That Early Childhood Nerd
Each week host Heather Bernt-Santy and a member of the ECE Nerd Collective share and discuss a quote with a focus on effecting change in the early learning world.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 310
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
NERD_0241 Mike Asks Heather–Schema Play
Mike Huber has listened to some episodes of the Child Care Bar and Grill podcast about schema play, and has some questions for Heather
00:49:59 |
Wed 25 May 2022
NERD_0240 Inquiry Based Science With Chad Nunamaker and Dr William Mosier
Chad Nunamaker and Dr William Mosier, authors of the article "Promoting Inquiry Based Science Education" are Heather's guests in this episode, with a lot to say about science anxiety in early childho…
00:56:49 |
Thu 19 May 2022
NERD_0239 It Starts In The Baby Room
Most of us in ECE agree that infancy is just as full of learning as preschool, but what should practice look like under that philosophy? Is it letters and numbers and shapes? Is it group activities? …
00:47:41 |
Wed 11 May 2022
NERD_0238 Pushing Back On Letter Of The Week
In this week's episode, the Two Pushy Dames (LeeAnn Soucy and Kathy Gallo) drop in to push back on the academic pushdown that makes "letter of the week" instruction so prevalent and popular in early …
00:35:59 |
Wed 04 May 2022
NERD_0237 Challenging Behavior…Of Adults
In which Mike Huber and Heather have a very smart conversation about adult behaviors that are challenging for children, but also manage to work in references to cinematic classics Wayne's World, Step…
00:51:52 |
Wed 27 Apr 2022
NERD_0236 Gatekeeping, Professionalism And The Regulatory Gaze
Lizz Nolasco, Richard Cohen and Heather have a conversation about efforts to standardize and professionalize the field of ECE, and the ways some of these efforts could be considered harmful. And Heat…
00:59:44 |
Wed 20 Apr 2022
NERD_0235 What Mindfulness Can Look Like in ECE
Sometimes it seems like "mindfulness" in our work with young children has become more of a product than a process. Bethany Corrie and Richard Cohen join Heather to talk about how we can bring back it…
01:02:38 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
NERD_0234 Critical Thinking In ECE Higher Ed
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 think…
00:48:18 |
Wed 30 Mar 2022
NERD_0233 30 Years of Experience Or One Year 30 Times
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…
00:53:04 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
NERD_0232 Connecting Theory To Practice
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…
00:53:21 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
NERD_0231 That Science Fairy Laura Weilert
Mobile STEM teacher Laura Weilert has some thoughts about real STEM experiences, play and those google-search-volcano-science-experiments.
00:39:28 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
NERD_0230 Achievement Gaps With Rixa Evershed
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 po…
00:51:42 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
NERD_0229 Directors And Covid With Cori Berg
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 pande…
00:53:23 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
NERD_0228 Professional Love Part 2
Richard Cohen is Heather's cohost for this episode, continuing the conversation about "professional love."
00:49:59 |
Wed 09 Feb 2022
NERD_0227 Reflection And Anji Play
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…
00:52:55 |
Wed 02 Feb 2022
NERD_0226 Nursery Rhymes and Emerging Literacy
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 obso…
00:41:57 |
Sun 30 Jan 2022
NERD_0224 On Getting Children ‘Ready’
"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 …
00:43:38 |
Wed 05 Jan 2022
NERD_0223 Professional Love in Early Care and Education
Have you ever been told it was unprofessional to love children you are caring for or teaching? How are boundaries different from detachment? Listen in as Sam Balch, Mike Huber and Carol Garbodan Murr…
00:43:38 |
Wed 29 Dec 2021
NERD_0222 Holidays And Anti-Bias Work
Heather is joined by Lizz Nolasco and Richard Cohen to discuss the ways holiday practices in early childhood settings can work against our anti-bias goals.
00:46:07 |
Wed 15 Dec 2021
NERD_0221 Including Autism With Emmanuelle Fincham And Amanda Fellner
her and Mike Huber welcome Emmanuelle Fincham and Amanda Fellner to discuss their article Including Autism: Confronting Inequitable Practices in a Toddler Classroom.
00:55:50 |
Wed 08 Dec 2021
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