Early Childhood Journeys

Episode 47 is the first of a series of Kindergarten Readiness Tips and Insight episodes! Joined by Sierra Vista Unified School District in Arizona, Kindergarten Teacher, Julie Decuir. Podcast host, Marissa and Julie chat about the true skills future kindergartners need vs what some parents may think their child needs to master for school. Julie has been a Kindergarten teacher for 17 years and she shares her tips and insights for parents during this busy time of year of kindergarten registration.

Connect with host, Marissa and the Early Childhood Journeys podcast at: earlychildhoodjourneys.com

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Episode 46 is with a very special guest. Podcast host, Marissa chats with her own daughter, Salma, who is a High School Senior. Salma shares her confessions about her destain feelings on homework packets, math and other high school frustrations. She can't wait for graduation and shares her plans for the future. A connection with Early Childhood and a candid conversation every parent of a teenager can relate to with added insights for the High School teacher too.

Connect with host, Marissa and the Early Childhood Journeys podcast at: earlychildhoodjourneys.com

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Episode 45 is with Kristen L. Orton! Kristen is a Kindergarten teacher at Vernon Elementary School in Vernon Arizona. Vernon is a very rural community in Apache County, in the White Mountains area of Northern Arizona. She was recently hired last year to teach Kindergarten and if she wasn't busy enough finishing her Masters, she had the vision that the K-8 school she was just hired at, also needed a preschool classroom. After a in-depth proposal, several school board meetings and community buy in, her vision to have a preschool classroom came true. Listen to the conversation as we break down how it went down with host Marissa Calderón.

Resources Mentioned:

• Perry Preschool Project
• Teaching Strategies GOLD

Vernon Elementary School District

Connect and follow Kristen's Preschool programs journey through her Blog at Edublogs

Email Kristen.

Connect with host, Marissa and the Early Childhood Journeys podcast at: earlychildhoodjourneys.com

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Episode 44 with Arizona Educational Foundations 2019 Teacher of the Year, Kareem Neal and three of the four Ambassadors for Excellence, Jonathan Perrone, Sheri Loyd and Lee Ann Howell sit down with host, Marissa Calderón. The interview took place at the Highway 85 Creative podcast studio in Peoria Arizona and they chat about their journey in receiving the recognition and how the community can support their work in the classroom.

This episode is marked as "explicit language" due to the use of using "Badass" as to describe these phenomenal educators!

The episode transcript is also available via the EC Journeys Blog page here.

Kareem Neal is the 2019 AEF Arizona Teacher of the Year, a 9th-12th Grade Self-Contained Special Education Teacher from Maryvale High School at Phoenix Union High School District in Arizona.

Jonathan Perrone is a 8th Grade STEAM Teacher at Mountain Sky Middle School of Washington Elementary School District in Phoenix Arizona.

Lee Ann Howell is a 7th Grade Science Teacher at Colonel Smith Middle School of Fort Huachuca Accommodation School District at the Fort Huachuca Army base in Arizona.

Sheri Loyd is a 3rd Grade ELA and Math Teacher at Mountain View School of Dysart Unified School District in Waddell Arizona.

Connect with host, Marissa and the Early Childhood Journeys podcast at: earlychildhoodjourneys.com

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Episode 43 with Tina Martin from Southwest Human Development, Services for Children with Disabilities. Tina has been with Southwest Human Development since 1997 and is now the Assistant Director for this department. She provides us with her story on how she came across the Early Intervention field as well as a tour of the Birth to Five ADAPT Shop. This shop focuses on changing lives — identifying, modifying and building customized equipment that give children with disabilities hope and opportunity. The shop really takes conscious custom innovation for children to the next level!

Learn more about the ADAPT Shop here and how you can support them this holiday season!

Connect with host, Marissa and the Early Childhood Journeys podcast at: earlychildhoodjourneys.com

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Episode 42 is with comic book artist and creator of Jetpulse Comics, Led Bradshaw. Led is also dad to his 8 year old son, Jake who is on the autism spectrum and the inspiration of his phenomenal comic book hero Jake Jetpulse. In this conversation with host, Marissa Calderón, they discuss parenting, how his son Jake created the initial character of the comics through his drawings and how dad Led created superhero flashcards and later comic book stories to encouraged his son to improve his engagement at school.

Connect with host, Marissa and the Early Childhood Journeys podcast at: earlychildhoodjourneys.com

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Episode 41 with host Marissa Calderón reflecting on an upcoming blog post, soon to be released on the Mexican art of Alebrijes. She provides some guides on how to connect students interest authentically while incorporating 21st Century Skills in the classroom.

For the full blog post on lesson guides for Alebrijes & 21st Century Skills in the Early Childhood classroom and to learn more, visit the website at, earlychildhoodjourneys.com .

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Ep. 40 with Ana Arbel from Arizona's Southwest Human Development, Birth to Five Helpline. Ana talks about the toll-free hotline for parents of children birth to five, describing it as having a professional friend... who is well-informed and trained in all things Child Development and keeps your conversation confidential!

The hotline is toll-free AND multilingual including in Spanish. Ana is the Bilingual Senior Program Manager of the program and provides host Marissa with valuable advice for parents and for early childhood classroom teachers.

Connect with host, Marissa and the Early Childhood Journeys podcast at: earlychildhoodjourneys.com

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Ep. 39 is with Marissa Flores from the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Community, Education Division's Early Childhood department. Marissa is a parent educator and Home Visiting Specialist, serving families on the FMYN. Host, Marissa Calderón chats with Marissa Flores about her role on the nation, living with her 8 siblings, being raised by her mom and starting the position of supporting parents with children birth to 3 years old.

Learn more about the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and community services provided here.

Contact Marissa Flores at her email here.

Connect with host, Marissa and the Early Childhood Journeys podcast at: earlychildhoodjourneys.com

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Episode 38 with Legislative District 30 Arizona Candidate, Raquel Terán chats with host and past colleague, Marissa. Raquel shares her foundation in early education when she first started years ago in the classroom, then to roles in the early childhood sector and now at Planned Parenthood in Arizona. As a wife, a mom of a toddler and now a local candidate for Arizona's House of Representatives, she passionately shares about her journey as a vocal advocate for Arizona families including our Latino communities and the importance of voting.

"Nearly 50% – approximately 700,000 – of all K-12 students in Arizona are Latino, yet only 3 of the 30 board members is Latino. More than 25% of the governor-appointed board members on the three boards have terms that have already, or will soon, expire."

Learn more about the lack of representation here.

Learn more about Raquel Terán here.

Register to vote in Arizona at: servicearizona.com

Connect with host, Marissa and the Early Childhood Journeys podcast at: earlychildhoodjourneys.com

Music track is called Lemon Tea from GYVUS provided by Chillhop Music, a platform dedicated to finding and sharing the best chilled hiphop, jazzhop and triphop music and connecting people.

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