Category Archives: Learning
Cantabria/Asturias: Yoga, English Conversation, and Computer Classes
Pamela Roylance leads a weekly yoga class at Cantabria/Asturias. Yoga provides safe exercise and facilitates increased flexibility, strength, and endurance, as well as a relaxed and focused mental state. Michelle Yu uses games, poetry, magazines, collages and many other things … Continue reading
Posted in Cantabria/Asturias, Community News, Exercise/Sports, Learning, Technology
Tagged changing aging, creative aging
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Metro Chinatown: Conversational English
The weekly conversational English class for non-English speakers develops and strengthens English language skills. The class offers an informal, yet structured program. Last month, residents showed up to class eager to learn new material. Cross-cultural community building is a bonus! … Continue reading
Posted in Community News, Learning, Metro Chinatown
Tagged changing aging, creative aging
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Dr. Oliver Sacks Left a Legacy That Encourages Personal Growth
“Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and acclaimed author who explored some of the brain’s strangest pathways in best-selling case histories like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, using his patients’ disorders as starting points for eloquent meditations on … Continue reading
How Much Exercise Do You Need to Help Keep Your Brain Healthy?
“A small amount of exercise may improve our ability to think as we age, but more may not be better, according to a new study of exercise and cognition.” Read more here.
Carly Simon: Dyslexia and Creativity
“Few parents are thrilled by the news that their child has dyslexia. But increasingly, families are viewing the language processing disorder in a new light — not as a disability, but simply as a different way of perceiving the world. Indeed … Continue reading
Tim Carpenter and EngAGE Cited on Marketplace Morning Report
Marketplace Morning Report, a popular radio show from American Public Media, featured a segment today from Chris Farrell, Chief Economics Contributor, about creativity and older people. Tim Carpenter and the benefits of the excellent creative programs offered at apartment communities … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Radio/Podcast, Tim Carpenter
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Doodling Helps Memories Stick
“. . . something powerful happens when auditory learning is transposed into images. . . [W]hile students take copious notes, they may not be retaining much of what they write down. When a student doodles, on the other hand, he … Continue reading
