That Early Childhood Nerd

That Early Childhood Nerd


Latest Episodes

NERD_0323 ECE MAYtriarchy Episode 4
May 29, 2024

This episode is the fourth installment of a new traditionepisodes 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

NERD_0322 ECE MAYtriarchy Episode 3
May 15, 2024

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 were doin

NERD_0321 ECE MAYtriarchy Episode 2
May 09, 2024

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 were doin

NERD_0320 ECE MAYtriarchy part 1
May 01, 2024

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 do

NERD_0319 Who Gets to Decide What Matters?
April 24, 2024

Heather is TIRED of non-expert stakeholders trying to tell her what is and isn't "quality" for young children's spaces and experiences. In this episode, she invites Carol Garboden Murray and Richard Cohen to help her process how problematic it is when we

NERD_0318 What Should We Call Ourselves?
April 17, 2024

If there's one thing host Heather Bernt-Santy loves, it's a nerdy panel discussion! And this one is a good one...including Heather, Richard Cohen (Zen and the Art of Early Childhood), Nancy Rosenow (author of Encouragement Every Day), Carol Garboden Murra

NERD_0317 The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers with Dr. Casey Stockstill
April 10, 2024

This week host Heather Bernt-Santy welcomes Dartmouth sociologist Dr Casey Stockstill, author of the book False Starts: The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers. In her book, she describes and discusses what she learned while conducting research in two differ

NERD_0316 Is Education an Equalizer, or a Reproducer of Inequity?
April 03, 2024

Join host Heather Bernt-Santy and fellow nerd Lizz Nolasco as they explore this quote from an article by Beth Blue Swadener and Shirley Kessler: "Of significance among reconceptualist perspectives is the social, historical and political context of the ear

NERD_0315 Loose Parts…and Stuff with Miriam Beloglovsky and Suzanne Axelsson
March 27, 2024

The idea of loose parts is often misunderstood and misrepresented in early childhood spaces and conversations. In this conversation, Heather talks to authors Suzanne Axelsson and Miriam Beloglovsky to explore the origin of the idea, the reasons and ways i

NERD_0314 Happily Ever Resilient with Author Stephanie Goloway
March 20, 2024

Join host Heather Bernt-Santy as she talks to Stephanie Goloway, author of the Redleaf Press book Happily Ever Resilient: Using Fairy Tales to Nurture Children Through Adversity. Discover how "we can transform our best practices surrounding play, stories,