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
Apr 23, 2018
Apr 23, 2018
37 min
Brand new cohost Sam Balch joins the podcast to talk about engaging in conflict with children in the name of discipline.
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Apr 16, 2018
Apr 16, 2018
40 min
Can academic rigor and developmentally appropriate practice coexist? Should we try?
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Apr 9, 2018
Apr 9, 2018
31 min
How far should parent opinion and requests influence our decisions?
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Apr 2, 2018
Apr 2, 2018
34 min
Structured play and unstructured play? What are you TALKING about?
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Mar 26, 2018
Mar 26, 2018
26 min
Kristen Greene and Katrina Macasaet from Zero to Three address fears people have about working with babies and toddlers.
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Mar 19, 2018
Mar 19, 2018
20 min
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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Mar 12, 2018
Mar 12, 2018
34 min
Liking antique cars and going to shows doesn't make you an antique car mechanic, right?
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Mar 5, 2018
Mar 5, 2018
21 min
It's our job to help calm the storm for children, not join the chaos. But how?
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Feb 26, 2018
Feb 26, 2018
29 min
Tiffany and Heather discuss "children' who don't play" and if that should be a concern.
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Feb 19, 2018
Feb 19, 2018
22 min
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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