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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Rob Heller: Teaching Teens Life Skills, Social Skills and Resilience in a Phone-Based World
Rob Heller is a successful entrepreneur, youth development innovator, and founder of the Boost Program, a comprehensive personal development curriculum designed to equip teens and young adults with the essential life, social, and mental health skills that traditional education overlooks. After selling his insurance firm for eight figures to a publicly held company, Rob witnessed…
Read MoreHow Filmmaking Builds Confidence and Resilience in Young People with James Walker (Young Film Academy)
James Walker is the co-founder of Young Film Academy (YFA), one of the UK’s leading filmmaking organisations for young people. For over 20 years, James and the YFA team have helped thousands of teenagers develop storytelling, communication, leadership, teamwork, creative confidence and practical filmmaking experience through hands-on outreach projects, workshops and their flagship residential summer…
Read MoreTeaching Kids About Money: Real-Life Lessons from a Real Estate Investor | Jonathan Greene
Real estate investor Jonathan Greene grew up learning about money not through lectures, but through exposure — walking rental properties with his dad, watching cash change hands, and having open conversations about deals from the age of 10. In this episode, Jonathan and Mark explore why today’s frictionless, cashless world makes financial understanding harder for…
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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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Barefoot Bytes – Free computing workshops
Following my interviews in season 2 about the FREE computing workshops provided by Barefoot, I thought I would update you and share their latest video series that gives you more information on their work. Episode One of Barefoot Bytes series! Have you tried ‘World Map Logic’ FREE activity? Here’s a fun video to explain the…
Read MoreEducation on Fire goes to LA for Podcast Movement 17
I am so excited to say this week I will be attending Podcast Movement 17 in Anaheim, California. I am going to meet the best podcasters in the world and learn as much as I can to make the Education on Fire podcast as inspiring as it possibly can be. I have taken a sharp learning…
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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.