Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Development in Teaching Children

Homeschooling with Naval Ravikant, Nir Eyal, Rachel Thomas, Kerry McDonald, Alycia Wright, Shiren Rattigan, and Lisa Betts-Lacroix: Part 1
But what about socialization?
Raising Indistractable Kids: Nir Eyal's Unconventional Approach to Homeschooling
Microschooling with Iman Alleyne & Shiren Rattigan
The Future of Educational Choice: Kerry McDonald Unpacks it All
Teach Your Kids: Game-Based Learning: The Prodigy Approach with Rohan Mahimker

Blog Posts

So, what's the big deal about "Mastery Learning"? 🏔️
But what about socialization?!
50 Educational Apps Your Kids Will Love
📚 The top 4 tools to teach your child to read in 2023
How to afford homeschooling 💰
How to find and vet the best homeschool teachers
🎨 But what about childcare?
Giving kids the time and space they need to teach themselves
Family involvement in education
Video Game Addiction by Peter Gray
What Is Choice Theory?
Unschooling

Naval’s Tweet about gut instincts

Naval on X: "It takes time to develop your gut, but once it’s developed, don’t listen to anything else."

Rachel’s homeschooling article and Hacker News Thread

My family’s unlikely homeschooling journey
- My family’s unlikely homeschooling journey - Hacker News thread

Books

Deschooling Society - Ivan Illich
Free at Last: The Sudbury Valley School - Daniel Greenberg
Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life - Peter Gray
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Angela Duckworth
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers - Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Maté MD
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life - Nir Eyal
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - Carol S. Dweck, PhD
The Case Against Education - Bryan Caplan
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure - Hans Magnus Enzensberger
The Teenage Liberation Handbook - Grace Llewellyn
Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom - Kerry McDonald

Programming Resources

Code Ninjas
Replit
Fast.ai

Math Apps

Dragonbox Math Apps
Prodigy Game
Slice Fractions
Beast Academy
IXL
Khan Academy

Educational Communities and Microschools

Colossal Academy
Cultural Roots Homeschool Cooperative
San Francisco Bay Area Gifted Homeschoolers
Sudbury Valley School

Tutoring Marketplaces

Tutor.com
Wyzant

Miscellaneous

Bank Street College of Education
Meet these incredible women advancing AI research
U.Va. Researchers Find that Kindergarten Is the New First Grade | UVA Today
Piaget's Stages: 4 Stages of Cognitive Development & Theory
Arthur Schopenhauer

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Time Codes

00:01:58 — What is Confidence?: Discussion of the role of confidence, its origins in childhood experiences, and how it can be nurtured or undermined throughout a lifetime.

00:09:57 — Tyranny of Metrics: Naval Ravikant explores the downsides of over-relying on quantitative measures in education, questioning how metrics may not capture the full picture of a child's abilities.

00:12:43 — Cultivating Confidence in Ourselves and Our Children: Naval shares how meditation serves as a powerful tool for self-reflection and problem-solving, enabling us to spend quality time with our own thoughts, clarify our desires, and transform them into deeply-held convictions.

00:14:26 — Neuroplasticity, Cognitive Development, and Early Learning: Manisha delves into the science behind brain flexibility and how early cognitive development can be optimized for more effective learning experiences.

00:19:30 — Trusting the Gut and Cultivating Confidence in Kids: Naval Ravikant stresses the value of intuition over academic theories when it comes to children's education and development, offering advice based on his personal experiences.

00:22:43 — Resistance to Homeschooling: Manisha and Naval address the societal skepticism around homeschooling, discussing some of the criticisms and misconceptions that often plague this alternative education route.

00:24:07 — Public Education, School Choice, and Accountability: Tackling the complexities surrounding public education systems, choices available to parents, and how accountability is maintained or lost in various educational settings.

00:29:45 — Future of Education: Manisha wraps up by highlighting emerging trends in the education sphere, such as modular learning and the move towards a more decentralized, customizable approach to K-12 education.

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