GETTING KIDS TO LISTEN: TIPS WITH BRAIN ORGANIZATION

Danielle Perrecone-Alomoto is a neurological reorganization consultant from In the Cortex who, in this episode, talks about communicating so that kids will listen and follow directions.  ★★★ LISTENER COUPON CODE Request your coupon code to use on any purchase at bookshark.com. Thanks to show sponsor BookShark. Request a homeschool curriculum catalog or download samples at bookshark.com. QUOTABLES Danielle: "My children are four years old and 16 months and I'm still messing up. And I know this information. So there's a huge element of being human. And it's just learning the awareness and then understanding so we can be more compassionate parents. So the answer to that in short is no, you've never messed up. You're here now. And you're listening to it now. That means that you're just growing from here. And you can always shift this, because the best thing about the brain, it's never too late to go back and reorganize the brain. Or shift how you parent." TIMESTAMPS 02:30 A disorganized brain can make homeschooling hard.  Thankfully, the brain can change! And with simple tools that take advantage of this plasticity, we can help our kids concentrate and learn better in our homeschools.  03:56 Dani explains what she does as a neurological reorganization consultant to diagnose and then help correct a disorganized brain.  04:47 How crawling and listening are related to a disorganized brain. How the cortex compensates but also pays a price. 05:31 What a lack of eye contact can really mean.  06:11 Have we all messed up parenting our babies? 07:20 Body motion can indicate where a brain left off on development. 07:59 Other behaviors that can be affected by a disorganized brain: meltdowns and pushback/fighting, inattentiveness, inability to be still or focus.  09:30 Learning disabilities can overlap with brain disorganization and be helped by brain training. 10:07 How a disorganized brain can affect a parent and make homeschooling incredibly difficult. 15:38 Dani shares simple movements that can help our brain, like creeping and crawling.  16:57 The asymmetrical tonic neck reflex. 18:31 How the brain perceives threats and goes into survival mode. 18:55 How to use unattached, calm questions to prevent triggering a defensive mechanism in your kids when you need them to do something.  20:36 The problem with open-ended questions. 22:03 How to start the homeschool day to set your kids up for success. The power of outlining what the day will hold — front loading the information before kids need it.  24:08 When kids don't listen to (or can't remember) directions. 25:32 How to remain calm as a parent. Take Dani's online quiz at In the Cortex. 27:18 The value of the morning meeting. Thanks to show sponsor BookShark. Request a homeschool curriculum catalog or download samples at bookshark.com.