That Early Childhood Nerd

NERD_0025 Riffing on Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in the fall of 2016...back then the podcast was called Cause an Effect. A lot has changed since then, including the host's name (from Heather Wenig to Heather Bernt-Santy) but we hope you will tune in! 
In this episode, Heather is joined by Tiffany Pearsall to talk about emergent curriculum.
"Emergent curriculum is invented by its participants, which is more work for teachers because it requires continual alertness." (Susan Stacey)

NERD_0024 Misunderstandings about Maria Montessori

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in the fall of 2016...back then the podcast was called Cause an Effect. A lot has changed since then, including the host's name (from Heather Wenig to Heather Bernt-Santy) but we hope you will tune in! 
In this episode, Heather is joined by Travis (Taggart) Manley to discuss how radical Maria Montessori's work was and should still be.
"Establishing lasting peace is the work of education. All politics can do is keep us out of war."

NERD_0023 Interrupting Children's Play

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in the fall of 2016...back then the podcast was called Cause an Effect. A lot has changed since then, including the host's name (from Heather Wenig to Heather Bernt-Santy) but we hope you will tune in! 
In this episode, Heather is joined by Tiffany Pearsall to talk about Emily Plank's AMAZING book Discovering the Culture of Childhood.
"Interruptions are highly disorienting, and the time it takes to recover from an interruption can interfere with the depth of exploration"

NERD_0017 The Little Prince: An Early Childhood Manifesto

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in the fall of 2016...back then the podcast was called Cause an Effect. A lot has changed since then, including the host's name (from Heather Wenig to Heather Bernt-Santy) but we hope you will tune in! 
In this episode, Heather is joined by Lizz (Cohen) Nolasco, who believes that the book The Little Prince has powerful messages for early childhood:
"Grown ups love figures. When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask about essential matters. They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?' Instead, they demand, 'How old is he? How many brothers does he have? How much money does his father make?'"

NERD_0016 Be Amazing: Tools for Teachers with Erin Ramsey

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in the fall of 2016...back then the podcast was called Cause an Effect. A lot has changed since then, including the host's name (from Heather Wenig to Heather Bernt-Santy) but we hope you will tune in! 
In this episode, Heather is joined by author and speaker Erin Ramsey about her book Be Amazing: Tools for Living Inspired.
"Happiness is the journey, not the destination"

NERD_0014 Tif's Ghost BF, John Dewey

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in the fall of 2016...back then the podcast was called Cause an Effect. A lot has changed since then, including the host's name (from Heather Wenig to Heather Bernt-Santy) but we hope you will tune in! 
In this episode, Heather is joined by Tiffany Pearsall to talk about the work of John Dewey, specifically his book School and Society: 
"The environment is always that in which life is situated, and through which it is circumstanced, and to isolate it, to make it with little children an object of observation and remark by itself, it to treat human nature inconsiderately."

NERD_0013 Adultism and Ageism and Other Isms

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in the fall of 2016...back then the podcast was called Cause an Effect. A lot has changed since then, including the host's name (from Heather Wenig to Heather Bernt-Santy) but we hope you will tune in! 
In this episode, Heather is joined by Tiffany Pearsall to talk about a quote from one of her friend's graduate textbook. The book was called Readings for Diversity in Social Justice.
"There's certainly much research and literature on children and youth, but very little that concludes that young people are an oppressed group in our society with parallels to other groups."

NERD_0012 Appreciating Children for Who They are Now

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in the fall of 2016...back then the podcast was called Cause an Effect. A lot has changed since then, including the host's name (from Heather Wenig to Heather Bernt-Santy) but we hope you will tune in! 
In this episode, Heather is joined by her son Curtis, as they discuss another great quote from the work of Deb Curtis and Margie Carter:
"We are willing to entertain children, make products for them to consume, and prepare children for adulthood, yet we don't earnestly give them much attention for who they are now."

NERD_0011 Those Manipulative Babies!

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in the fall of 2016...back then the podcast was called Cause an Effect. A lot has changed since then, including the host's name (from Heather Wenig to Heather Bernt-Santy) but we hope you will tune in! 
In this episode, Heather is joined by Laura Spillman to talk about this quote from PITC/The Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers: 
"Being fair to infants does not mean treating them all the same."

NERD_0010 The Image of the Child

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in September 2016...back then the podcast was called Cause an Effect. A lot has changed since then, including the host's name (from Heather Wenig to Heather Bernt-Santy) but we hope you will tune in! 
In this episode, Heather is joined by her youngest child, Josie, to discuss the idea of image of the child. Their starting quote comes from the book Working in the Reggio Way: A Beginner's Guide for American Teachers by Julianne P. Wurm:
"In Reggio, the child is viewed as strong, powerful, rich in potential, driven by the power of wanting to grow, and nurtured by adults who take this drive toward growth seriously."