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New OnLine Math Activities Help Children Learn To Think
For immediate release - April
25,2000
For information contact:Karen Dillon, KidSource OnLine
@ 408.253.0246
karen@kidsource.com
KidSource OnLine Launches "Meet Professor Tobbs" Series of Educational Activities
- New feature of MyKidSource, Daily Parenting E-mail Newsletters
SAN JOSE - KidSource OnLine(R) announces the launch of a new series of educationalactivities, called "Meet Professor Tobbs" that have been designed to notonly teach children math, but to teach children how to think. These thought-provoking activities, developed by Professor Tom O'Brien, can befound at the KidSource site at http://www.kidsource.com/tobbs/ and are also a new feature of KidSource's daily parenting mailings entitled'MyKidSource'.
"Meet Professor Tobbs" is a new series based upon the award-winningresearch of Prof. O'Brien, a professor emeritus at Southern IllinoisUniversity. This book series has been released in 3 volumes, one for eachset of ages 3-5; 5-7 and 7-10. Unlike other math activities that focuson 'drills' and 'repetition', these activities focus on
teachingchildrenhow to solve problems, and to how to develop key cognitive thinkingabilities while mastering core computational skills.
"My grade-school son and I have been doing these activities together forthe past several months", said Karen Dillon, Founder and President of KidSource OnLine. "It's amazing to watch how his thinking skills havedeveloped as he's done these activities. The "aha, I got it" look on hisface when he solves a problem is very gratifying. I'm pleased that we areworking with Prof. O'Brien to offer these activities to other families".
KidSource OnLine is releasing these activities in two areas:
- On the KidSource site at http://www.kidsource.com/tobbs/. Here visitors will find a set of activities, background information, research articles and other books by Prof. O'Brien. New activities will be added frequently and regularly to this area.
- Via the MyKidSource e-mail parenting newsletters. These are 4 age-appropriate newsletters (toddlers, preschool, Grades K-3 and Grades4-6) that are
sent everyweekday to registered subscribers (they arefree). Each week subscribers receive educational activities; parenting,healthcare and general educational information. The "Meet ProfessorTobbs" activities will be sent on Mondays to the preschool, Grades K-3and Grades 4-6 mailing lists. Other features include product reviews,recall notices and upcoming events. To subscribe and to see sample mailings, visit: http://www.kidsource.com/subscribe.html.
About KidSource OnLine
KidSource OnLine(R) is an award-winning parenting website providing in-depth education, healthcare and parenting information and discussion.Special areas include learning disabilities, gifted students andsafety/recall information. Its content is more serious than otherparenting websites and has received recognition from Family PC Magazineand Good Housekeeping Magazine. KidSource OnLine can be visited at http://www.kidsource.com.
About Professor Tom O'Brien
Thomas C. O'Brien, one of the first to be named a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Senior Research Fellow in Science in 1978, is professor emeritus at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois. Hiswork in education is three-fold: teacher education, curriculumdevelopment, and research on children's thinking. As a curriculum developer, he has authored more than fifty books for children. He has also authored and edited some eighty papers on children's thinking and education published through the Teachers' Center Project at SIUE, wherehe was the director for more than 20 years.
(c) 2000 KidSource OnLine, Inc. All rights reserved. KidSource OnLine is a registered trademark of KidSource OnLine, Inc. "Professor Tobbs" is atrademark of Prof. Thomas O'Brien.
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