That Early Childhood Nerd

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NERD_0342 Mike Asks Heather–Connections Over Compliance Nov 06, 2024

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“Mike Asks Heather” is back! In the “Mike Asks Heather” episodes, Mike Huber has listened to a previous episode of the show, and asks host Heather Bernt-Santy some follow up questions.

In this episode, Mike has relistened to TECN episode 226, where Heather interviewed Dr Lori Desautels, author of the book Connections Over Compliance. The conversation starts with Mike inviting Heather to make some connections between that interview and her current work writing a book about schema play and advocacy.

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NERD_0341 Revisiting Stepping Back to Nurture Oct 30, 2024

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In episode 330, Bethany Corrie, Richard Cohen and Heather discussed the article “Stepping Back to Nurture.” In this episode, one of the authors of the article, Jesse Coffino, joins in to keep the conversation going…

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NERD_0340 Why Play? with Author Rae Pica Oct 23, 2024

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Author Rae Pica has a new book out! It’s called Why Play: How to Make Play an Essential Part of Early Childhood, and she joins host Heather Bernt-Santy in this episode to talk about why she keeps doing what she’s doing–writing, talking and speaking to groups about play and movement in childhood.

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NERD_0339 Inspired Work with Author Erin Ramsey Oct 16, 2024

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Author, speaker, lavender farmer, and long time friend-of-Heather Erin Ramsey joins the show this week to talk about the ideas in her book Inspired Work: Showing Up and Shining Bright. With an engaging combination of “woo-woo” and science, Erin has some great ideas for anyone who wants to work in a way that aligns with their authentic self.

Find more Erin here: https://erinramsey.com/

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NERD_0337 Nerds Who Teach With the Body in Mind: The Crossover Episode Oct 02, 2024

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Heather finally got to meet the crew behind her favorite podcast–“Teaching with the Body in Mind.” Join in as Heather, Mike Huber, Tom Bedard, Joey Schoen and Ross Thompson talk about how we can honor children and help them flourish by understanding their need for, and right to, movement.

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NERD_0336 Katz Ladies–Mixed Age Grouping in Early Childhood Sep 25, 2024

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In our final episode of our series of episodes focused on the contributions of Lilian Katz, Heather brings in Lizz Nolasco, Tiffany Pearsall and Samantha Balch to talk about…well, a lot. But it all starts with an article by Dr Katz called “The Benefits of the Mix.”

Find it here: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED382411

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NERD_0335 Katz Ladies–Distinctions Between Academic and Intellectual Goals Sep 18, 2024

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Another episode celebrating the contributions of Lilian Katz! This time, Heather is joined by Lizz Nolasco, Samantha Balch and Mike Huber to talk through Dr. Katz’s 2015 Exchange article “Distinctions Between Academic and Intellectual Goals for Young Children.”

Find the article here: https://www.exchangepress.com/article/distinctions-between-academic-and-intellectual-goals-for-young-children/5022618/

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NERD_0334 Katz Ladies–Narcissism vs Self Esteem in Childhood Sep 11, 2024

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It’s Heather and Lizz Nolasco again! After we recorded the episode on Lilian Katz’s stages of preschool teacher development, Lizz had a great idea–a series of episodes focused on Lilian’s work called “Katz Ladies!” In this second episode of the series, they discuss an essay she wrote, published in a 1995 collection called Talks with Teachers of Young Children, where Katz discusses the differences between practices in early childhood that contribute to self esteem and those that tend more toward narcissism.

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NERD_0333 Katz Ladies–Lilian Katz’s Stages of Teacher Development Sep 04, 2024

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Part one of a four episode series focusing on the work of Lilian Katz, in this episode Heather and Lizz Nolasco revisit Katz’s 1972 article outlining her theory of the developmental stages of preschool teachers: survival, consolidation, renewal, and maturity.

Find the article here: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED057922

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NERD_0332 Honoring the Moment with Ron Grady Aug 21, 2024

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“Your image of the child, regardless of whether it is the first time you have reflected upon it, defines and determines the way you approach every interaction you have with children,” writes Ron Grady in his book Honoring the Moment in Young Children’s Lives: Observation, Documentation, and Reflection. Ron joins Heather in this episode to dig deep into a phrase (“image of the child”) that is becoming more and more common in our field. What does it really mean? Why does it matter so much?

Find more of Ron here: https://www.childology.co/

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