That Early Childhood Nerd
If you love thinking deeply about childhood, early childhood education, caring for children, and supporting children’s right to play, this is the podcast for you! Each week, host and self-proclaimed early childhood nerd Heather Bernt-Santy invites practitioners, writers, and thinkers who share her commitment to doing the very best we can for children, their caregivers and teachers, and their families to discuss big ideas, real life practices, and cool research. Let’s get nerdy!
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Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
In a post on his Substack, Peter Gray wrote, "the rules of play provide boundaries within which the actions must occur, but they do not precisely dictate the actions. The rules always leave plenty of room for creativity." In this episode, Mike Huber joins Heather to discuss rules in children's power play.
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Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
We've heard and read over and over again that children need "structure," but too often what that translates into in practice with young children is attempts to "control." Host Heather Bernt-Santy and Nerd Favorite Lisa Murphy are here to unpack the difference.
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Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
In play, children stay connected to their childhood capacities that support creativity and innovation. Just like children, when adults engage in play and creative endeavors, they can find that childlike center that cultivates happiness and joy. Play is affirming because it allows us to enter a natural, safe, and caring environment in which we freely explore our inner thinking and desires. Join host Heather Bernt-Santy and author Miriam Beloglovsky for more!
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Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Author Nancy Rosenow, advisor at Dimensions Educational Research Foundation, joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to discuss her new book, Encouragement Every Day, "a collection of 366 quotes and daily nuggets thoughtfully curated by Nancy...as she journeys along with you. A little something for everyone -- offering support, joy and high fives as you embrace your year.
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Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Heather Bernt-Santy talks with Carol Garboden Murray about the ways that idealizing or romanticizing children or childhood can prevent us from seeing them as fully human.
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Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
In this episode, Heather is joined by Mike Huber, who has some thoughts about young children, power, and play.
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Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
"Human rights belong to everyone from cradle to grave and everywhere in between, irrespective of who we are or where we come from." (Alison Tonkin)Join host Heather Bernt-Santy and Guest Nerd Lisa Murphy for a conversation of play as a child's human right, and what that means for us in the big picture as well as in our daily work. Find more on Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child here: https://ipaworld.org/childs-right-to-play/article-31/
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Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
FINALLY! It's been so long since Lisa Murphy was on the show! After hanging out at the NAEYC conference Expo/Vendor Hall, Lisa and host Heather Bernt-Santy have some thoughts about the priorities and messages of the Vendor Hall, teacher developmental stages (sort of) and what we WISH had been there.Want more Lisa? (Of course you do!): https://www.ooeygooey.com/
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Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
You've heard Stacy Benge on a previous episode, but we had to bring her back! This book is SO GOOD, folks. Join host Heather Bernt-Santy, Mike Huber and Stacy for this discussion of visual perception, how it differs from "eyesight," and why it matters for our developmentally informed support of children's literacy.
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Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
"Childhood is full of invisible intentions. The ones that, without listening, would bloom and die without our knowledge." -Ron GradyTune in to hear Ron talk more about these intentions, the relational energy of materials in early childhood spaces, and honoring the moment with children to host Heather Bernt-Santy. Find more about Ron's blog and/or buy his books here: https://www.childology.co/
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