Is it possible to have a discourse between our senses and the natural world as we go about our education? This episode is a brief window into how the wind, and all of nature, informs learning and writing at the Juniper School.

What’s happening in a person’s body and mind when their attention is fully given? Stanislas DeHaene, a celebrated French neuroscientist who studies learning in the brain, gives us an excellent perspective. Once we understand what we're working with, we're far better suited to support students, parents, teachers, and ourselves in a lifelong love of learning.

Animal senses diversify and expand our learning. Drawing from the work of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ed Yong, visionary biologist Jakob von Uexküll, and birder Jon Young, this episode explains how a simple study of animal senses can broaden one's appreciation of what education is - both in the body and in the world at large. The practice is simple (and joyful) at any age - from toddler to elder.