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How Sports May Focus the Brain
March 23, 2011 – 9:31 am
23 March 2011 By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/how-sports-may-focus-the-brain/
The Importance of Play
May 20, 2009 – 8:18 pm
This article has been published by the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding the importance of play in healthy child development.
http://www.wcss.wa.edu.au/pdf/importanceoftheplay_AAP.pdf
Should Children Specialise in a Sport?
May 20, 2009 – 7:57 pm
You might have read the comments made by Dr Jean Cote during his visit to Singapore. Dr Cote is a professor and director at Queen’s University’s School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, whose studies have shown that, to prevent burnout, it is better that children aged between six and 12 play four to eight sports, [...]
Is Winning Important?
May 20, 2009 – 7:42 pm
Even from a young age, a child’s competitive instinct shows out – whether its about being the best in class, being first to cross the road at the traffic lights, always being first in line, bragging to their friends about having the nicest shoes or the newest toy.
However the question that always seems to [...]
It’s All About Fun, The Games Should Be For Kids
May 20, 2009 – 7:36 pm
From the Singapore TODAY Newspaper, by Low Lin Fhoong
Thursday March 5, 2009
THE battle to top the medal standings at last August’s Beijing Olympic Games captivated the world, with the hosts eventually topping the table with 51 gold medals to end the Americans’ dominance from 1992 to 2004.
The medal race will surely be closely watched when the [...]