Birth and Beginning Years Parenting Seminar (free)

This seminar on early brain development and language acquisition is designed for pregnant moms and young parents with infants or toddlers.

Speaker: Sam TS Chow, former Assistant Commissioner for Labour (1990-2004); Founder, Le Beaumont Language Centre (2004 - present).

Saturday, Jan 16, 23, 30. Reservation required.
10 - 11:30 a.m., 6/F Sands Building, 17 Hankow Rd, TST. Tel: 2376 1808
2 - 3:30 p.m., 5/F Tower One, Admiralty Centre. Tel: 2866 2028

Gems on the Net - video clips you should not miss. (copy & paste)
1. U of Washington, Dr Patricia Kuhl on brain development, 5 mins
http://kcts9.org/video/doctor-patricia-kuhl-brain-development-babies

2. U of Washington, Dr Andrew Meltzoff on the importance of play, 6 mins
http://kcts9.org/video/doctor-andrew-meltzoff-importance-play-early-learning

3. U of Oregon, Changing Brains: Language 9 mins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMOHtSkSPfA

4. U of North Carolina, The Abecedarian Project 6 mins
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~abc/FPG_ABC-video.cfm

Recommended reading: 卡爾維特的教育理論 青藤出版社
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards (Book of the Year, US, 2003)