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BIG LIFE JOURNAL
Big Life Journal bring you the world's best growth mindset resources
The growth mindset is being taught in more schools for a good reason. It teaches children (and adults) to embrace their mistakes, sustain their efforts longer, develop resilience and perseverance skills.
Check out the colourful and engaging journals, posters, activities and resources designed to help you and your family follow your dreams and live a fulfilling life.
If you decide to buy anything from Big Life Journal, we will earn a small amount of money, which is not additional to you. You decide. We only ever recommend products that
will benefit you and your family.
Forbrain Headset $AU447
AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA ONLY
Improve speech, memory and attention just by using your voice!
Used by speech and occupational therapists globally, this amazing headset helps students to hear their voice in a way that constantly surprises their brain, enabling better attention. The result is that they remember more of what they say out loud, anything from improving reading, speaking, presenting, singing, but also learning a new language or remembering study notes. You'll also see improvements in speech and pronunciation.
1 Month Ready to Read Preschool to Year 1
$AUS277 AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA ONLY
Children need to have good language and listening skills before they can read. Otherwise, they can't match the sounds to the right letters. Prevent reading and spelling problems before they begin.
Language skills are foundational to learning to read. This pre-school to Year 1 program develops skills like visual attention, verbal decoding, letter-name association skills, phonemic awareness, sequencing, auditory memory, linguistic processing and more so that they are ready to read and learn at school.
1 Month Mindset Coaching $AUS247
Teach your children how to master their self talk to persevere longer.
Children resist learning for two reasons. They either believe it's too hard and they can't do it, or they may believe it's too easy and never learn how to put effort into it.
They may be learning about the growth mindset at school, but we show you how to use the growth mindset at home, to help them build the skills they need to reach their potential.
And because we know that the brain is more like a muscle, they'll also learn a bit of neuroscience and how to use their brain!
3 month Auditory Fitness Builder $857
AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA ONLY
Neuroscientists agree! The brain is like a muscle and you can improve memory, attention, processing and sequencing skills at home on the internet. This means better speech, spelling, reading and comprehension in more subjects.
Using the evidence based Fast ForWord123 program used by speech pathologists and schools worldwide, you can strengthen the neural pathways for language and learning. Growth mindset coaching included for FREE.
If a commitment to 3 months is too difficult for you at present, please feel free to try the 1 month option below.
NDIS approved for plan and self managed clients.
Headphones that cover the ears will be required.
1 Month Auditory Fitness Builder $317
AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA ONLY
This is a short introduction to our 3 month Auditory Fitness Builder program for better speech, spelling, reading and comprehension in more subjects.
Using the evidence based Fast ForWord123 program used by speech pathologists and schools worldwide, you can strengthen the neural pathways for language and learning. Growth mindset coaching included for FREE.
Note that results are best measured over 3 months. You can continue a monthly arrangement or take up the other 2 months for just $598. NDIS approved for plan and self managed clients.
Headphones that cover the ears will be required.
Times Table Work Out $26.95
TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK - SORRY :(
If you can write the answers to all of the times tables correctly in less than 4 minutes, then you don't need this fun way of learning the basic number relationships that underpin decimals, fractions, percentages, algebra and more.
The times table workout will help to create more positive conversations around maths. Students will gain more confidence from seeing their improvements, enjoy competing against their own time, and learn that perseverance pays off. They will feel more confidence from having acquired this skill.
ABOUT US
Improving learning difficulties from a parents' point of view
Having a child who struggled at school
It was difficult to watch my son disengage from learning. The journey had begun so well and preschool had been a delight. But further down the track, there were unfinished tasks, homework and assignments he didn't understand and didn't want to do. Then there were so many misunderstandings, he was excluded socially and of course, he was bullied. Assessments were so expensive and confusing because they differed in outcome, and I can't begin to tell you about the worry and stress of it all keeping me awake at night. We also tried different diets, protocols and therapies to keep him off medication and while somewhat successful in varying degrees, required a great of work which added to the stress of it all.
Finally ... reading an incredible book
That was when I was introduced to the idea of neuroplasticity by his music teacher (Tania Rose - Artscope Music) and later read the book The Brain That Changes Itself by Dr Norman Doidge. I began to understand how we can drive the growth of neural pathways in our brain to make more connections to learn and remember more. I read about incredible people who had used this principle to transform their lives beyond their diagnosis. In particular, I learned about auditory processing disorder and a program that helped children improve their cognitive and language skills.
Tasting success
That program was called Fast ForWord and after three months, his tendency to say things like "hiddo potamus" (hippopotamus) and "torte nilli" (tortellini) just disappeared. I was amazed, and as it turned out 2 years later, worked for LearnFast, the Australian distributor of Fast ForWord to support other parents who had invested in it. I loved seeing so many students improve, many enjoying reading for the first time. I became so interested in learning more about neuroplasticity from the credentials of Fast ForWord and the research coming from neuroscience that was proving how much we can change our brains. And to help my students persevere, I started researching and developing successful coaching techniques when I learned about Carol Dweck's Growth Mindset.
A dream is born
Realising that there was a need for this in my area of Camden, Campbelltown and Wollondilly, I began my own business in July 2018 as Learning Well Macarthur, and have recently rebranded as Brain Wise Learning to market to the wider areas of Sydney. I receive a lot of support from my son, who is now 18 and venturing into the business world himself and from my husband, friends and family.
The mission of Brain Wise Learning is to increase awareness about auditory processing, bring hope to struggling learners and their parents, challenge outdated thinking on how well the brain can learn and develop a growth mindset in anyone who wants to enjoy learning all over again to live a more satisfying, fulfilled life.
I feel privileged to bring a mother's perspective, with all her frustration, worry and hope from everything I've learned in nearly two decades, into something that you may just find very helpful.
