That Early Childhood Nerd

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NERD_0234 Critical Thinking In ECE Higher Ed Mar 30, 2022

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Richard Cohen joins Heather for another episode on teaching ECE in higher education. How can we break away from traditional teaching models to provide spaces and experiences that teach critical thinking?

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NERD_0233 30 Years of Experience Or One Year 30 Times Mar 23, 2022

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Lisa Murphy and Heather discuss the difference between having 30 years of experience teaching and having one year of experience 30 times. What are the implications for the profession and for children?

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NERD_0232 Connecting Theory To Practice Mar 16, 2022

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An all star Nerd Panel comes together in this episode (Lisa Murphy! Sam Balch! Lizz Nolasco! Mike Huber! Richard Cohen! Heather!) to look at real examples of phrases heard in early childhood programs that demonstrate a disconnect between theory and practice.

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NERD_0231 That Science Fairy Laura Weilert Mar 09, 2022

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Mobile STEM teacher Laura Weilert has some thoughts about real STEM experiences, play and those google-search-volcano-science-experiments.

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NERD_0230 Achievement Gaps With Rixa Evershed Feb 23, 2022

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ECE advocate and school director Rixa Evershed joins Mike Huber and Heather to talk about the language of “achievement gaps” and how capitalism and deficit approaches to children and families fuel policies and practices that have a negative impact on the people they claim to be helping.

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NERD_0229 Directors And Covid With Cori Berg Feb 16, 2022

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You may have seen child care center director Cori Berg’s interview with NPR–it went viral fast! Cori joins the show, along with Richard Cohen, to talk more about the “special kind of hell” the pandemic has created for directors and for families.

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NERD_0228 Professional Love Part 2 Feb 09, 2022

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Richard Cohen is Heather’s cohost for this episode, continuing the conversation about “professional love.”

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NERD_0227 Reflection And Anji Play Feb 02, 2022

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Jesse Coffino, Krystina Tapia and Emma Pickering join the show to help us understand how the “reflection” element of Anji Play adds depth to children’s play and how it can be implemented in any early care and educations setting.

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NERD_0226 Nursery Rhymes and Emerging Literacy Jan 30, 2022

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Lisa Murphy is Heather’s guest in this episode, to talk about one of their mutual favorite topics–nursery rhymes! A recent teaching experience showed Heather that nursery rhymes may be becoming obsolete or unfamiliar to early childhood teachers. This episode provides a rationale for bringing them back.

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NERD_0224 On Getting Children ‘Ready’ Jan 05, 2022

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“I’ve heard this one before,” writes Michael Gramling in his book The Great Disconnect, “If her kindergarten teacher is going to make her miserable next year, we better make her miserable now so she can get used to it.” Listen as Lizz Nolasco and I wander around as we explore this quote.

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