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In this episode, we’re chatting to Aotearoa’s renowned neuroscience educator, Nathan Wallis all about how to engage the brain, the problem with early literacy and numeracy, the importance of the first 1000 years and homeschool vs schooling. 

👉 Nathan Shares

• The role of disposition
• About the structure of the brain and the four brains
• How numeracy and literacy in the early years alters limbic (emotional) brain development
• Where the gap is between what educators and researchers know about learning and the academic pushdown in the early years
• The importance of helping the mainstream school system trust the child, not the data
• What the research says about the discrepancy of the ages of children learning to read 
• Why parents shouldn't fear their children will be left behind if we don’t focus heavily on academics.
• How the mental health crisis has resulted from misunderstanding a child's development
• The difference in the outcomes of schooling vs homeschooling

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Check out Nathan's Website HERE
Find him on You Tube

Seen on TV:
Documentary “All in the Mind”
Co-host of the TV Series “The Secret life of Girls”

Book Recommendations:

The Boy who was Raised as a Dog - Bruce D Perry
Whole Brained Child - Daniel Segal
The Anxious Child - Daniel Segal
Brainstorm: The power and purpose of the teenage brain - Daniel Segal
Author Gabor Mate

👉  Guest Details

 Nathan Wallis is the host of the documentary “All in the Mind”, and co-host of the TV Series “The Secret life of Girls”. Nathan is Aotearoa’s renowned neuroscience educator and has been captivating audiences over 250 times per year to sell out events in New Zealand, Australia, & China.

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