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NERD_0392 The Hyper Focus on School Readiness with Dr Dale Farran
IMPORTANT REMINDER! After this episode, That Early Childhood Nerd will be published by Heather and the Early Childhood Nerdwork instead of Explorations Early Learning. If you have subscribed to the…
NERD_0391 Nurturing Brilliance with Sally Haughey
Author and educator Sally Haughey is here to discuss the incredible unfolding and blossoming that happens during play. Her new book Nurturing Brilliance provides a science-based approach to…
NERD_0390 Self Active Play for the Grown Ups with Carly Bedard
Carly Bedard, a play facilitator for adult early educators, joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to discuss the ways that self active play can transform early childhood practitioners’ practice with young…
NERD_0389 The Child’s Right to Participation
Early childhood education researcher and advocate Emily Clark is back for another conversation with host Heather Bernt-Santy. In this episode, they talk about her work on children’s rights in early…
NERD_0388 Developmental Cascades in Childhood
Join host Heather Bernt-Santy in a conversation with Dr. Zlata Stankovic-Ramirez, Dr. Danielle McLellan-Bujnak, and Dr. Josh Thompson about their work regarding the idea of developmental cascades.…
NERD_0387 Play Pedagogy: The Antidote to GERM (Global Education Reform Movement)
The book The Commodification of American Education: Persistent Threats and Paths Forward includers a powerful chapter written by Denisha Jones in which she writes, “To protect childhood, we must…
NERD_0386 If They Play, Am I Still a Teacher?
For a recent special issue of the early childhood magazine Exchange on protecting play, host Heather Bernt-Santy wrote an article addressing the often asked question, “If I just let children play,…
NERD_0385 ECE Higher Ed-Preparation for What?
Every now and again, host and early childhood professor Heather Bernt-Santy has a little panic–what if by teaching current ideas, theories about good practice, and new research about working with…
NERD_0384 Child Care for All: Author Elliot Haspel
Elliot Haspel’s newest book, Raising a Nation: 10 Reasons Every American Has a Stake in Child Care for All makes a powerful case that ensuring child care for every family who wants or needs access…
NERD_0383 Nap Times in Child Care Settings
NAEYC’s Code of Ethical Conduct says, “Above all, we shall not harm children. We shall not participate in practices that are emotionally damaging, physically harmful, disrespectful,…
NERD_0382 Supporting Children’s Sense of Justice with Dr. Megan Madison
Author, educator and community organizer Dr. Megan Madison joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to talk about her First Conversations children’s book series, children’s developing sense of justice and…
NERD_0381 Free the Teachers! Calendar and Circle Times
It’s time for the second installment of Free the Teachers! In this episode, Heather Bernt-Santy is joined by Richard Cohen, Carol Garboden Murray, Stacy Benge, and Tiffany Pearsall to talk through…
NERD_0380 Scrap Circle Time with Amy Reyes-Hauff
In this week’s episode, host Heather Bernt-Santy interviews Amy Reyes-Hauff, Early Learning Specialist with the Wyoming Department of Education’s school success divistion. They talk about traditional…
NERD_0379 A New Way of Looking at Children’s War Play with Ebba Theorell
Host Heather Bernt-Santy and fellow nerd Mike Huber talk with Ebba Theorell about her brilliant article, Transformative Aesthetic Dimensions in Young Boys’ War Play: Exploring the World Through…
NERD_0378 Free the Teachers! Tightly Controlled Schedules
Every now and then, host Heather Bernt-Santy and the other nerds in the TECN group chat hit on hot issues that we wish early childhood folks didn’t have to worry about. We decided to do a few…
NERD_0377 Slow Childhoods with Carol Garboden Murray and Amy Chiu
When host Heather Bernt-Santy talked with Amy Chiu (www.theworkofplay.com) on TECN episode 372, she knew she had to have a follow up conversation including Carol Garboden Murray…
NERD_0376 Live from the 2025 Play Empowers Teacher Retreat!
Live from the lobby of the Claggett Retreat Center, listen in as attendees and presenters debrief the day’s events–what resonated, what challenged them, and dreams for what happens next. The Play…
NERD_0375 Trauma Informed Practices with Nikki Darling-Kuria
Nikki Darling-Kuria joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to share her growth as a trauma informed early childhood professional in an unpredictable world. The quote to start this conversation is from…
NERD_0374 The Daycare Myth with Dan Wuori
For a century, America’s early childhood policy has been premised on a myth. This falsehood—which dictates that child care and education are somehow separate and distinct—not only suboptimizes the…
NERD_0373 When Children are Free to Pretend
Mike Huber is back to talk more about pretend play, children’s power, and the teacher’s liberation as we continue to discuss his new book The Power in Pretend: Supporting Children’s Power, Identity…
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