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
Jan 28, 2019
Jan 28, 2019
31 min
Interior designer and author Leslie Hart-Davidson offers insight into designing spaces "for" and "with" children, rather than "to" and "at".
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Jan 21, 2019
Jan 21, 2019
29 min
Lisa Murphy and Heather Bernt-Santy discuss the pros and cons of relying on research to talk about our practice.
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Jan 14, 2019
Jan 14, 2019
29 min
Richard Cohen joins the show for what we hope is a new series on teaching adults in ECE.
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Jan 7, 2019
Jan 7, 2019
36 min
Holly Elissa Bruno joins me to discuss her latest book, "Happiness is Running Through the Streets to Find You"
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Dec 31, 2018
Dec 31, 2018
31 min
Some people think play based philosophies require less of adults--but does it?
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Dec 24, 2018
Dec 24, 2018
25 min
Michael Gramling, author of The Great Disconnect in ECE: What We Know vs What We Do drops by the podcast.
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Dec 17, 2018
Dec 17, 2018
35 min
How can we be sure our practices with children are coming from a place of kindness?
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Dec 10, 2018
Dec 10, 2018
35 min
A lot of teachers have strong feelings about sitting criss cross applesauce. So does Mike Huber.
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Dec 3, 2018
Dec 3, 2018
25 min
Is it really important to tell families if their child has behavior problems at child care? Dan Hodgins and I don't think so.
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Nov 26, 2018
Nov 26, 2018
32 min
Richard Cohen joins the podcast to discuss the power adults have in ECE programs.
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