Did you know that unschooling is actually good for your brain? The latest analysis of cutting-edge brain research indicates that the choice to unschool may be the very best thing you could do for your child's brain. In this talk we will explore: *how unschooling makes learning more relevant and memorable to the brain *how the hemispheres of the brain effect learning and how you can help your child optimize them *how a child's readiness to learn is key *how our environment impacts how we encode information *how our unique learning styles are supported by unschooling *how the brain's rhythms of waking, sleeping and body movement correspond to learning *how stress impairs the brain's ability to learn and how unschooling works to create more resiliency