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Welcome to "Early Childhood Chats," the podcast dedicated to all things related to early childhood education.
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Where Will the Next Generation of Early Childhood Educators Come From? (opens the original)
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Where will the next generation of early childhood educators come from — and what will it take to prepare them for the realities of today's classrooms?In this episode of Early Childhood Chats, Andy Roszak sits down with Carol Williamson, Professor and Director of the Early Childhood Education Program at Carroll Community College, to explore the future of the early childhood education workforce.Drawing on more than 40 years of experience, Carol shares how early childhood education has changed, wha
A Regulated Classroom Starts with a Regulated Adult: Nervous System Literacy in Early Childhood (opens the original)
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Monica Rollins from Rooted: A Wellness Collective joins Andy Roszak to talk about what actually changes in an early childhood classroom when you introduce yoga and mindfulness, what nervous system literacy means for educators, a live breathwork demonstration you can try with your class tomorrow, and the new kids yoga teacher certification she just launched specifically for preschool teachers.In this episode, Monica shares her origin story bringing yoga into early childhood classrooms back in 201
Deregulation or Dismantling? Inside the Proposed Head Start Rule Changes with Yvette Sanchez Fuentes (opens the original)
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In this special edition of Early Childhood Chats, Andy Roszak sits down with Yvette Sanchez Fuentes, SVP Government Relations and Research at Start Early and former Director of the Office of Head Start, to break down major proposed changes to the Head Start program — and what they could mean for children, families, educators, and programs across the country.The proposed rulemaking could eliminate or change significant portions of the existing Head Start Performance Standards. Andy and Yvette dis
Major Head Start Changes Proposed: What Programs Need to Know (opens the original)
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Big changes could be coming to Head Start and federal early childhood education policy, but what is actually changing, what is still only proposed, and what can Head Start programs, educators, parents, and advocates do about it?In this episode of Early Childhood Chats, Andy welcomes Whitney Pesek, Senior Director of Federal Child Care Policy at the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), for an important conversation about the federal government's proposed Head Start regulatory changes and what they
Think Like a Tot, Parent Like a Pro — Play-Based Potty Training with Tot on the Pot (opens the original)
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Potty training is one of those milestones that sounds simple until you are in the middle of it. Parents get conflicting advice. Teachers get put on the spot. Children get confused. And somehow, a process that every human being eventually masters has become one of the most stressful chapters of early childhood for everyone involved.In this episode of Early Childhood Chats, Andy Roszak sits down with Jackie, the founder and Chief Potty Officer of Tot on the Pot, a play-based potty training system
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