That Early Childhood Nerd

Host Heather Bernt-Santy is joined by David Cahn, who listened to episode 54 and had some thoughts to extend the conversation. 
"When providers struggle with low pay, few benefits, and little job prestige, yet resist the kind of activity that has moved other workers, nurses for instance, from the world of paraprofessionals to the world of adequate pay, benefits, and job security, they're holding the entire field back." (Stacie Goffin)
 
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Host Heather Bernt-Santy and Tiffany Pearsall are EXCITED to talk about the work of Mem Fox and reading with children. 
"When an understanding of the world, language, and print act together as a team, reading happens. All three go hand in hand like inseparable friends." (Mem Fox)
 
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Host Heather Bernt-Santy is joined for this episode by Tiffany Pearsall.
" If the idea of print rich becomes print overstimulation, it's no longer useful to children or motivating them to pay attention to associating those labels with the objects they represent." 
(Margie Carter, Deb Curtis)
 
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Host Heather Bernt-Santy is joined for this episode by Lizz (Cohen) Nolasco.
"She had been taught that this kind of music and movement activity was good for children, although she really didn't know why. She was 'doing early childhood' as she'd been taught but she didn't know the reasons behind her own developmentally appropriate practice."
From Social Emotional Development: Connecting Science and Practice in Early Childhood Settings by Dave Riley, Robert San Juan, Joan Klinkner, and Ann Ramminger.
 
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Continuing the exploration of ideas in Lilian Katz's article on intellectual vs academic skills in early childhood, Heather Bernt-Santy is joined by David Cahn. 
"While intellectual dispositions may be weakened or even damaged by excessive and premature formal instruction, they're also not likely to be strengthened by any of the trivial if not banal activities frequently offered in child care, preschool, and kindergarten programs." (Lilian Katz)
 
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Host Heather Bernt-Santy welcomes Travis (Taggart) Manley to discuss education requirements, professional respect, and working with young children.
"When providers struggle with low pay, few benefits, and little job prestige, yet resist the kind of activity that has moved other workers, nurses for instance, from the world of paraprofessionals to the world of adequate pay, benefits, and job security, they're holding the entire field back." (Stacie Goffin)
Heather and Travis have....thoughts.
 
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Host Heather Bernt-Santy is joined in this episode by Tiffany Pearsall (and her Kate Bush impression) to discuss Lilian Katz's article on the difference between academic goals and intellectual goals in early childhood: https://dey.org/publication/kindergarten-readiness-academic-instruction-or-intellectual-goals/
"Children of very low income families may not have been read to or have held a pencil at home, but I suggest that it's a good idea to assume that they, too, have lively minds." (Lilian Katz)
 
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Host Heather Bernt-Santy and Bethany Corrie love Tamar Jacobson! 
From her book Don't Get So Upset: Help Young Children Manage Their Feelings by Understanding Your Own": 
"We set the tone in our classrooms. It is our mood that creates the climate."
 
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Host Heather Bernt-Santy is joined by Tiffany Pearsall to discuss adult responses to children's fears.
"Every time we remove a child's fear, we interrupt an opportunity to help her learn to manage her fears." (Emily Plank)
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Once again, Emily Plank provides food for thought, conversation and action in her book Discovering the Culture of Childhood: 
"Conflict resolution skills require creativity and imagination, and children who have a chance to develop those skills in their early years have a broader set of conflict resolution skills as adults. Therefore, while educators worry about play themes, they should instead focus on play complexity." 
Listen in as host Heather Bernt-Santy and Tiffany Pearsall dig in.