Transforming Screen Time into Learning Time with Nurture

Sep 30, 2025

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Musa Roshdy

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Join creative powerhouses Scott and Julie Stewart, co-founders of Nurture, alongside entrepreneur Roger Egan and learning expert Musa Roshdy. They discuss transforming screen time into active learning through storytelling and humor, creating immersive experiences where kids become heroes. Discover how AI personalizes engagement and why beloved characters can enhance learning. They challenge the notion that fun and education can’t coexist, aiming to foster future-ready skills in children—all while ensuring play remains an integral part of learning.

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INSIGHT

MCP Enables Iterative, Contextual Stories

Julie frames the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a way to keep memory and context so AI interactions can iterate like live teaching.
MCP lets creators refine content quickly based on real child engagement data.

ANECDOTE

Playground Whale For Real Context

Scott recounts Julie drawing a blue whale across a playground to give kids real context for size.
That lived experience made an abstract fact instantly meaningful.

INSIGHT

Engagement Trumps Drill For Young Kids

Story-driven engagement beats drill-and-kill approaches for young learners.
Rich characters and world-building create intrinsic motivation that supports learning goals.

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Julie Stewart and Scott Stewart, award-winning creators behind global children’s shows for Disney, Netflix, and Sesame Workshop, co-founded Nurture with serial entrepreneur Roger Egan, former CEO of RedMart, and learning expert Musa Roshdy, a Minerva University alum and advisor at Transcend Network, to build future-ready skills through immersive play.

💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:

How Nurture turns screen time into active learning
Why story and humor drive deeper engagement
How AI enables adaptive, personalized play
The power of using beloved characters for learning
Why fun and learning should never be separate

✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:01:00] Julie Stewart on kids becoming heroes inside immersive stories
[00:02:30] Roger Egan’s shift from e-commerce to early childhood learning
[00:09:30] Scott Stewart on humor and engagement as core learning tools
[00:16:00] Julie Stewart on AI and the Model Context Protocol for storytelling
[00:24:00] The team debates AI tutors with personality vs. personality-free chatbots
[00:33:00] Musa Roshdy on preventing “learned helplessness” from childhood
[00:45:00] Nurture’s strategy to partner with iconic children’s brands
[00:50:00] Breaking the taboo that fun and learning can’t coexist

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