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 Nov 05, 2018

Author and speaker Rae Pica joins the podcast to discuss how honoring children's need to move can reduce behaviors we find challenging.
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Monday Oct 29, 2018

In which Laura and Heather talk tattoos, young children, and that time we got our noses pierced.
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Monday Oct 22, 2018

Sticker charts are easy, working through human complexity is not, but our children deserve the effort.
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Monday Oct 15, 2018

Rachel Larimore, author of Preschool Beyond Walls, has some great advice for including nature in our ECE programs.
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Monday Oct 08, 2018

Is it possible we've created problems for ourselves and our programs with our advocacy? Travis Manley is back to help us figure it out.  
 
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Monday Oct 01, 2018

Is it possible we've created problems for ourselves and our programs with our advocacy? Travis Manley is back to help us figure it out.  
 
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Monday Sep 24, 2018

Author and speaker Erin Ramsey joins me to encourage us to save our bold energy for love as we work with families and each other.
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NERD_0119 Using Our Voice

Monday Sep 17, 2018

Monday Sep 17, 2018

It’s easier than you might think to advocate for ECE with politicians and other community members.
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Monday Sep 10, 2018

Sustained shared thinking, mind-mindedness, sports broadcasting....whatever you call it, Emma and Heather have some thoughts about keeping it real.
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Monday Sep 03, 2018

Heather and Lisa Murphy finish their conversation about teacher roles identified in the ECE classic The Play's the Thing: Teachers' Roles in Children's Play
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