Check all episodes of The Preschool Podcast Blocks are the perfect 3 dimensional material to encourage learning with all five senses. Blocks provide so many opportunities to teach math, social-emotional,…
Star Ratings or Star Children
Check all episodes of The Preschool Podcast How can ratings systems potentially work against play-based and social-emotional learning? Shanda challenges center directors to be willing to take a lower star…
Empathy Warriors
Check all episodes of The Preschool Podcast Anyone who enrols in the school of empathy warrior-hood – you’re taking a step to self-empowerment and radical vulnerability. “Empathy is a huge…
You Can’t Fail When You Play
Check all episodes of The Preschool Podcast Why is play based learning so critical? “One of the interesting things about play is that you can’t fail when you play”. Play…
Intentional Whole Child Development with Educators and Parents
Check all episodes of The Preschool Podcast How can we give children space to learn and support parents in approaching early education with spaciousness? Episode #72 -How can we use…
Connecting Brain Science, Child Development and Loving Families
Check all episodes of The Preschool Podcast How policy work supports the healthy development of children Episode # 71 – How can we ensure policymakers are informed about child development…
The Importance of Social Emotional Learning
Check all episodes of The Preschool Podcast Preschools and K-12 need to define how they will implement an SEL program and not just use these popular taglines without deploying it…
Improving Student Cognition Through Interaction
Check all episodes of The Preschool Podcast Episode 68 How can we apply movement practice to cognition and language development? Dr. Lynne Kenney builds dynamic research-based for students of…
Family at the Center of Innovation in Early Learning
Check all episodes of The Preschool Podcast Lisa Guernsey, Director of Education Policy at New America, joins the Preschool Podcast to discuss the impact of technology use in family environments…
How to Motivate Your Staff – Finally See the Change You Want!
Check all episodes of The Preschool Podcast Chanie presents concrete ideas for how to effectively motivate early childhood professionals in team meetings and in the classroom. “Teachers WANT to contribute…