Can We Talk?: Conversations In The Early Years

Bienvenue au podcast d’ASCY: Can We Talk: Conversations in the Early Years. Nous sommes ravis que vous nous rejoigniez pour l’épisode 62 — merci de faire partie de cette communauté d’apprentissage réflexive. Dans l’épisode d’aujourd’hui, Nancy Baverstock d’ASCY est jointe par sa collègue et collaboratrice de longue date Anna Minniti, leader pédagogique au Little Peoples Daycare à Hamilton, pour un...

In this episode, ASCY’s Nancy Baverstock is joined by colleague and long‑time collaborator Anna Minniti, pedagogical leader at Little Peoples Daycare in Hamilton, for a thoughtful conversation about transforming staff meetings into intentional, meaningful spaces for connection, collaboration, and reflective practice. Together, they explore how shifting away from checklist‑driven meetings and movin...

In this episode, ASCY’s Nicole Colterman is joined by Aaron Bailey, Aaron is a certified ADHD Life Coach, educator, and advocate with both professional and lived experience in ADHD and neurodiversity. With over a decade of work across education, mental health, and coaching, including running his own practice, Aaron brings deep insight and practical support to the ADHD community Together, Nicole an...

In this episode, ASCY’s Sue Lepore is joined by Dr. Peter Rosenbaum, internationally respected pediatrician, researcher, educator, and co‑founder of the CanChild Centre for Childhood‑Onset Disability Research at McMaster University. For over five decades, Dr. Rosenbaum has been a leading voice in childhood disability research, shaping innovative ways of understanding children’s development. His mo...

In this episode, ASCY’s Sue Lepore chats with Jason Riley, former Hamilton Tiger-Cat, Grey Cup champion, long-time educator, author, and passionate advocate for children and youth. Jason’s story is an extraordinary one: from being a scrawny grade‑schooler who was bullied, to becoming a professional football player and eventually a dedicated teacher.  Sue and Jason explore the realities of bullying...

In this episode, A Conversation About Tools for Life in the Early Years, a social emotional learning approach, is taken from a larger video presentation recorded with ASCY’s Susan Lepore and Negin Zarifian. Together, they explore the social emotional learning (SEL) approach known as Tools for Life, offering both theoretical insights and practical strategies for early years educators. This two-part...

In this special episode, we’re highlighting a unique professional learning and mentoring process called Stepping Side By Side (SSBS). Stepping Side By Side is an innovative, pedagogical approach to onboarding and mentorship, designed for those stepping into the field of Early Childhood Education, and for those stepping up to support others. Developed in partnership with the City of Hamilton and Af...

In this episode, ASCY’s Amanda Karr connects with Amanda McGowan, an EarlyON Coordinator from Today’s Family, who participated in the Language of Art workshop series and has since become a passionate advocate for art, learning and leadership. This six-part series, inspired by Ann Pelo’s book The Language of Art, invites educators to move beyond product-focused art and into a world of process, refl...

Dans cet épisode, nous allons entendre une conversation sur la documentation pédagogique et ce que cela signifie vraiment pour les éducateurs, les enfants et les familles. Tina Dupuis-Primeau est originaire du Nouveau-Brunswick. Elle est d'origine mi'kmaque du côté paternel et acadienne du côté maternel. Tina est mariée et elle est mère d'un adolescent et de deux bébés à fourrure. P...

Dans cet épisode, elles se penchent sur un sujet important pour les éducateurs : L’environnement dans le contexte des relations. Tina et Nancy discutent comment nos relations avec les enfants et les familles influencent la conception des environnements d'apprentissage précoce. Tina Dupuis-Primeau est originaire du Nouveau-Brunswick. Elle est d'origine mi'kmaque du côté paternel et a...

In this episode, ASCY’s Sue Lepore chats with ASCY’s Amanda Karr about diving into the Language of Art —a thoughtful and inspiring six-part learning series inspired by Ann Pelo’s book. Together, they reflect on how recent investments in art materials for Hamilton’s early years programs opened up new possibilities for creative expression. Amanda shares how the series encourages educators to move be...

In this episode, ASCY’s Tracy Webster chats with Pauline Walters, Director of Professional Regulation at the College of Early Childhood Educators. In this episode, they dive into a timely and crucial topic for educators: professional supervision. They explore the tools and resources the College has developed to support early childhood educators and to ensure that they’re meeting professional stand...

Dans cet épisode, ils se penchent sur un sujet d'actualité et crucial pour les éducateurs : la supervision professionnelle. Ils explorent les outils et les ressources que l'Ordre a mis au point pour soutenir les éducateurs de la petite enfance pour s'assurer qu'ils respectent les normes professionnelles. Ils discutent également des meilleures pratiques, des défis communs et des...

In this episode, ASCY’s Shari Bell and Tracey Webster sit down with award-winning, bestselling author, speaker, and consultant Monique Gray Smith.  Monique was a presenter at our November 2024 Embracing The Early Years Professional Learning Day, and this podcast builds on the themes she shared during that event. In this episode, Monique guides us on the importance of ‘Being a Light’ and explores w...

In this episode, ASCY’s Kim Burns sits down with Susan Bennett-Armistead, a renowned expert in early childhood literacy and the author of Literacy and the Youngest Learner. Together, they dive into the vital role literacy plays in a child's development and explore how we can bridge the world of literacy with the natural environment. Susan, who has spent much of her career studying how young c...

In this episode, ASCY’s Paola Hohenadel and Leslie Busija chat with Kerry Drake from Mohawk College about the valuable experience of mentoring ECE students during their placements in early childhood education programs. Kerry is a Registered Early Childhood Educator and a Post-Secondary Professor at Mohawk College and McMaster University with a Masters of Education in Curriculum Studies and Leaders...

In this episode ASCY’s Sue Lepore chats with Malinda Lockhart, Cassidy Taylor and Jackie Wilson from Imagineers Early Learning Centre in Hamilton about the use of Tools For Life, Early Years Edition. Their program has been enacting TFL for many years and are seasoned and skilled long time practitioners of this approach.  They have dedicated their practice to social emotional learning and making th...

In this episode, Kayla Davies and Christina Viola from the ASCY Lynwood School Age Partnership Program sit down with Marissa Patryshon, an Occupational Therapist from Lynwood Charlton, to discuss sensory-sensitive environments and how to explore them using their newly created sensory kit. Marissa offers a practical OT perspective, providing valuable insights into the activities and resources inclu...

In this episode, part of our series highlighting presenters from the May 2024 Embracing The Early Years Professional Learning Day, ASCY’s Nancy Baverstock and Leslie Busija engage in a conversation with Janet Nezon, the founder of Rainbow Plate. Janet shares her expertise on understanding children’s eating habits and how mealtimes can create a sense of belonging. She offers valuable tips for addre...

In this episode, part of our series featuring presenters from the May 2024 Embracing The Early Years Professional Learning Day, ASCY’s Shari Bell engages in a deep conversation with Dr. Michael Ungar about how to support children, youth, and families with complex needs, to build resilience. Dr. Ungar's presentation highlighted the nine essential elements that all children require for resilien...

In this episode, part of our series featuring presenters from the May 2024 Embracing The Early Years Professional Learning Day, ASCY’s Charlotte Edwards and Paola Hohenadel chat with author and educator Susan Stacey. They delve into the journey of pedagogical documentation and how to effectively navigate this process. Susan shares how documentation can inspire educators to wonder, co-construct kno...

In this episode, ASCY’s Charlotte Edwards speaks with Tara Freeman from Lucky Day Nursery, in Hamilton, Ontario, about their journey in integrating and celebrating art and literacy within their programs. Tara shares insights on how she introduced ideas and inspired her team to embrace them. She also discusses their collaboration with an artist and the valuable lessons they learned along the way. C...

This episode is a part of a series of podcast episodes had with the presenters from our December 2023 Embracing The Early Years Professional Learning Day.  In this episode, ASCY’s Shari Bell and Camila Casas chat with Natalie Royer about the messages Natalie shared on using belonging as tool, what belonging means in the early years, and what does belonging really look like in our early childhood c...

In this episode, ASCY’s Negin Zarifian and Community Living Hamilton’s, Sheri Noblett chat about the book study that they did together on Dr. Shelley Moore’s book "One Without the Other".  During their conversation, you’ll hear how the book study got started, the benefits of their book study and what else we could look forward to in terms of continuing our conversations on inclusion in o...

In this episode “A Conversation with Darci Lang about Focusing on the 90%”, ASCY’s Tracey Webster chats with motivational speaker, trainer and author Darci Lang.  During their conversations not only do we hear about some of the content from Darci’s book “Focus on the 90%”, we also hear Darci and Tracey build on the content with some everyday concrete examples that many Early Childhood Educators an...