Cheery Friday e-mails

The Battle over the Butterflies of the Soul

Cheery Friday Greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Book of the Week The Battle Over the Butterflies of the Soul: Camillo Golgi, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, and the Birth of Neuroscience, by Wallace B. Mendelssohn, MD.  One of the more intriguing rivalries in the history of science is that between the Italian Camillo Golgi and the Spaniard Santiag …

Guatemala and more!

Cheery Friday Greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Barb Giving a Dizzying Array of Talks in Guatemala in September If you are anywhere in Central America, take a look here and sign up for any of the many different talks, workshops and conferences that Barb will be giving in Guatemala City in the first two weeks of September. If Learning How t …

Lincoln in the Bardo

Cheery Friday Greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Books of the Week Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel, by George Saunders. While spending time in the Tibetan Tergar Monastery in Kathmandu, Barb heard a lot about Buddhist theories of reincarnation and the “bardo,”  an intermediate state between death and rebirth that might also be related to West …

Frozen Hell

(Partly) Cheery Friday Greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Books of the Month We continue our reading of history and society—reading books is one of the best ways to broaden your learning about everything!  This week, we have two books to share: Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-40, by William Trotter. It’s all too easy to th …

Rhythms of the Brain

Cheery Friday Greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Book of the Month Rhythms of the Brain, by Gyorgy Buzsaki. Ever wondered about the various rhythms—alpha, theta, gamma, and more—and how they play a role in our thinking?  Wonder no more, as this in-depth scientific expose walks you through why the brain’s rhythms are so important, and how th …

Upcoming European travels!

Cheery Friday Greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Don’t miss Barb on June 5th in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Reliance College “Jefferson” Dinner  Last week, Barb was fortunate to attend the once-every-five-years FIRE Gala in New York City.  The Gala featured American rapper and social activist “Killer Mike,” who gave an extraordinary ke …

Awaken Your Genius

Cheery Friday Greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Book of the Month Barb on the upcoming John Stossel Town Hall webinar for Educators being filmed in New York City Don’t miss this exciting discussion about the intersection of neuroscience and education with reporter John Stossel on Apr 19, 2023, 07:00 PM Eastern US time. Barb will kick thing …

Cheery Friday Greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Practical Insights From Neuroscience: Improve Your Teaching of Math—or Anything Else—to Neurodiverse Students Register now for this two-hour webinar from Learning & the Brain, (taught by none other than Barb), which offers CE credit for the live audience, as well as a recording available …

Troubled Water: A Journey Around the Black Sea

Cheery Friday Greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Book of the Month Troubled Water: A Journey Around the Black Sea, by Jens Mühling. Barb glanced at the title of this book and thought, “The last thing I need is to be diving into, (amidst the hundreds of samples already downloaded onto the Kindle), is a book about the Black Sea.” Out of curio …

Traditional Math: An effective strategy that teachers feel guilty using

Book of the Month Traditional Math: An effective strategy that teachers feel guilty using, by Barry Garelick and JR Wilson. This wonderful book is highly recommended for parents, grandparents, and teachers of all kinds who would like a solid guide to help youngsters learn math in a simple, elegant, and straightforward way.  As Stanford mathematicia …