The Everything ECE Podcast

"If we want to maximize the learning, we must be intentional in our role." - Tracy Money The educator is a driving force in the classroom and plays a huge role in the learning that takes place in their program. 

It is important as educators to reflect on our own learning styles. Often a hands-on learner will provide hands-on opportunities for the students, a visual learner provides visual learning opportunities and so forth. We, as educators, need to ensure that we are providing multiple learning style options to the children in our programs. 

In this episode, Carla Ward and Tracy Money talk about the importance of knowing your learner and building meaningful relationships with them in your program. 

Join Carla Ward and Tracy Money on this 8 episode Summer Series as they dive deep into Planning for Learning in the childcare classroom. 

Being resilient means being able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. If we can teach children how to be resilient then we are setting them up for a lifetime of success. 

Plants can and should play important roles in any classroom. Listen to episode 22 to find out the benefits of plants in the classroom!

Join Katherine Morris as she shares incredible insight into working with children in poverty, the power we have as educators to support children and help them feel loved.

How we program is incredibly important but having a strong start and end to a day builds predictability and in turn, creates a sense of safety and belonging for children in your program.

Creating a space where children are able to imagine and play without limits will help them build confidence, curiosity and confidence.

The relationships that we as educators have with children play a huge role in their future success. We need to use different methods of communication to help children feel a sense of belonging, well-being, expression and engagement. 

I have learned so much along my educational journey but there are 5 things I wish I knew sooner to really amplify my teaching game. 

Integrating play can happen in any program in any grade! Maya Saggar shares some amazing suggestions as to how you can promote play and the arts in your classroom.

Vision is so much more than eyesight. In this episode with Dr. Fabian Tai, we dig deep into the difference between eyesight and vision. Why healthy vision is so important and how we can help develop vision skills in early childhood programs.

In a time when our world is so unpredictable, it is important for educators to provide consistency when and where we can in our classroom environments. 

On today’s episode of the Everything ECE Podcast we look at if worksheets have a place in early childhood programs. The simple quick answer is no but nothing is ever so concrete as that. Join Carla Ward as she talks about worksheets vs. multi-sensory learning.

Interested in adding loose parts to your classroom or upping your loose parts game? Give this episode a listen! 

Join me and Helen Meissner as we talk everything ECE from processed art to coping during COVID.

On today's episode, I connect with educational consultant, Anisha Angella, also known as Your Chidcare Coach. In this episode, Anisha tells us how to know when we're ready to start our journey as an entrepreneur and the first steps to take.

Preschoolers do not need to know how to read before they reach kindergarten and we need to stop putting that pressure on them. Today's episode talks about the reading brain and how we can prepare children to become readers while staying developmentally appropriate. 

As educators, we need to bring back consequences and risky play to support children in becoming resilient risk assessors. 

Making the transition from theme to play based teaching is no easy task but SO worth it. Listen to how I made the transition, how you can get started and why you shouldn't wait!

My guest in this episode, Robyn Papworth, is a pro when it comes to gross motor skills. Robyn is the founder of Play, Move, Improve. Robyn is an exercise physiologist, developmental educator and mother of three whose mission is to help children learn through play. She's sharing the three gross motor skills all preschoolers need, as well as some tangible action items that you can implement in your...

Failure sucks! No doubt about that but embracing failure can be so wonderful in how we grow as humans. Teaching children to embrace failure will help them develop a growth mindset and become resilient. Isn't that what we want for our children?

Classrooms can be busy and loud. But there are different kinds of loud in a classroom. In this episode, we talk about 3 steps any educator can take in their classroom to create a calm environment. Listen to the episode to find out how you can get a free download to calm your classroom. 

Learn simple a simple strategy to incorporate into your classroom to help children learn to self-advocate and ask for what they need. Help children become solution-focused thinkers.