That Early Childhood Nerd

That Early Childhood Nerd


Latest Episodes

NERD_0285 Exclamation Points, Question Marks And School Readiness
June 28, 2023

In his foreword to the book Rethinking Readiness in Early Childhood Education: Implications for Policy and Practice (edited by Jeanne Marie Iorio and Will Parnell), William Ayers writes, "Every child comes to school a question mark and an exclamation poin

NERD_0284 Slow Knowledge and the Unhurried Child
June 14, 2023

Carol Garboden Murray and Bethany Corrie join host Heather Bernt-Santy for part 1 of our discussion of Alison Clark's book Slow Knowledge and the Unhurried Child: Time for Slow Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education.Thank you for listening! If you loved

NERD_0283 The Original Learning Approach with Suzanne Axelsson
June 07, 2023

Host Heather Bernt-Santy talks with Suzanne Axelsson, author of The Original Learning Approach: Weaving Together Playing, Learning and Teaching in Early Childhood

NERD_0282 11 Simple Rules to Create Thriving Communities for Children with Judy Jablon
May 31, 2023

Author and executive director of Leading for Children Judy Jablon joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to discuss her new book "11 Simple Rules to Create Thriving Communities for Children." Spoiler alert: Heather loves it. For a limited time, you can order the

NERD_0281 The Intellectual Lives of Children with Author Susan Engel
May 24, 2023

Susan Engel, author of several books, including The Intellectual Lives of Children, joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to talk about her research into how young children think and share her thoughts about how the adults in those children's lives can support a

NERD_0280 A Conversation with DEY’s Denisha Jones
May 17, 2023

Denisha Jones of Defending the Early Years (DEY) joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to talk about the kinds of early learning experiences children deserve, issues of equity in our work, and why it matters that we get it right.

NERD_0279 Co-regulation vs. Compliance
May 10, 2023

Starting with a story of ABA in early childhood, inclusion experts Mike Huber and Ana McRae join host Heather Bernt-Santy to discuss behaviorism, compliance, co-regulation and authentically supporting children.

NERD_0278 The Sleepover Sessions-Interest Areas Are For The Birds
May 03, 2023

It's March 2023, and it's the first annual TECN Sleepover...of course there are going to be great conversations! Listen in as Heather, Mike Huber, Lizz Nolasco, Tiffany Pearsall and Bethany Corrie talk about moving children through "stations," interruptin

NERD_0277 Melinda’s Cookbook
April 26, 2023

It's March 2023, and it's the first annual TECN Sleepover...of course there are going to be great conversations! Listen in as Heather, Mike Huber, Lizz Nolasco, Tiffany Pearsall and Bethany Corrie talk about preparing food, honoring children, and how much

NERD_0276 The Sleepover Sessions-The One Time Time Is Important
April 19, 2023

It's March 2023, and it's the first annual TECN Sleepover...of course there are going to be great conversations! Listen in as Heather, Mike Huber, Lizz Nolasco, Tiffany Pearsall and Bethany Corrie talk about how children might be impacted by their drop of