The Early Childhood Research Podcast

The Early Childhood Research Podcast episodes:

• 02.04.2018

  Dyslexia and Early Intervention #23

  Today’s interview is with dyslexia and early intervention specialist Dr Tim Conway. If you’re looking for ways to ensure young children are given the best early intervention, or just to take the most effective approach towards setting up a solid...

  
• 11.15.2017

  Why Dads Should Read to their Kids #22

  Why should dads read to their young children? Because research has shown that it’s incredibly beneficial! Today’s podcast episode focuses on why dads can make such great reading partners for their kids. You can listen to this episode above, listen to it on iTunes or Stitcher, or...

  
• 07.09.2017

  Concussion in Young Children: What You Need to Know #21

  Today we’re chatting with Dr Elizabeth Sandel about concussion in young children. What causes it. What we need to look for and how we can help during the recovery process. There are free posters, helpful links and a video for...

  
• 04.13.2017

  How Scribbling Fast Tracks our Kids #20

  Scribbling can have a huge positive impact on a child’s development, not just as a pre-writing skill, but to develop language, reasoning, problem solving and relationships. Learn what researchers have found and how we can optimise that knowledge in our homes...

  
• 02.11.2017

  Attuned Communication instead of Classroom Management? #19

  Want to try attuned communication with your kids so you don’t have to rely so much on traditional classroom management techniques? Listen to this interview with Laura Fish, it’s got tons of great advice for building up our kids, giving...

  
• 12.11.2016

  Is Your Classroom an Academically Safe Environment? #18

  Is your classroom an academically safe learning environment? Do our kids ever feel embarrassed or hesitant over asking questions, or because they’re struggling with a task, or because other children are ‘better’ than they are? This episode focuses on what we...

  
• 09.16.2016

  Emergent Writing: Why Children’s Play Choices Affect Learning

  Emergent writing is dependent not only on a child’s exposure to literacy activities from birth, but how they engage with those activities on a day-to-day basis. This podcast discusses the four play ‘types’ that researchers have found fit the majority of...

  
• 07.17.2016

  9 Ways to Maximize Your Child’s Working Memory #16

  Is your child super forgetful and can’t seem to follow instructions? They may have a poor working memory. Working memory is extremely important for learning and this post goes through some ways we can help our kids improve their working...

  
• 06.04.2016

  Is My Classroom Management Approach Ethical? #15

  Classroom management is an essential component of every teacher’s life, and most teachers spend a considerable amount of time trying, refining, adapting and experimenting until they feel they have a handle on it. But is our classroom management style effective...

  
• 05.07.2016

  My Child is a Late Talker: What Should I Do? #14

  Are you worried that your child is a late talker? That they don’t know as many words as other children their age, or can’t put the words together into a phrase? This post tells you what you can do! You can...

  
• 04.10.2016

  School Readiness for Children, Families, Teachers and Schools #13

  There is more to school readiness than a child being the right age, knowing some numbers and learning to share. School readiness is about our whole community. This post talks about the what families, early care providers, teachers and schools...

  
• 03.13.2016

  Loving and Teaching Children with Autism: Part 2 #12

  Anyone who cares for or is teaching children with autism needs to listen to this interview. There are so many helpful tips, stories and suggestions from this lovely Australian family. You can listen to this episode above, listen to it on iTunes or Stitcher,...

  
• 03.06.2016

  Loving and Teaching Children with Autism: Part 1 #11

  Do you have a child with autism? Do you teach a child with autism? Listen to this interview for some excellent tips and ideas from this wonderful family! You can listen to this episode above, listen to it on iTunes or Stitcher, or read the...

  
• 01.31.2016

  Essential Addition Strategies for Young Children

  Want to listen to an expert talk about the most essential addition strategies our young children should be learning for future success? You can listen to this episode above, listen to it on iTunes or Stitcher, or read the transcript below. Dr Elida Laski This is...

  
• 12.09.2015

  Environmental Protection for Kids

  Environmental protection is such a huge and complicated subject, but we know it’s important to encourage a love of nature, and a desire to protect it, in our children. This post highlights how we can help our children understand sustainability, offers practical...

  
• 11.15.2015

  Anger Management: How to Calm an Angry Child #8

  While this anger management post title says it’s about how to calm an angry child, it’s really about how to encourage young children to calm themselves. It’s not a quick and easy method (if there even is such a thing),...

  
• 11.01.2015

  How to Communicate Effectively about Childhood Development: #7

  We all have opinions about children and what’s good for them, and our parents and communities have their own beliefs, too. As educators, how do we communicate effectively to families who may have misconceptions about how children learn and grow?...

  
• 10.19.2015

  Does Movement Improve Learning Outcomes? #6

  What is the best way to learn? Because people are so different it seems that what’s ‘best’ may be somewhat subjective. Today, we’re asking the question: Does movement improve learning outcomes? And the answer is a resounding yes! Fortunately there...

  
• 10.11.2015

  What are the Rights of a Child? #5

  How long is it since you considered the United Nation’s perspective on the rights of a child? Have you ever? It’s quite an enlightening exercise so this podcast episode goes through these rights and then shows how one early childhood...

  
• 10.04.2015

  School Readiness Through Music: #4

  School readiness is a challenging area in education, particularly for less advantaged children who have not had the opportunity to attend preschool. This podcast episode is all about one teacher’s experience of running an 8-week music program specifically to help...

  
• 09.27.2015

  Dealing with Bullying: 10 Proven Strategies #3

  Bullying, and being bullied, can start from a very young age. As adults are influential in the lives of young children it is important that we are proactive and diligent when it comes to managing it. Click on the player above...

  
• 09.20.2015

  Developing Pre-Writing Skills: #2

  The process of learning to write is a long one, considering that it’s not just about knowing how to write letters or spell words. Well before children get to that stage there are other skills they need to develop so...

  
• 09.13.2015

  Healthy Eating in Young Children: #1

  This podcast episode about healthy eating in young children is taken from a previous research post that you can find here. If you click this link you’ll find a transcript that’s fairly close to this episode as well the list...

  
• 09.11.2015

  The Early Childhood Research Podcast: An Introduction #0

  Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that I love to take research papers and summarise the useful points. I believe that blogs are a great avenue for taking information and spreading it widely...