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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Nov 4, 2019
Nov 4, 2019
36 min
Heather and Lisa discuss the realities and problems of hierarchies the ECE field has, often unconsciously, created and supported.
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Oct 28, 2019
Oct 28, 2019
45 min
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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Oct 21, 2019
Oct 21, 2019
39 min
Mike was listening to the Alfie Kohn episode, and he has some questions…for Heather.
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Oct 14, 2019
Oct 14, 2019
32 min
What if we just looked for what children are good at, even if those things might be challenging for us?
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Oct 7, 2019
Oct 7, 2019
36 min
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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Sep 30, 2019
Sep 30, 2019
49 min
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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Sep 23, 2019
Sep 23, 2019
28 min
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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Sep 16, 2019
Sep 16, 2019
23 min
Christy Jones-Hudson joins Heather to talk about using psychological first aid techniques as we help children experiencing stress.
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Sep 9, 2019
Sep 9, 2019
41 min
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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Sep 2, 2019
Sep 2, 2019
31 min
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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