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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Episodes

Monday Sep 07, 2020

Have you ever been told it was unprofessional to love children you are caring for or teaching? How are boundaries different from detachment? Listen in as Sam Balch, Mike Huber and Carol Garbodan Murray join Heather for a discussion of Carol's upcoming article, "Professional Love."
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Monday Aug 31, 2020

Heather is joined by Lizz Nolasco and Richard Cohen to discuss the ways holiday practices in early childhood settings can work against our anti-bias goals.
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Monday Aug 24, 2020

Heather Bernt-Santy and Mike Huber welcome Emmanuelle Fincham and Amanda Fellner to discuss their article Including Autism: Confronting Inequitable Practices in a Toddler Classroom.
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Wednesday Aug 19, 2020

The author of the book A Young Writer's World: Creating Early Childhood Classrooms Where Authors Abound joins Heather to discuss emerging writing in the early years.
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Monday Aug 17, 2020

Richard Cohen joins Heather to talk her through some disequilibrium around teaching college ECE students.
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Monday Aug 10, 2020

Author Francis Wardle drops by to discuss his article "Unpacking Developmentally Appropriate Practice" and the need for accepting some absolutes in early care and education.
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Monday Aug 03, 2020

Monday Aug 03, 2020

Is baby play random? Do they need us to stimulate them? Bethany Corrie joins Heather to figure it out.
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Monday Jul 27, 2020

Sam Balch, Richard Cohen and Heather discuss the book Can of Worms: Fearless Conversations with Toddlers by Nick Terrones.
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Monday Jul 20, 2020

Sam Balch, Richard Cohen and Heather discuss the book Can of Worms: Fearless Conversations with Toddlers by Nick Terrones.
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Monday Jul 13, 2020

Heather's talking to an editor about a book project, and to help her process her ideas, she's asked Nerd cohosts to listen to past episodes and interview her. Here's the first, where we revisit the episode called Sticker Charts vs Human Complexity
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