Education is a Human Right - Arabic Persian Urdu Social Impact Movement

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Contact: gb2192@caa.columbia Dr. Bashi™ is a social impact educational start-up based in ethical, sustainable and gender/race-conscious principles—founded in 2013 by an academic/parent and a award-winning typographer in the US , Dr. Bashi™ is an ambitious equivalent of the 19th century German Froebel Gifts for languages with the Perso-Arabic script. Dr. Bashi™ aims to simplify/change the learning of languages with Perso-Arabic script for millions of children by offering (for the first time in history) educational, non-toxic, and artistically-exciting heirloom-quality wood blocks in those languages--made ethically and with love in Vermont, USA! The Dr. Bashi™ blocks aid the visual learning/memorization of the core elements in Persian or Arabic (alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, etc) in children as young as 12 months—as well as helping with learning the basic cognitive concepts (weather, the 4 seasons, basic math & more) through play! In young children, the Dr. Bashi™ wood blocks help create an environment that supports the following crucial developmental capabilities: 1. Fine Motor Skills and Hand-Eye Coordination (becoming able to hold a pen to write and draw, brush teeth, put on clothes, tie shoes and so on). 2. Cognitive Skills (ability to understand simple cause-and-effect principles, thought-filled learning process, how different objects relate to one another, pre-mathematical explorations). 3. A Capacity for Creative, Divergent Thinking 5. Social Skills/Interaction/Language Skills 6. Literacy Dr. Bashi™ delivers its vision through products that are: 1. Educational 2. Ethical 3. Earth-friendly 4. Enduring 5. Empowering Dr. Bashi™ is part of the global movement comprised of educators, parents, and scientists who advocate for free play and warn against the use of electronics, because: “Rising numbers of infants lack the motor skills needed to play with building blocks because of an “addiction” to tablet computers and smartphones, according to teachers. Many children aged just three or four can “swipe a screen” but have little or no dexterity in their fingers after spending hours glued to iPads. Members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers also warned how some older children were unable to complete traditional pen and paper exams because their memory had been eroded by overexposure to screen-based technology.” (The Telegraph, 15 Apr 2014: http://bit.ly/P3N7mM)