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BFC 2017 Call for Creativity Award: Liudmila Bouros

Call for Creativity Liudmila, a Moldovan art teacher and artist, facilitated the creation of hundreds of postcards for the project. She even accompanied us to the Basel Postkarten Festival on November 4th. Take a look at the artwork submitted by over 150 children from Moldova, Georgia and Switzerland. Vote for your favourites postcards in our galleries.

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Play Time: Wikium

Wikium is an online service for the training of brain performance and development of cognitive functions: attention, memory and mind flexibility with the help of trainers and specialized courses. Trainings are based on Russian and foreign methods of cognitive processes of training, scientific knowledge about the structure of perception, attention, memory and mind flexibility: Schulte tables, Stroop effect, Corsi test, …

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Learn Drawing With Online Tutorials

On MyDrawingTutorial YouTube channel there are lots of drawing tutorials on portrait and figure drawing. You can learn from different artists and teachers. The goal of the creator of this channel is to create a community on YouTube where artist can learn and share ideas. Brandon Schaefer on his channel SchaeferArt explores concepts of art and life. He posts videos …

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7 Tips for Learning Languages

They say that children learn languages the best. But that doesn’t mean that adults should give up. Some of the polyglots in TED’s Open Translation Project share their secrets to mastering a foreign language. Their best strategies distill into seven basic principles: Get real. Decide on a simple, attainable goal to start with so that you don’t feel overwhelmed. German …

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Social Gardening: Improving Student Outcomes Through Food Education

Leigh Marwick, an education professional based in New York, speaks about her experience leading a food education and gardening initiative. The programme aims to impart students with skills which both improve individual learning outcomes and deepen the strength of their community. Leigh will share insights into getting teenagers interested in food, running a successful gardening group, and optimising extracurricular activities …

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Cooking with kids is pure fun!

Here are some tips on cooking together with kids. Take your time — expect everything to take longer than it usually would so set aside extra time for cooking and be aware, that particularly for younger children, the journey is as much fun as the destination! Expect a lot of mess — cooking is a messy business and when kids …

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Inspiration for Family Fun

The team of the Red Tricycle believe the best memories are created when families do fun things together and they believe every day is an opportunity to create new stories. The mission is to help every parent feel like a rock star by inspiring them to do fun things with their kids. They offer ideas that are aspirational and actionable …

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Die Wilde Kost

Heike König offers workshops and seminars about foraging and teaches how to use local wild herbs. She is based in Syke, Germany. If you are looking how to integrate wild plants in your healthy diet and how to improve you well-being check Die Wilde Kost website. Learn about beneficial wild plants and their healing effect, immerse yourself in the world …

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Education for kids in UK

Elena Shcherbak presents ‘Education for kids in UK’, a 30-minute Online Coaching and Sharing meeting. Elena is a senior client service manager at an educational agency Business Link in Kiev, Ukraine. Business Link specializes at organizing individual educational trips to the United Kingdom for children and adults and also assists with applying to UK boarding schools and universities. Presentation briefly …

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