Clay Jenkinson used Skype and iChat to visit as Thomas Jefferson with a grade school class in Naperville IL. This is episode 757 found on iTunes or www.jeffersonhour.org. At about 31:12 into the episode, he leaves them with three pieces of advice:
1) Read all the books you can. He said when he was their age he spent 10 hours a day reading.
2) Learn at least one foreign language, better two or more. He said he spoke seven languages, three dead and four current. From Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia these were Latin, Greek, Anglo-Saxon, French, Spanish, Italian, and English. He also dabbled in others.
3) Take up a music instrument. He played violin, pianoforte, and harpsichord. "You are creating harmony in your life."
