THRC Table Talks

✨ Reflecting on leadership and growth with THRC Team members Shannon and Basma, we found inspiration in a powerful quote from Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead.   ✨What were you inspired by in this conversation? What did it spark you to think more deeply about?   Quotes have the ability to remind us of what we may already know, aspire to be, or trigger something within us to get back on track. 💡 Come...

In this Tidbit, join Shannon & Farrah, THRC team members as they explore a tactile exploration of Kintsugi, a Japanese art form that mends broken pieces of pottery while highlighting the cracks with gold. What you will hear? A conversation around: ✨valuing children’s exploration, ✨honouring their lead, ✨honouring giving time to explore, ✨honouring that discomfort can lead us on pathways th...

In this episode we pay tribute to the legacy of Diane Kashin, who passed away in January 2024.   Diane meant a great deal to all of us in the early learning field. She generously shared much of her knowledge throughout the years, through many different platforms and mediums.   In this episode, several educators from the early learning field share their memories of Diane. The common thread througho...

"Meet Emily, an educator working in a school age program who is passionate about incorporating mindfulness into the busy program.   What will you find in this episode? ✨Emily, an educator who found purpose in incorporating her practice of mindfulness into all aspects of the classroom. ✨How her definition of mindfulness has influenced the way she observes children's interactions with others and t...

Leaders! Yeah, you! Looking for a fresh take on leadership and motivation? Look no further! In this episode of THRC Table Talks, Drew Dudley, internationally acclaimed leadership speaker and The Wall Street Journal’s best-selling author of This is Day One: A Practical Guide to Leadership that Matters joins Melanie Cunha, Director of THRC in a Question & Answer session.          

In this episode, listen in as Nursery School Educators Nida, Joanne and Tanja, come to the table to explore and reflect on how Inclusive practices support relationship building and the Foundations of HDLH? in their program

Listen in, as we explore elements that support meaningful, purposeful culture making. Elements such as developing trust and collaboration to support you in creating safe, brave, cooperative *staff meetings *team meetings *professional learning sessions   

Welcome back to a brand new year! Join Farrah and Pawandeep, a toddler room educator as we have a conversation around her inspirational story of how she used visuals to support herself as a new staff and the children. One of her many, many nuggests of wisdom she shares is that at the core of her whys, she honours the children she works for. Take a listen now!

Reach Out Centre for Kids joins us to explore how we can take care of our ourselves so we can do our best to take care of others. What ideas resonated with you to try?

From Thinking to Teaching, should be EVERY educator's pedagogical COMPANION. Where are you coming from and where are you hoping to go? Let From Teaching to Thinking be your companion on the journey. From Teaching to Thinking- is it on your bedside table/bookshelf yet? Want to read it? Come visit us at THRC. We have a copies available to borrow.

Continue your journey of exploring From Teaching to Thinking with us! There is so much more to unpack in this book. What are teacher scripts? How do they get in the way of what you truly value? Do they disrupt the responsive relationships you hope to build with the children? Do they limit creativity for you and your children? How are your centre's Vision and Values aligning with How you build rela...

Welcome back! We are starting off this fall season by exploring the amazing book From Teaching to Thinking. It is a fabulous, informative, thought-provoking book - a definite MUST READ if you work with children and families!!   You will hear how this book has transformed all of us who read it in this two-part series.    Want to read it? If you are a THRC member, you can borrow it from our Resource...

As we excitedly start off this fall season, the Early Years Sector are also excitedly welcoming new children into the classroom. In the spirit of new beginnings, join us as we center our conversation on our recently published Inspiration Sheet: How to make the Transition from Home to Childcare smooth, with its' co-creater, Quality First Consultant Geethmi. Questions we unpack: How do we create spa...

Join us around the table, in part two of our THRC Table Talk where we:   -Reminisce about our past experiences with puddles in the playground   -Reflect on informing families about our values during tours, and how those values play an important part in our program and the experiences we offer children   -Reflect on the concept of “Professionalism.” – Does it mean changing who you are? Does it mean...

Join us as we gather around a table for an honest, raw, reflective conversation where we address:    - Our fears when risk taking -Fears of public percption and judgement; -Educator scripts that we feel constricted by - And the Whys of the limitations we place on children

We continue our exploration of Pedagogical Documentation with the ACT team. We chat about ways to nurture creativity in the documentation writing process; give some tips on how to make your documentation come alive, as well as offer some encouraging words to make documentation writing feel less daunting.

Join us as we explore Pedgagogical Documentation with members of the ACT team. We hope to inspire you to think of documentation not as   a must do,   or have to,   but as a gift to honour not only the child, but your introspective self

Join us, as we name and explore love as a core value with Janina, a passionate EarlyON educator. She shares how these elements of love show up in her work and in her relationships.   When we get to explore love in these in-depth ways, we discover that love isn’t soft or weak, it is rooted in connection, awareness, trust, respect and it can be viewed as strong and powerful, and has the ability to m...

Join us as we unpack the book An Introduction to Early Childhood Education and Care by Carole Massing and Mary Lynne Matheson. What does it take for us educators to create that engaging, welcoming space that ultimately, makes everyone feel like they belong? What does life long learning have to do with inclusion? Take a listen and find out!

Join us as we explore the Whys of diversity, equity and inclusion in the field of early learning.

We are so excited to announce a new reflective resource "Pedagogical Prompts." Listen in to hear how this new publication hopes to stir up new ways of thinking in the field of early learning. 

In this episode we explore the value of joy and how we might foster it within ourselves and within our programs, taking inspiration from the article , "Joy in Our Relationships with Children, Families and Each Other," by Luis Hernandez

In this episode, we continue exploring best practices by reflecting on Group Time. We sat with Sarah Krol from THRC's Resource Library and talked about what group time is. How can we implement group times that meet the diverse needs of all children, and how can we respond to come common challenges during group time.

In this episode, we continue exploring best practices by reflecting on and considering our role as a Play Partner with children. What does being a play partner look like, what are the benefits to children and to ourselves, and how does this impact lifelong learning and joy.

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer touched us and inspired us in so many ways. Join members of the Artists and Children Together team, as we explore concepts such as honouring the different languages used by children; how children use their bodies as a means to explore and investigate their environments, and how these experiences help inform them as beings on this land; and the responsiven...