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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Monday Oct 21, 2019
Monday Oct 21, 2019
Mike was listening to the Alfie Kohn episode, and he has some questions…for Heather.
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Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
What if we just looked for what children are good at, even if those things might be challenging for us?
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Monday Oct 07, 2019
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Rae Pica has a new book out, and it asks some big questions. She joins Heather in this episode to talk through a few.
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Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
What does sales resistance have to do with teaching young children? Teacher Tom is here to discuss his blog post on the same topic.
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Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Artist, designer and author Rusty Keeler joins Heather on this episode to talk about his new book, “Adventures in Risky Play: What is Your Yes?”
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Monday Sep 16, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Christy Jones-Hudson joins Heather to talk about using psychological first aid techniques as we help children experiencing stress.
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Monday Sep 09, 2019
Monday Sep 09, 2019
Dan Hodgins joins Heather Bernt-Santy to talk through the real ways ADHD can effect young children and ECE program characteristics that invite behaviors that can be mistaken for ADHD.
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Monday Sep 02, 2019
Monday Sep 02, 2019
Did you know Mike Huber is also an author of children's books? He shares his stories and his processes in this episode.
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Monday Aug 26, 2019
Monday Aug 26, 2019
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Ann Pelo, who’s wonderful book (written with Margie Carter), “From Teaching to Thinking: A Pedagogy for Reimagining Our Work” will inspire, and maybe challenge you.
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Monday Aug 19, 2019
Monday Aug 19, 2019
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Elliot Haspel, author of “Crawling Behind: America’s Childcare Crisis and How to Fix It.”
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