Persistence Is All

You don't know Roberta Scherf, but you should.

I came to know Roberta when she worked for me in a large non-profit in Saint Paul...this was back in the Dark Ages. Anyway, I decided to hire her after I blabbered about the job description and asked her what she knew about the organization. She told me what she had learned about from her visits to the public library, so she was the only logical choice for the job. A decision I have never regretted.

Well, decades have gone by, and for the last few years she's been developing a product to help kids. As it turns out it helps kids and oldsters, and seems especially well-suited for those with ADD, autism, and related problems.

The product, called "MeMoves" came out of Roberta's experience with a daughter who appeared to be headed for a special education program. Roberta was convinced that this would be a mistake, so she began working with her child doing physical and musical games and such. One day, not long after she began this work, her daughter began to put letters into words, and shortly thereafter she was reading books. (The daughter has grown into the kind of child any parent would want - bright, funny, with dimensions to her thinking and creativity that entrance all who know her.)

With this success Roberta began to teach herself about the relationships between the kind of thing she was doing with her daughter and the results of research into this area of learning and doing. She has gotten to know many of the researchers in the field, and the program she has developed derives from scholarship going on in schools, school systems, treatment centers, geriatric programs, colleges, and universities.

What does this program do? Decreases stress, improves mood, and enhances cognitive focus.

But here's the thing - we live in a world where everything has to be fast, loud, and colorful for adults to be convinced that kids will like it. Yeah, well look at how a cardboard box engages a nine year old.

This program is not fast, not loud, and is thoughtfully colorful. What matters is that it just works - this combination of hand movements and music (great music by the way).

Let me repeat that - it just works. One of my friends described it as a moving meditation, and I think that's about right.

MeMoves is not very expensive and can be used by nearly everyone who needs a break from the breakneck pace of life.

So if you know someone like that, whether they're nine, nineteen, or ninety, please go visit and have a look.

Talk about a present that could last a lifetime...even extend it.

To have a look at MeMoves, click here. If you're intrigued with what you see and hear (and do), then think of a friend with a child who might be having some difficulty in school or a parent who could use an easy-to-do mental "boost," and pass along the web address.

You won't be sorry, and they might well be grateful.