Kisa Marx joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to talk about her powerful Exchange article, “A Letter to Educators: Surviving the Child Care Crisis.” 

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Host Heather Bernt-Santy thought she was joining a recording session to discuss an article shared by Lizz Nolasco–but surprise! The Nerds ambushed her–tricking her into talking instead about her upcoming book Using Schema Play Theory to Advocate for Free Play in Early Childhood! The book will be out in the fall of 2025, keep your eye out on That Early Childhood Nerd’s social media accounts, or Teachers College Press’s website: https://www.tcpress.com/browse-books

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Mike Huber is back to dig into ideas about how pretend play supports focus, impulse control, and self regulation. And what about super hero play? When children imitate superheroes from tv or movies, can that be considered imaginative? It’s a fun conversation! 

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Find the episode with Cay Burton that Mike mentions here: https://www.thatearlychildhoodnerd.com/podcast/episode/1f238ea3/nerd_0325-princess-playgender-creative-play

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Mike Huber has a new book! He joins host Heather Bernt-Santy for the first of (we hope) many conversations about his book The Power of Pretend: Supporting Children’s Power, Identity and Agency. 

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More about Eve Trook: https://www.thatearlychildhoodnerd.com/podcast/episode/1f10d8e0/nerd_0362-early-childhood-maytriarchy-eve-trook-dr-marianne-gibbs-and-bev-bos

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San Francisco Transitional KG Teacher Aaron Neimark joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to talk about being a teacher researcher and challenging yourself to survive and thrive! 

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Welcome to Early Childhood MAYtriarchy 2025, where we celebrate the contributions of women to the work of early childhood. In this episode:

Denisha Jones shares how the work of bell hooks has influenced her and informed her work.

Krystina Tapia talks about her life changing experience visiting the Anji schools founded by Cheng Xueqin, and how Ms Cheng’s work informed her as an early educator and now as a parent. 

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Welcome to Early Childhood MAYtriarchy 2025, where we celebrate the contributions of women to the work of early childhood. In this episode:

Stephanie Goloway shares the accomplishments and contributions of Constance Kamii and Rhonda DeVries.

Suzanne Axelsson brings two Swedish women to the conversation: Ellen Key and Alva Myrdal.

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Welcome to Early Childhood MAYtriarchy 2025, where we celebrate the contributions of women to the work of early childhood. In this episode:

Lizz Nolasco blows Heather’s mind with her discussion of play advocate Dr Millie Almy.

Gemma Medina expands our understanding of Caroline Pratt and her work beyond the wooden unit blocks we often associate with her.

Bethany Corrie brings Magda Gerber’s life and career changing work to the conversation.

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Welcome to Early Childhood MAYtriarchy 2025, where we celebrate the contributions of women to the work of early childhood. In this episode:

Mike Huber shares about how he has been influenced by Eve Trook and her ideas on having power on, power for, and power with children. 

Stacy Benge shares about Dr Marianne Gibbs, and occupational therapist who has informed Stacy’s work around literacy.

Richard Cohen shares about our beloved and brilliant Bev Bos and her ideas around what we all need for healthy human growth. 

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It’s spring break 2025 and host Heather Bernt-Santy has invited some of the TECN nerds to Indianapolis for a four day sleepover!

In this episode, Heather and some of her favorite people discuss how to navigate the idea of “consent” with young children. 

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