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!
Episodes

Monday Dec 30, 2019
Monday Dec 30, 2019
Sam Balch joins the show to ask Heather some questions about her experiences and philosophies as an ECE college instructor.
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Monday Dec 23, 2019
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Egocentric behavior in children is developmentally appropriate and a positive indicator of social/emotional development. Listen to hear Dan talk about why we should value the child who takes and the child who protects.
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Monday Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
If you don't follow Greg Santucci on Facebook, you definitely should! He joins the show here to make his case for never using the phrase "behavior management" again.
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Monday Dec 09, 2019
Monday Dec 09, 2019
Another episode where Mike Huber asks Heather to dive deeper into how ideas discussed on previous episodes show up in her daily practice.
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Monday Dec 02, 2019
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Does the language we use to describe the work we do matter?
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Monday Nov 25, 2019
Monday Nov 25, 2019
The second installment of our conversation with Carol about her upcoming book Illuminating Care: The Pedagogy and Practice of Care.
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Monday Nov 18, 2019
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Houston Kraft, author of Deep Kindness: A Revolutionary Guide for the Way We Think, Talk and Act in Kindness joins the show to connect his ideas about kindness to our work with young children and with each other.
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Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Another episode where Mike Huber asks Heather to dive deeper into how ideas discussed on previous episodes show up in her daily practice.
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Monday Nov 04, 2019
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Heather and Lisa discuss the realities and problems of hierarchies the ECE field has, often unconsciously, created and supported.
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Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
This is the first in a series of conversations with Carol about her upcoming book Illuminating Care: The Pedagogy and Practice of Care.
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