Excited to release this beautiful conversation for our Heart Tribe members.

We start with a practical example of how to find common values as a team

We then start to talk about the power of materials and how it helps us with encountering ourselves in relationship

We talk about aesthetics, beauty and how environments in early childhood needs to reflect your values

We discuss authentic sustainability as state of homeostasis in an open system environment

Finally we talk about the role of pedagogical documentation in helping collaboration and furthering ideas

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Te Whāriki highlights the need to weave the cognitive, social, physical emotional and spiritual dimensions of the child in a holistic and meaningful manner. It states, “the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of growth are all important to enable children to develop confidence in themselves and their abilities”

But what does it mean to weave spiritual dimension of the child in a holistic manner?

Join us for a conversation where we discuss a range of interesting topics from indigenous ways of knowing, whakapapa and connectivity to all things, and post-colonial reconciliation for Aotearoa in the light of the Black lives matter movement.

Hannah Chapman is Tuwharetoa, Whakatōhea and Irish and is passionate about justice and reconciliation. Hannah is a Kaikōkiri of Ngā Wai Hōhonu, a charitable trust that facilitates a variety of education opportunities and contexts for Māori to engage with the question of what it means to be authentically Māori and authentically Christian. Ngā Wai Hōhonu is also the Aotearoa partner for NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community that offers post graduate qualifications. Hannah also works for Te Ora Hou Aotearoa as the Kaiwhakauruora and as an Adjunct Teaching Fellow for the Venn Foundation. She and her three children Canaan, Josiah and Psalm live in Turangi in their whānau papakainga on ancestral lands

In this fascinating podcast, healer and play specialist Vince Gowmon delves into aspects of historical trauma that has given rise to the dysfunction we are experiencing in the education system. We also dive into the difference between self regulation and co-regulation and why play is such an important part of healing in the world

Hana is a one-of-kind thinker embodying Matauranga Maori within the context of a 21st century culture. She enjoys thinking about the notions of self-awareness in context of whakapapa and challenges us to embody our own greatness honouring our tupuna's wildest aspirations for the sake of our mokopuna. This conversation will leave you feeling connecting to the deepest part of 'self' which ultimately leads us to the connectivity of all things, past, present and future.

Childspace stands out as as thought leader and relentless innovator in the New Zealand early childhood sector. We are excited to have the Chlidspace founders, husband and wife team Toni and Robin Christie on our show.

With many years of experience behind them, and significant contributions made to the New Zealand ECE sector, we will take a behind the scenes look at what it's like to navigate their world, what they feel most passionate about right now and what the most important messages are for our sector.

Their wide range of interest and expertise means the conversation will go deep and wide including the topics of respectful practises with infants, rituals, risk-play, environment design and other experiences that is alive within them at the moment.

Come join us around the 'virtual campfire' as we learn and grow together.

Join us for this incredible opportunity to listen to the extraordinary story of the Pedagogical Institute of Los Angeles (PILA). Having served in a community school inspired by the Reggio approach, Alise and Nicole went on to be the founders of PILA. After visiting some early childhood centres in Sweden, they came back committed to deepen the discourse amongst educators at home, lifting the bar for ECE across LA.

This lead to working with public schools across LA, with a deep resolve to level the playing field where vast discrepancies in education, directly related to class and economics existed.

Since then PILA expanded and now serve the needs of displaced and vulnerable children in Europe, Africa and Mexico. They have developed a way of being with children which have resonated with both refugee communities, as well as the wealthier communities across the world. Don's miss this opportunity to listen and learn together from some of the leading thinkers in our sector

We all know how good it feels to work in a team who are communicating effectively working like a well oiled machine. We equally understand how difficult it can be to work in a team with low trust, and filled unresolved conflicts. Come and learn how to move from the latter to the former through learning how to communicate authentically with Crystallin's powerful approach to conflict and connection

"A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could."

 

Join us for this very special episode with Kimberley Crisp and Helen Armstrong as we reflect on the unprecedented time we have just gone through, our Play to Heal the World festival and integration back into 'normal' life. What have we learned and how do we leave behind the things which no longer serve us?

 

Finally we will be discussing a new exciting platform to keep supporting this heart-led tribe. We know finding mentors can awaken and draw out energies within us that we sometimes struggle to do on our own

Pennie has been a tireless advocate for quality, education and connection for tamariki over the years. What are the opportunities for change that presents itself during this time? How do we make sense of what is going on? And what is important for children during this time?

In this episode we talk to Dr Hinemoa Elder (Ngāti Kurī, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Ngāpuhi), a Maori child psychiatrist whose research has focused on the development of tikanga approaches for Māori tamariki who experience traumatic brain injury. She has developed a framework for holistic healing that is applicable not only to Maori families, but all professionals and families to embrace. Join us for a conversation you won't want to miss as we delve into deep conversation on wellbeing from a Maori perspective.