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 Apr 09, 2018
Monday Apr 09, 2018
How far should parent opinion and requests influence our decisions?
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Monday Apr 02, 2018
Monday Apr 02, 2018
Structured play and unstructured play? What are you TALKING about?
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Monday Mar 26, 2018
Monday Mar 26, 2018
Kristen Greene and Katrina Macasaet from Zero to Three address fears people have about working with babies and toddlers.
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Monday Mar 19, 2018
Monday Mar 19, 2018
Kristen and Katrina from Zero to Three join me to talk about the critical competencies for infant and toddler educators curriculum.
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Monday Mar 12, 2018
Monday Mar 12, 2018
Liking antique cars and going to shows doesn't make you an antique car mechanic, right?
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Monday Mar 05, 2018
Monday Mar 05, 2018
It's our job to help calm the storm for children, not join the chaos. But how?
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Monday Feb 26, 2018
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Tiffany and Heather discuss "children' who don't play" and if that should be a concern.
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Monday Feb 19, 2018
Monday Feb 19, 2018
Lisa Murphy joins Heather to talk about the importance of block play, the stages of block play, and why the whole room should be block play.
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Monday Feb 12, 2018
Monday Feb 12, 2018
Lisa Murphy joins Heather to talk about the importance of block play, the stages of block play, and why the whole room should be block play.
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Monday Feb 05, 2018
Monday Feb 05, 2018
Host Heather Bernt-Santy and Lizz (Cohen) Nolasco talk about the book We Don't Play with Guns Here: War, Weapon and Superhero Play in the Early Years by Penny Holland.
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