
If you love thinking deeply about childhood, early childhood education, caring for children, and supporting children’s right to play, this is the podcast for you! Each week, host and self-proclaimed early childhood nerd Heather Bernt-Santy invites practitioners, writers, and thinkers who share her commitment to doing the very best we can for children, their caregivers and teachers, and their famil... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 426 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Education | |||

In this episode, host Heather Bernt-Santy is joined by Kylie Cooper, Jamie Bonczyk, and Lucy Recio to discuss their recent Exchange article titled Reclaiming Our Legacy of Imagining and Building Worlds: Countering Fascism.
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This week, our guest is Amy Reyes-Hauff, ECE consultant and outdoor play advocate, who recently published the book Why Did They Do That? It's Not a Behavior Problem, It's a Biological Reaction.
Why Did They Do That reframes the tumultuous preschool ... more
What is the adult's role if children are allowed to "just play?" It's a question host Heather Bernt-Santy hears often as she talks with early childhood practitioners. Thank goodness Suzanne Axelsson has done a lot of thinking and writing about it!
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Early childhood consultant and author Jacky Howell is this week's Guest Nerd and she's here to talk to host Heather Bernt-Santy about the empathy and kindness she knows young children are capable of.
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This show is terrific and a huge resource for me as a beginning Early Childhood Educator. I’m not a beginning entertainer, though, I have a rich background in the arts. Your intro is all wrong. It does’t fit the quality of your show and it belittles your professional curiosity. No one uses nerd as insult any more. It does not translate that you’re even proud of your content with this intro. Please please please take better care of yourself and record an intro that reflects your authenticity: cur... more
Great content, but it sounds like you may have not listened to your intro in a while. Super glitchy and bad editing.
Heather brings the best of early childhood education together to discuss relevant topics for caregivers, teachers, and ECEC advocates
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This show centers on early childhood education through a progressive, practitioner-focused lens. Episodes frequently explore topics like empathy, play, relational care, and social justice in classrooms, often blending practical classroom strategies with research-grounded theory. Across conversations, guests and hosts challenge conventional timelines, promote child-centered pedagogy, and emphasize caregiver and teacher well-being, equity, and community involvement. A standout trait is a consistent emphasis on turning everyday interactions and policy discussions into actionable practices that honor children's rights, joy, and belonging, often using stories, literature, and real-world schooling examples to illuminate concepts.
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