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What is Amazing Kids?TM
Amazing Kids! is a project of
Community Partners, a 501(c)3 non-profit educational
and charitable organization. Community Partners' mission is to act
as an "incubator," helping to nurture emerging non-profit
organizations like Amazing Kids!. Our Mission
Amazing Kids! is dedicated to inspiring excellence in
children. We base this mission on the belief that every child has
the potential to be "amazing" in her or his own way. We believe it
is through the realization of this potential that children will be
able to live more productive and satisfying lives. Amazing Kids!
seeks to improve the lives of children through:
uncovering the potential within each child
providing them with the tools to nurture their unique talents,
including access to a mentor.
inspiring them to pursue excellence in their endeavors and to become
lifelong achievers Studies have shown that one of the most
effective ways children learn is through the use of cross-age
peer tutoring; that is, an older child given the task of
teaching a younger child. Why? When students learn
from someone who is "just like them," they are more engaged in their
learning. Peer tutoring highlights a "common bond" between tutor and
pupil; consequently, children are often more open and receptive to
learning. Both children benefit: not only is the younger student
more engaged in her learning, the older student experiences a sense
of pride and accomplishment in having helped another child learn.
Amazing Kids! uses these findings as the basis for
designing its educational programs for children. We strongly believe
in the power of peer role models to teach and inspire
excellence in children. Unfortunately, our children today do not
always have access to positive role models, especially good peer
role models. Many of the messages children are hearing today is that
it is "cool" to have an "attitude" and to be an underachiever. If
children need good peer role models to educate and inspire them (and
they do!), where can children today go to find them? It is the
objective of Amazing Kids! to offer children a selection of
quality educational programs which present them with a wide range of
positive and inspiring role models; someone they can
relate to, as well as someone to emulate.
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