That Early Childhood Nerd

Sustained shared thinking, mind-mindedness, sports broadcasting....whatever you call it, Emma and Heather have some thoughts about keeping it real. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Heather and Lisa Murphy finish their conversation about teacher roles identified in the ECE classic The Play's the Thing: Teachers' Roles in Children's Play Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Lisa and Heather embark on a series of episodes to discuss appropriate teacher roles during children's play. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Lisa Murphy cohosts to explore a mind blowing new (but really pretty old) perspective on "patience". Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Sam Balch cohosts this episode to discuss feelings of despair and hope in our work with young children. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Tamar Jacobson (yes! Tamar Jacobson!!) joins the podcast to talk about her book Everyone Needs Attention. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

If we change our language and say a child is seeking connection instead of attention, would it change our responses? Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Lisa Murphy joins me to intelligently gush about one of our favorite books, and why it's such an important work for our field. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Tiffany Pearsall is back and we talk about making the transition from working with preschool children to working with toddlers. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Newly published children's author David Cahn joins me to talk about his new book, Umar. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Heather and Lisa unpack a quote from the play classic "The Play's the Thing" Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Heather is joined by Lisa Murphy to discuss whether what we believe matches how we act, with some semi-weird Dan Hodgins fangirling. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Has your attitude about making children clean up changed? Ours has. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

The Play Coach (Emma Tempest) joins the podcast as a new cohost and we get all riled up about, you guessed it, play. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Have you heard of the work of Tina Bruce? She says that maybe play is too important to leave to chance. We wonder. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Sam Balch is back on the podcast to discuss effective, and ineffective, responses to children's mistakes. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

Sam Balch is back on the podcast to discuss effective, and ineffective, responses to children's mistakes. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

If we know they are going to be miserable in kindergarten, do we make sure they are miserable now? Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

We talk about the importance of movement in early childhood with the author of Balanced and Barefoot. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.

What kind of childhood would you want for your child? Is the answer different from your answer to "what should an early childhood program look like?" Thanks for listening! Like the show? Consider supporting our work by becoming a Patron, shopping our Amazon Link, or sharing it with someone who might enjoy it. You can leave a comment or ask a question here.   Click here for more Heather.