Honoring Childhood: The Podcast

Welcome to this week's episode where I am sitting down with Laurel Turnquist from Kids Who Play! We are talking all about what it means to move from Director to Facilitator with children-you don't wa…

Welcome to this week's episode where I am joined by Natalie Legg and early childhood educator and advocate from Florida. We are talking this week all about the importance of play-and why it is even m…

Welcome to this week's episode where I am talking with Christie Copley who runs Garden Patch Play School in Southern California. We are discussing the current push for academic learning in early educ…

Join us this week as we sit down with day-home provider and early education professional Kayla Snidal and talk about all it takes to run your own day-home AND how to make sure you are taking care of …

Welcome to Season Three of the podcast! I am so excited to be joined by Ron Grady this week! Join us as we talk all about his books, his thoughts on childhood and more!

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And that is a wrap on Season Two!! This week we are talking all about consent and agency in childhood and how we can support children in advocating for themselves. 

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Do you have a question you want answered? Let me know and I will answer it on next week's season finale mailbag episode! 

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There is a lot (and I mean A LOT) going on in our world right now-how do we talk with children about it? 

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Times are hard-how can we stay hopeful through it all?

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Join me for an extension of our conversation last week on mental health and hear how we can talk about emotions and mental health with children and create an emotionally safe and supportive environme…

Join me this week as we discuss educator mental health and how we can begin to make changes to take better care of US! 

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Join me and my friend Cathy Belgrave as we discuss why having true, honest, vulnerable, and transparent conversations is paramount to our work!

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Have you ever felt triggered by a child, their choices, or their behavior? It is something that happens a lot in our field, but we do not talk about it. Well, that changes today! Come join me as we d…

join me this week as I talk with my amazing friend and fellow play advocate Lindsey Widger all about what it means to Translate Play! This is a conversation that is full of really good ideas and tips…

I am SO excited to have Stacy Benge back on the podcast this week for part 2 of an amazing conversation! This week, we will be talking about 4 of the most common myths surrounding childhood and early…

I am SO excited to have Stacy Benge on the podcast this week for part 1 of an amazing conversation! This week, we will be talking all about how we as early educators can talk to stakeholders-families…

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Welcome to Season 2 of Honoring Childhood: The Podcast!

So excited to start this new season with a conversation with my amazing friend and co-author, Kisa Marx!

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Join me as I chat with my good friend Carla Ward! Oh! And this is our final episode of Honoring Childhood: The Podcast! But don't worry-we are merging and re-branding as Honoring Play a new podcast w…