That Early Childhood Nerd

Latest Episodes:

NERD_0331 When Boys Won’t Be Boys Aug 14, 2024

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Listen in as host Heather Bernt-Santy, and fellow ECE Nerds Bethany Corrie and Mike Huber, talk through the article When Boys Won’t Be Boys: Discussing Gender with Young Children, where authors Hannah Katch and Jane Katch discuss the ways Jane is seeing gender roles enacted in her classroom.

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NERD_0330 Stepping Back to Nurture Aug 07, 2024

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If you’ve listened to the show for a while, you know Heather is a big fan of Anji Play! In this episode, she is joined by Bethany Corrie and Richard Cohen to talk through the article Stepping Back to Nurture by Krystina Tapia, Emma Pickering and Jesse Coffino.

Link to article: https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/tyc/fall2021/stepping-back-nurture

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NERD_0329 Play and Equity with Ijumaa Jordan Jul 31, 2024

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In her article Both/And: Early Childhood Education Needs Both Play and Equity, consultant Ijumaa Jordan writes, “All children have a right to play. All children learn through play, not as enrichment but as a foundational context. Public outcry that play is disappearing from early childhood ignores the elephant in the room: this worrisome trend impacts young children unequally. Early education is segregated by race and class in the same way K–12 education is. Play-centered advocacy must dismantle oppressive educational systems that deny access to play based on race and class.” You’ll want to hear this conversation!

Find more from Ijumaa here: https://www.ijumaajordan.com/

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NERD_0328 Passion Work, Caring, and Burnout Jul 24, 2024

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“Passion work is doing work you feel ‘called to,’ a job that makes you feel very obviously ‘fulfilled,’ a job that announces itself clearly as ‘making a difference.'” (When Your Profession is on Fire by Anne Helen Petersen)

Tiffany Pearsall joins host Heather Bernt-Santy for a discussion of early care and education as passion work, systems thinking, burnout, and our love of everything Anne Helen Petersen writes.

Read the substack article here: https://annehelen.substack.com/p/when-your-profession-is-on-fire?utm_source=publication-search

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NERD_0327 Rethinking Weapon Play with Kisa Marx and Samuel Broaden Jul 17, 2024

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Kisa Marx and Samuel Broaden, authors of Rethinking Weapon Play: How to Encourage Imagination, Kindness and Consent in Your Classroom, join host Heather Bernt-Santy for a discussion of the ways adults respond to weapon play and challenge us to wonder what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, and who it serves.

Buy the book here: https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Weapon-Play-in-Early-Childhood-How-to-Encourage-Imagination-Kindness-and-Consent-in-Your-Classroom/Broaden-Marx/p/book/9781032649122

Find more of Kisa’s work here: https://theplaylabnfpoakpark.org/the-play-lab

Find more of Samuel’s work here: https://samuelbroaden.graphy.com/

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NERD_0326 Connections Over Compliance with Dr Lori Desautels Jul 10, 2024

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Host Heather Bernt-Santy is thrilled to have had this opportunity to talk to professor and author Dr. Lori Desautels about her book Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline.

Find more of Dr. Desautels work here: https://revelationsineducation.com/

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NERD_0325 Princess Play=Gender Creative Play Jul 03, 2024

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Cayley Burton drops by to talk about her research article, “This Is a Different Kingdom: A Case Study of Gender-Creative Feminine Expression During Princess Play” with Heather Bernt-Santy and cohost Mike Huber.

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NERD_0324 Beyond Inclusion-How to Raise Anti Ableist Kids Jun 26, 2024

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If the question is “How do you raise anti-ableist kids?” the answer is “Become anti-ableist and then model it through intention and action for your children.” Join Heather Bernt-Santy and Mike Huber as they welcome Carrie Hahn, author of the book Beyond Inclusion: How to Raise Anti Ableist Kids.

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NERD_0323 ECE MAYtriarchy Episode 4 May 29, 2024

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This episode is the fourth installment of a new tradition–episodes in May that invite some of Heather’s favorite women in early childhood to talk about the women who guide our work.

In this conversation, Heather talks about Lilian Katz, Miriam Beloglovsky celebrates Bev Bos, Rixa Evershed discusses Alison Gopnik’s work, and Nadia Jaboneta salutes Margie Carter and Deb Curtis.

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NERD_0322 ECE MAYtriarchy Episode 3 May 15, 2024

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Have you ever noticed that most of the theorists and philosophies in our early childhood textbooks are the same handful of men-plus-Montessori? Heather got curious….who are the women (past and present) who are influencing and informing the work we’re doing with young children. This episode is the third installment of a new tradition–episodes in May that invite some of my favorite women in early childhood to talk about the women who guide our work.

In this episode, Heather is joined by Krystina Tapia and Kisa Marx to discuss how bell hooks, Emmi Pikler, and Lisa Murphy inspire them.

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