Year 6
Stories in audio
The twenty-six narrations from the NeuroEduca · Year 6 workbook, the subject for learning how your brain learns. Each story opens a session: it can be played in class or listened to at home. Free to access, no sign-up needed.
Did you get here by scanning a QR code? You are in the right place. Every session in the student workbook has a code on its first page that leads straight to that story. You can also pick one from the list below.
Also in Spanish and in Catalan.
Unit 0 · Learning can be learned
- 1. The last minute
1:38
This session works on how pausing for a few seconds before acting helps us make better decisions, and how conscious breathing helps the brain regain its calm.
- 2. Neus, the woodcutter
1:35
This session works on how learning is not only about practising more, but also about stopping to think about how we learn: metacognition.
- 3. The bamboo that would not grow
1:39
This session works on how learning needs time and practice, and even when the changes cannot be seen the brain keeps building and strengthening its neural networks.
- 4. Theseus’s thread
2:05
This session works on how actively recalling strengthens memory more than re-reading: retrieval helps the brain consolidate what it has learnt.
- 5. The master archer
2:20
This session works on how the brain learns together with the body: movement, posture, practice and regulation breaks all support learning.
First term · How we think
- 6. Alex’s Workshop
2:23
This session works on how the brain does not work as a single part but as a team in which different structures cooperate to think, learn, feel and decide.
- 7. The queen who forbade crying
2:30
This session works on how every emotion serves a purpose, and listening to what we feel helps us respond with intelligence instead of reacting impulsively.
- 8. The Mysterious Snake
1:48
This session works on how the brain reacts not to what happens but to the interpretation it makes of reality, and how a short pause helps us decide better.
- 9. The Kingdom of Islands
2:34
This session works on how learning depends on communication between neurons: it means creating and strengthening connections between what we already know and what is new.
- 10. The Perfume Market
2:12
This session works on how neurotransmitters and hormones do different jobs: there are no good or bad chemical messengers, only ones suited to each situation.
- 11. The Six Blind Men and the Elephant
2:03
This session works on how the brain interprets reality with the information it has, and how listening to other points of view helps us think more accurately.
- 12. Someone New Comes to School
2:41
This session works on how our expectations shape how we interpret reality, and how critical thinking helps us revise our first impressions.
Second term · How the brain learns
- 13. Noa’s Video
2:21
This session works on how the brain changes with practice and habits: learning is not only adding, it is also strengthening some connections and letting others fade.
- 14. The Two Frogs in the Milk
2:17
This session works on how learning needs constant practice: every repetition done with attention strengthens the connections, even if nothing shows at first.
- 15. The Unknown Islands
2:27
This session works on how learning depends not only on knowing many things but also on planning, holding attention, curbing impulses and changing strategy.
- 16. The Chained Elephant
2:19
This session works on how past experiences shape what we believe about our own abilities, and how those beliefs can change through new experiences.
- 17. Austin’s Butterfly
2:25
This session works on how mistakes are part of learning, and how good feedback helps the brain improve because it points to the next step.
- 18. The Horse and the Well
2:05
This session works on how difficulties do not determine what we learn: a growth mindset helps us read a mistake as an opportunity.
- 19. The Gardener and the Vine
2:00
This session works on how a large part of learning happens by watching others: the people and models we pay attention to shape how we think and act.
Third term · Deciding and growing
- 20. The Valley Where It Never Rained
2:39
This session works on how growing up means changing strategy when circumstances change: cognitive flexibility keeps us from getting stuck in one way of thinking.
- 21. Ulysses and the Song of the Sirens
2:08
This session works on how self-control does not depend on willpower alone: preparing the environment before temptation arrives makes it easier to keep our goals.
- 22. The Monkey and the Jar
2:13
This session works on how many immediate rewards are designed to capture our attention, and how real freedom is deciding when to stop even when we still want more.
- 23. The Hidden Treasure
2:23
This session works on how self-esteem does not depend on other people’s approval: identity is built through our experiences, our decisions and the way we speak to ourselves.
- 24. The Little Prince and the Fox
2:13
This session works on how trust and bonds are built through small repeated gestures, and how feeling safe with other people also helps us learn.
- 25. The Best Corn of the Year
2:10
This session works on how learning alongside other people benefits the whole group: teaching, cooperating and sharing also strengthens our own learning.
- 26. The Three Stonecutters
2:06
This session works on how finding a purpose in what we do increases motivation: small actions make more sense when we tie them to a larger goal.