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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Kid Knowledge
Author: Jim Fleming
Narrator: Jim Fleming
Format: Original Recording
Length: 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-18-13
Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)
Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews
Publisher's Summary:
In this hour, LaNiyah Bailey was a pre-schooler with a weight problem. Other kids called her names. One day, LaNiyah decided she'd had enough. She told her mom she wanted to write a book. Not Fat Because I Wanna Be was published when she was 6 years old.
Next, Psychologist Alison Gopnik tells us even the experts underestimate children. At her UC-Berkeley lab, she and her colleagues demonstrate empathy and logical, scientific thinking in children as young as 14 months. She explains the implications for early childhood education.
Then, Zia Hassan's video of the 9-year old boy he calls "The Philosopher" was a YouTube sensation. 2.4 million people have watched this 4th grade Socrates as he considers dark matter, the origins of the universe, the meaning of life and more. We hear the story behind the video.
After that, 4th graders in John Hunter's class spend part of every year playing a fiendishly complex game he calls "The World Peace Game." It's the subject of a book and documentary, World Peace and Other Fourth-Grade Achievements. John says most adults have no idea what kids can accomplish.
And finally, In the wake of the tragic shootings in Newtown last year, Muadh Bhavnagarwala volunteered to read from the Qu'ran at the memorial service, on national television. He hoped his words, and the text he loves, could bring some healing to people in his community. His parents and his teacher agreed. [Broadcast Date: December 18, 2013]