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_0220 Author Rebecca McMahon-Giles
The author of the book A Young Writer's World: Creating Early Childhood Classrooms Where Authors Abound joins Heather to discuss emerging writing in the early years.
00:41:26 |
Wed 10 Nov 2021
NERD_0219 Teaching Teachers Like We Want Them To Teach
Richard Cohen joins Heather to talk her through some disequilibrium around teaching college ECE students.
00:45:10 |
Wed 27 Oct 2021
NERD_0218 Absolutes In Early Childhood
Author Francis Wardle drops by to discuss his article "Unpacking Developmentally Appropriate Practice" and the need for accepting some absolutes in early care and education.
00:26:52 |
Wed 06 Oct 2021
NERD_0216 Can Of Worms Part 2
Heather's conversation about the book Can of Worms: Fearless Conversations with Toddlers continues with Richard Cohen and Mike Huber.
00:50:25 |
Wed 22 Sep 2021
NERD_0217 Baby Play
Is baby play random? Do they need us to stimulate them? Bethany Corrie joins Heather to figure it out.
00:29:26 |
Wed 08 Sep 2021
NERD_0215 Can Of Worms Part 1
Sam Balch, Richard Cohen and Heather discuss the book Can of Worms: Fearless Conversations with Toddlers by Nick Terrones.
00:45:41 |
Wed 25 Aug 2021
NERD_0214 Dan Asks Heather–Sticker Charts
Heather's talking to an editor about a book project, and to help her process her ideas, she's asked Nerd cohosts to listen to past episodes and interview her. Here's the first, where we revisit the e…
00:40:13 |
Wed 21 Jul 2021
NERD_0213 Swearing Again With Dan Hodgins
People keep asking about what to do when children swear, so we'll keep talking about it.
00:47:46 |
Wed 14 Jul 2021
NERD_0212 Supporting Gender Diversity Author Interview
Three of the authors (Encian Pastel, Julie Nicholson and Nathanael Flynn) of the book Supporting Gender Diversity in Early Childhood Classrooms bring their very important work to the podcast.
01:10:56 |
Wed 07 Jul 2021
NERD_0211 Ability Diversity With Mike Huber
When we talk about "able-bodied" and "disabled" children, we reduce them, yet again, to a potentially damaging binary. How can we think about "ability" and "needs" in more inclusive ways?
00:44:31 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
NERD_0207 Bullying In ECE With Dan Hodgins And Lisa Murphy
We've noticed an increase in online talk about "bullying" in early childhood programs, and we don't think that's possible.
00:49:45 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
NERD_0209 Universal PreK With Dan Hodgins And Richard Cohen
Heather is getting tired of hearing about Universal PreK, but she invited Dan and Richard to share their thoughts anyway.
00:49:29 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
NERD_0208 Talking Consent With Lydia Bowers
Lydia Bowers provides education and consulting on early childhood sexual health topics, and she joins the show to talk about her new children's book "We Listen to Our Bodies."
00:37:24 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
NERD_0204 Looking For A New Definition Of Spirituality
TECN Study Hall brings Carol Garbodan Murray, Lisa Murphy, Emma Tempest, Lizz Nolasco, Richard Cohen and Heather together to talk spiritual development.
00:58:35 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
NERD_0206 Rough-And-Tumble Play And Social Justice
Dan Hodgins, Mike Huber and Heather use the article "Rough and Tumble Play: A Way to Tackle Socially Constructed Norms" by Nick Terrones as a starting point for this conversation
00:51:48 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
NERD_0203 Beyond The Investment Narrative
TECN Study Hall is back! Heather is joined by Richard Cohen, Lisa Murphy, Lizz Nolasco and Carol Garbodan Murray for a panel discussion of the article "Beyond the Investment Narrative" by Peter Moss.
00:49:19 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
NERD_0205 Job Charts In ECE
Dan Hodgins and Heather wonder if there aren't more authentic, appropriate ways to plant the seeds of responsibility and community than job charts in early childhood classrooms
00:29:20 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
NERD_0210 The Academic Pushdown With Two Pushy Dames
LeeAnn Soucy and Kathy Gallo (ECE's "Two Pushy Dames") join the show to push back on the academic pushdown
00:25:46 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
NERD_0200 Theme Planning Pajama Party
It's the 200th episode! Wow! Tune in for Lisa Murphy, Dan Hodgins, Richard Cohen, Bethany Corrie join Heather to talk about ditching theme planning. Pajamas were worn. Wine was drunk. Themes were...w…
01:01:44 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
NERD_0201 Rae Pica Is Back
Early childhood consultant and author Rae Pica joins Heather to discuss her blog post, "What if We Took Control of our 2021?"
00:25:45 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
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