I'm Mark Taylor and I interview educators from around the world so that I can enable you to support your children to live, learn and grow to their full potential
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Wyzly Founder Adam Adler: Turning Screen Time Battles Into Learning Wins
Adam Adler is a Charleston-based founder and investor focused on building technology that creates healthier, more sustainable systems — for families, communities, and the next generation.The idea for Wyzly didn’t come from a pitch deck or a boardroom. It came from Adam’s daughter, Isla. At seven years old, Isla proposed a simple idea that every…
Read MoreTransforming Dyslexia: Practical Strategies for Educators and Parents
Dyslexia, which affects an estimated 15 to 20% of learners, often leads to the frustrating advice of waiting and seeing from educational professionals. Russell Van Brocklen, a dyslexia researcher and advocate, challenges this complacency by presenting actionable solutions for parents and educators. His innovative approach, grounded in structured literacy methods, aims to transform the educational…
Read MoreFrom Underprivileged to Acclaimed: The Chess Journey of Modesto Students
Kevin Cripe was a teacher in Modesto City Schools for 27 years and during that time created an award winning after school chess program for students who came from socio-economically challenged backgrounds. He took students to 200+ tournaments and 14 national chess championships and watched as students used chess to become first generation college graduates.…
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A Children's Podcast, Mentoring, Online Teaching and Learning Tool, Science, Maths, Spelling, Reading & Writing, Arts, Resilience Empathy & Global Citizenship, Parent Engagement, Whole School Mental Health
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Primary Music Lesson 8
Primary Music Lesson: Rhythmically Speaking: 8 Preparing the Ensemble: Tamborim Mark Taylor, director of Rhythmically Speaking, prepares a primary school class for Samba ensemble with individual work with the tamborim players.
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Mark Taylor, director of Rhythmically Speaking, prepares a primary school class for Samba ensemble with individual work with the Reco-Reco players.
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Mark Taylor, director of Rhythmically Speaking, prepares a primary school class for Samba ensemble with individual work with the ganza players.
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National Association for Primary Education
Our aim is to achieve a higher priority for the education of children from birth to 13. High quality learning in the early years of life is vitally important to the creation of an educated society. Young children are not simply preparing for the future, they are living a never to be repeated time of life and the best way to learn is to live.