Early childhood consultant and author Rae Pica joins Heather to discuss her blog post, “What if We Took Control of our 2021?”

It’s the 200th episode! Wow! Tune in for Lisa Murphy, Dan Hodgins, Richard Cohen, Bethany Corrie join Heather to talk about ditching theme planning. Pajamas were worn. Wine was drunk. Themes were…well, tune in to find out.

Sam Balch joins Heather to discuss her experiences with, and recommendations for, working with children who have or are experiencing homelessness.

Mike Huber listened to the episode with occupational therapist Greg Santucci, and has some follow up questions for Heather

We need to move away from making moral judgments on children’s behavior and seek to understand and support children’s development.

In what started out as a germ of an idea about talking about “men in ECE,” Richard Cohen and Mike Huber take it much deeper–we need to break up with the binary.

In this episode, Heather brings on Carol Garboden Murray, Richard Cohen and Tiffany Pearsall to connect our Care Revolution to rest times and napping.

Part two of a conversation with Richard Cohen and Michelle Salcedo, author of Uncover the Roots of Challenging Behavior: Create Responsive Environments Where Young Children Thrive.

Part one of a conversation with Richard Cohen and Michelle Salcedo, author of Uncover the Roots of Challenging Behavior: Create Responsive Environments Where Young Children Thrive.

Jesse and Krystina from True Play Foundation return to the show to talk more about the Anji Play philosophy and practice.

Emma and Heather explore Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of “flow” .

Richard Cohen, Tiffany Pearsall and Carol Garbodan Murray join Heather for another conversation about the honorable work of caring