That Early Childhood Nerd

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in 2017...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. You can find the interview they discuss here: 
https://www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2022/01/9-1-interview-playing-with-ideas.pdf

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in 2017...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 and Tiffany Pearsall and they discuss ways to be more authentic and real with children. 
"Children learn best through authentic interactions with adults and through meaningful experiences with the real world." (Michael Gramling)

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in 2017...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 another "bonus kid," Pat Stefaniak.
"To deny the child that experience [artmaking] would be to thwart a means of speech and communication as instinctive as speech itself." (American painter Mark Rothko)

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in 2017...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 to work through this quote from Heather Shumaker: 
"Censoring speech has two major problems. One is practical-you can't control spoken words. Just as you can't force your child to sleep, you can't truly stop her from saying anything. The other is human nature. Banning anything gives it an elicit thrill."

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in 2017...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 and their starting quote comes from Reflecting Children's Lives by Deb Curtis and Margie Carter:
"Are our decisions developing capable people or are they suppressing competency in order to make life easier or more convenient for adults?"

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in 2017...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 talk through something Lisa Murphy said in a text chat: "I won't be out of work until we treat our children as good as we treat our pets." 

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in 2017...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 and David Cahn to discuss the issues and joys they have experienced as men working in a predominately female workforce, and the benefits men in child care provide for children and families.

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in 2017...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 and Travis (Taggart) Manley to discuss professionalism, starting with a quote from Stacie Goffin's book Early Childhood Education for a New Era:
"Acknowledgment of expert authority marked by credentials or certification/licensure, is central to recognition as a profession."

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in 2017...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, and their conversation starts with this quote from the book Creative Block Play: A Comprehensive Guide to Learning through Building by Rosanne Regan Hansel.
"Involving the children in organizing the block area will help them feel invested in keeping it orderly."

Welcome to the rerelease of That Early Childhood Nerd! This episode originally aired in the winter 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 Megan Pamela Ruth Madison to talk about anti bias leadership in early care and education programs. 
"Realistically, Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) practitioners who have been absorbing their families' and societal assumptions, stereotypes, and prejudices about human identity since childhood cannot be expected to suddenly teach children not to absorb these same beliefs and attitudes, and yet that's exactly what a program leader might expect." (Louise Derman Sparks, Debbie LeeKeenan, John Nimmo)