Nathan Johnston, EdD

🪶Growing families who are outgrowing their financial plan hire me to nourish cash flow and family roots with a Rockefeller-style trust.

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Infants use every tool in their toolbox to mimic their most trusted caregivers.

This little one, shared to FB by Kristen Humphrey, is an amazing example.

Listen to how close he comes to saying “I love you” back to his dad. How does he do it?

The answer is using both sight and sound.

Watch how carefully he’s studying his father’s face, using not only the cadence and sound of dad’s words but the subtle movements of his mouth to help inform his own try.

And wow does he ever come close!

This is how so much learning begins for infants: up close and face to face - which makes it particularly important that you carve out time to interact directly with your baby.

Not just in proximity.

Not in the presence of a screen.

But eye to eye and face to face. It’s where the magic happens.

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

I just published Stop the Spin of Alienation — in Family Court and Beyond https://t.co/d28s5qFKsh

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

I am speaking at 23rd Annual Families and Fathers International Conference 2022. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

I’ve just completed an amazing 10-week speaking training and created a 2-minute “manifesto talk” to share my voice! Check out these words of inspiration from myself and others & vote for your fave! You’ll definitely be inspired – and it’d mean a lot to me! https://t.co/xVx9wNkDop

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

Turns out the lowest paid workers in our economy are considered to be among those most essential for our society to function. Having safe, affordable, high quality child care is essential for America to work. https://t.co/9T9LPMBP9i

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

To my 42 followers: Are you there? Who is going to #Reggio? I have been waiting until the right moment, until I was ready. Now I am ready. Spread this far and wide! May your friends and your friends friends (or your followers followers as the case may be) pass this on to theirs!

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

This week: Questions about teaching and learning. Constructing learner identities. A Māori welcoming ceremony. Like Interaction Focused Education on Facebook for updates. #ece #earlychildhoodeducation #malaysia #inquiry #learningstories #ssmfc https://t.co/deuKc5Z9to

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

Hey everyone! This is about the future of Forest City. Ancient Temples. Uncompromising Ideals in the face of certain death.

https://t.co/iINosCTKY9

#ece #earlychildhoodeducation #malaysia #internationalschools #global #futurecities #forestcity #ssmfc

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

White Privilege. Kindergartener's ideas about the long history of a world younger than they are. Appearances.

This week's post: https://t.co/E3h4ChmWBd

#ece #earlychildhoodeducation #malaysia #inquiry #internationalschools #global #futurecities #forestcity #ssmfc

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

What we say about each other today. Our beliefs about our beginnings, and where we go in the end. #ece #earlychildhoodeducation #reggioemilia #malaysia #inquiry #teachingpyramid #learningstories #ssmfc
https://t.co/eQGkr1eI7x

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

https://t.co/STypybLsmp #ece #earlychildhoodeducation #reggioemilia #malaysia #inquiry #teachingpyramid #learningstories #ssmfc

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

Back in Malaysia from New Zealand Learning Stories Intensive Study Tour. https://t.co/3My2hNhU4B #ece #earlychildhoodeducation #reggioemilia #malaysia #inquiry #teachingpyramid #learningstories #ssmfc

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

This is what happens when you give children free access to loose parts and glue guns. Opportunities for conversations about alien baddies and goodies! https://t.co/W5ldsmWBWy

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

This is the ladder they built so the children can climb over the electric fence when they visit the sheep at Mangere Kindergarten! @ Mangere Bridge https://t.co/ch1GByWL8T

[Yoko Ono @yokoono]

Express and communicate to the younger generation how much you love and trust their power to create a positive change.

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

I'm sharing stories of my interactions with the first children to live on the islands of Forest City in Malaysia at https://t.co/R1PiVtXOfV. Also, please click on the button to ”Like" our page on Facebook at https://t.co/6fmwSnB3KS #malaysia #joinme #learningstories #ece

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

Stories of the first children to live on the islands of Forest City in Malaysia at https://t.co/Ibw23Lfajp "Like" our page on Facebook: https://t.co/vMl5yPBPzB
Enjoy!

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

Foundation Years: Dream City In 2016 a huge reclamation project created a new island at the southernmost tip of Peninsular Malaysia, across the Straits of Johor from Singapore. Join me as I tell the story of the first children to live in Forest City! https://t.co/VgGOv48LAh

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

I feel engaged when I am getting to know the person I am listening to. I don’t need to understand their problem. I need to understand the person. Then I can give clear feedback. This checklist is from Brene Brown:

[Nathan Johnston, EdD @NathanJStarr]

If we truly hold an image of the child as a competent learner with ideas of their own to shape the curriculum, thematic planning is out. Planning is about observing what is happening, and asking our students questions to explore their theories of change. https://t.co/hZBPlsfpRI