Explore every episode of the podcast Honoring Childhood: The Podcast
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| S2 E5: Let's Catch Up! | 19 Jan 2025 | 00:34:56 | |
It's been awhile-let's catch up! 🫶🏼 | |||
| S2 E4: Translating Play with Lindsey Widger! | 08 Apr 2024 | 00:33:20 | |
| Episode 0: Introductions | 10 Apr 2021 | 00:11:42 | |
| Episode 10: A Conversation on Advocacy with Kisa Marx | 19 Jan 2023 | 00:35:30 | |
| Episode 9: Gender Expression in Early Childhood w/ Mr. Willy | 19 Mar 2022 | 00:33:34 | |
Join me and my amazing friend Willy Villalpando (@mrwilly_prek) as we talk all about gender and gender expression and how we can support ALL children in our Early Childhood Classrooms! | |||
| Episode 8: Supporting Children and Families in Crisis w/ Kristen Peterson | 19 Mar 2022 | 00:35:40 | |
Join me and my friend Kristen Peterson (@kristen.rb.peterson) as we discuss the issues going on in Ukraine and the world and discuss how we can support children and families who are going through trauma. | |||
| Episode 7: Children's Health, Safety and Nutrition with Lauren Montgomery | 15 Oct 2021 | 00:47:51 | |
Join me as I talk children’s health, safety and nutrition with my amazing friend Lauren Montgomery, the Health and Safety Coordinator for the Resource and Referral agency in Sacramento County! Y’all are in for a treat! | |||
| Episode 6: Observation and Documentation with Ron Grady | 02 Oct 2021 | 00:30:25 | |
Join me as I talk with Ron Grady of Childology all about observation and documentation! | |||
| Episode 5: ECE Word Association with Kristen Peterson | 22 Sep 2021 | 00:31:46 | |
Join me and Kristen Peterson of Learning Wild as we play a fun game of ECE word association! Part 1 of this series is over on Kristen's podcast-The Play Based Learning Podcast! | |||
| Episode 4: A Conversation with Alyssa Kidd of Naturally Kidds | 21 Aug 2021 | 00:33:39 | |
Join us this week as we talk with the amazing Alyssa Kidd from Naturally Kidds. Be sure to follow her on Instagram @naturallykidds | |||
| Episode 3: Creating a Kind Environment | 06 Aug 2021 | 00:26:30 | |
What does it mean to have a kind environment? Join us this week as we discuss what it means, why it is important and some simple ways we can do it! Be sure to follow us on Instagram: @honoringchildhood | |||
| Episode 2: Child-Centered Learning | 25 Jul 2021 | 00:31:15 | |
Let's talk about what it means to have a child-centered classroom! | |||
| S2 E3: Busting Myths with Stacy Benge! | 01 Apr 2024 | 00:46:03 | |
I am SO excited to have Stacy Benge back on the podcast this week for part 2 of an amazing conversation! This week, we will be talking about 4 of the most common myths surrounding childhood and early education-AND discussing ways that we can bust these myths! Stayed tuned for a possible third part in our conversation soon! Follow Stacy on Instagram! Order Stacy's book, "The Whole Child Alphabet"! Follow Samuel on Instagram! | |||
| S2 E2: Talking to Stakeholders with Stacy Benge! | 25 Mar 2024 | 00:30:57 | |
I am SO excited to have Stacy Benge on the podcast this week for part 1 of an amazing conversation! This week, we will be talking all about how we as early educators can talk to stakeholders-families, parents, admin, politicians, and more-about what is important and valuable both in childhood and early education. This is a really great and informative conversation that we really think can help inspire you to make big changes in the field! Follow Stacy on Instagram! Order Stacy's book, "The Whole Child Alphabet"! Follow Samuel on Instagram! | |||
| S2 E1: We're Back! | 08 Jan 2024 | 00:32:23 | |
| Episode 14: A Conversation with Carla Ward | 30 May 2023 | 00:33:30 | |
| Episode 13: A Conversation with Heather Bernt-Santy | 23 May 2023 | 00:33:36 | |
| Episode 12: A Conversation on the Relationship Between Home and School with Jennifer Whiteford-Houk | 15 Feb 2023 | 00:32:25 | |
| Episode 11: A Conversation on Toileting with Christina Stewart | 14 Feb 2023 | 00:35:53 | |
| Episode 1: Our Why | 06 May 2021 | 00:23:27 | |
Join us in our premier episode as we talk about the all important question of why. Why did we start our journey in Early Childhood Education. Hear my why and be encourage to share yours! | |||
| S2 E6: Collaboration Over Control in Early Childhood | 26 Jan 2025 | 00:36:11 | |
Join me as we discuss how we can move from control to collaboration in our early years program-coincidently the topic of my latest book out in June! | |||
| S2 E7: Triggered by Children? | 02 Feb 2025 | 00:37:33 | |
Have you ever felt triggered by a child, their choices, or their behavior? It is something that happens a lot in our field, but we do not talk about it. Well, that changes today! Come join me as we dissect this feeling and learn what we can do to move through it in a positive way! Be sure to follow me on Instagram! Send me an email! | |||
| S2 E9: Educator Mental Health | 16 Feb 2025 | 00:36:10 | |
Join me this week as we discuss educator mental health and how we can begin to make changes to take better care of US! Follow me on Instagram! | |||
| S2 E8: The Importance of Conversations with Cathy Belgrave | 09 Feb 2025 | 00:46:30 | |
| S2 E10: Talking Mental Health with Children | 23 Feb 2025 | 00:39:47 | |
Join me for an extension of our conversation last week on mental health and hear how we can talk about emotions and mental health with children and create an emotionally safe and supportive environment for them! Follow me on Instagram! | |||
| S2 E12: Talking with Children About Difficult Topics | 22 Mar 2025 | 00:32:12 | |
There is a lot (and I mean A LOT) going on in our world right now-how do we talk with children about it? Follow me on Instagram! | |||
| S2 E11: Staying Hopeful | 15 Mar 2025 | 00:29:59 | |
Times are hard-how can we stay hopeful through it all? Follow me on Instagram! | |||
| S2 E13: How You View Children | 03 May 2025 | 00:24:46 | |
Do you have a question you want answered? Let me know and I will answer it on next week's season finale mailbag episode! Follow me on Instagram! | |||
| S3 E2: Giving Yourself Permission with Kayla Snidal | 05 Jul 2025 | 00:38:44 | |
Join us this week as we sit down with day-home provider and early education professional Kayla Snidal and talk about all it takes to run your own day-home AND how to make sure you are taking care of yourself at the same time! Kayla has some great information and tips for you and I am excited for you to meet her! Learn more about Kayla: Be sure to check out our YouTube channel where you can now watch every episode this season! | |||
| S3 E1: In Conversation with Ron Grady | 28 Jun 2025 | 00:43:24 | |
Welcome to Season Three of the podcast! I am so excited to be joined by Ron Grady this week! Join us as we talk all about his books, his thoughts on childhood and more! Also, you can now WATCH the podcast episodes on our Youtube channel too! Learn more about Ron: Check out our Youtube and watch every episode this season! | |||
| S2 E14: Consent and Agency in Childhood | 09 Jun 2025 | 00:33:41 | |
And that is a wrap on Season Two!! This week we are talking all about consent and agency in childhood and how we can support children in advocating for themselves. Thank you to each and every one of you for your support of this podcast. I cannot wait for Season Three! Follow me on Instagram! Send me an email! | |||
| S3 E3: Fighting the Pushdown on Academics in Early Education with Christie Copley | 12 Jul 2025 | 00:50:47 | |
Welcome to this week's episode where I am talking with Christie Copley who runs Garden Patch Play School in Southern California. We are discussing the current push for academic learning in early education and what we can do to pushback and bring children a more authentic experience! Be sure to follow Christie!
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| S3 E4: The Importance of Play with Natalie Legg | 19 Jul 2025 | 00:33:15 | |
Welcome to this week's episode where I am joined by Natalie Legg and early childhood educator and advocate from Florida. We are talking this week all about the importance of play-and why it is even more important now more than ever!
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