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

Jun 17, 2019

42 min

Episode descriptions: Richard Cohen joins the show to discuss his article "Zen and the Art of Early Childhood Education. Find the article here: https://richie4360.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/zen-and-the-art-of-early-childhood-education/
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Jun 10, 2019

48 min

Nerd Study Hall continues with an infant/toddler focus! Richard Cohen and Lizz Nolasco join the show to discuss moral development with infants and toddlers.
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Jun 3, 2019

36 min

Bethany Corrie, Tiffany Pearsall, Kisha Reid, and Lisa Murphy join Heather Bernt-Santy have another TECN study hall episode, discussing an article by Tamar Jacobson.
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May 27, 2019

45 min

Dan Hodgins, Richard Cohen, Tiffany Pearsall, Heather Bernt-Santy and Lisa Murphy try and figure out why we need to worry about "teaching grit" in early childhood.
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May 20, 2019

57 min

In this installment of the TECN Study Hall series, the panel discusses an editorial by Mary Renck Jalongo about the appeal of "cute" activities for early educators.
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May 13, 2019

50 min

Teaching young children is revolutionary. So are the women who got together to discuss this article.
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May 6, 2019

22 min

Zero to Three's Katrina Macasaet joins the podcast to offer suggestions and resources for supporting families.
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Apr 29, 2019

26 min

The first episodes in a new series--Nerd Study Hall! The nerd collective discusses an article on the impact of adult interruptions of their play.
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Apr 22, 2019

29 min

The first episodes in a new series--Nerd Study Hall! The nerd collective discusses an article on the impact of adult interruptions of their play.
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Apr 15, 2019

32 min

Lisa and Heather discuss what Carol Murray calls "the false dichotomy" between early education and care.
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