Memorization can get a bad rap in education debates, conjuring images of mindless repetition or a “drill and kill” pedagogy. After all, why memorize something when we can look it up on our phone? But ...
The University of Minnesota’s tap dance club, known as MinnesoTap, meets twice a week to practice routines they perform ...
Growing up, I learned to stay very still to avoid my father’s rage. In adulthood, moving my body freed me. When I was 10, I put my fist through a window. No one would call that furious gesture dancing ...
If you’re stressed, many mind-body practices can coax you back into a state of calm. One is known as emotional freedom technique (EFT), or tapping. Standard EFT tapping is a noninvasive, inexpensive ...
When it comes to making ’em laugh, Tony Waag has little shame. Playing the ukulele is just the beginning. If he has to, he will get down on all fours and crawl after a laugh like a man thirsting in ...
For teachers in 2020, the year was marked by chaotic transitions, distant classrooms, and new training to help us navigate a mostly online curriculum. But what was left out of those conversations was ...
Two macaques learned to keep time with various songs, which might point to how humans got their sense of rhythm. But some ...
They may not yet be kings of the swingers, but macaque monkeys can keep time to music and move to the beat. Well, at least ...
FRANKLIN – About a dozen fifth-grade students crowded around Michael DeMain and a 175-year-old maple tree in the forest preserve surrounding the Wehr Nature Center in Franklin, eager to collect sap on ...