrics. About 17% of food-related asphyxiations are caused by hot dogs.
“If you were to take the best engineers in the world and try to design the perfect plug for a child’s airway, it would be a hot dog,” says statement author Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. “I’m a pediatric emergency doctor, and to try to get them out once they’re wedged in, it’s almost impossible.”
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- This brain diagram is a cool visual of the different parts of the brain and what they are responsible.
AUTISM & CHILDREN WITH CHALLENGES
- Google SketchUp lets children with autism create – Salt Lake Tribune
- Google SketchUp – this is a really fun program!
- Learning to Navigate the Learning Disabilities System – What To Do If You Suspect Learning Disability – NYTimes.com – good, basic article my only addition is that this advice isn’t limited to just suspecting a learning disability but also if your child is simply having trouble in school
OLYMPIC ATHLETES INSPIRED BY BROTHERS WITH CHALLENGES
- Kevin Pearce Injured Snowboarder – this was a great video played last night on the Olympics about snowboarder Kevin Pearce
