Tag - learning-by-heart

 
 

LEARNING BY HEART

Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / LEARNING BY HEART
Mar 1, 2002
For special kids, his music is the message
Ramsey King Montana's funky fashion sense might be a bit overwhelming for some parents who sign their children up for his family music classes. He wears checkered pantaloons, a fierce studded leather belt, a pierced earring that belonged to his mother (a Blackfoot Indian) and braids in his beard.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / LEARNING BY HEART
Feb 15, 2002
Shitamachi schoolmates still together at 70
What is the secret of lifelong friendships that form in elementary school? I would never have thought to ask myself that question until my father-in-law announced he wouldn't be home for Sunday's family dinner because he was attending a party. Though he put it quite casually, the amazing thing to me was that Toshihiko Wakabayashi was meeting up with his fourth-grade classmates.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / LEARNING BY HEART
Feb 1, 2002
Kids learn from embracing the differences
The first thing you notice about the students at Musashino Higashi Secondary Vocational School is their uniforms. No matter the subject -- be it gymnastics or computer science -- the learning is done in a light-blue tracksuit.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / LEARNING BY HEART
Jan 18, 2002
Fostering family togetherness on the rink
As my daughter stepped out onto the ice, I held my breath. Her steps were small. She moved slowly, with focus and balance and seeming assuredness. One -- two -- one -- two.
LIFE / Lifestyle / LEARNING BY HEART
Dec 21, 2001
Children learn life's hardest lesson
On a recent Friday, I swung open the gate to my daughter's school yard. I was expecting to find the usual crowd of mothers milling outside in the garden. But I knew something was dreadfully wrong when a teacher solemnly ushered me toward a full, but silent classroom. Inside, the mothers sat, wiping their eyes and weeping at the news that a pupil and his mother had been hit by a car while cycling to school. The mother had died instantly. The 5-year-old boy was in a coma.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / LEARNING BY HEART
Dec 7, 2001
New b-boys and b-girls on the block
The hippest of hip-hop dancers perform pure magic. They do somersaults, cartwheels and flips. They're dramatic, eccentric, funny and highly creative. They slide in any direction, send electric shock waves through their limbs, glide across the ground like moonwalkers and twirl into body-punishing spins.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / LEARNING BY HEART
Nov 23, 2001
Pioneer still speaking up and acting out
Almost 20 years ago, Teri Suzanne stood in front of a packed audience in Tokyo at the Association of English Teachers of Children, and unveiled her "English in Action" method with what was then a radical declaration: "I know that young children have the capacity to learn multiple languages by connecting words to actions."
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / LEARNING BY HEART
Nov 9, 2001
Music, dance help young minds and bodies grow
For American Amy Nanavati, the mother of 1-year-old Elizabeth, moving to Tokyo from New York earlier this year felt overwhelming. And then she discovered Kindermusik.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / LEARNING BY HEART
Apr 27, 2001
Toddlers' dance: freedom within structure
In fluffy tutus and silky ballet slippers, a circle of pink angels do back-bends in a circle. They dance like storks, skip to my lou and fly backward. It's obviously fun, but the pace is quick.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / LEARNING BY HEART
Apr 13, 2001
Exploring a choice of futures beyond 17
"I am about to die," Takahisa Ide, 17, tells the camera. On his lap is a simple crayon drawing freshly made to illustrate the scene.

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