ECE Advocacy 101: You're At The Table Or On The Menu
There are so many challenges that hinder ECE professionals from successfully advocating for continued support, that many are inclined to sim...
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NAEYC Radio- The National Association for The Education of Young Children
The National Association for The Education of Young Children and BAM Radio Network have partnered to bring you NAEYC Radio. Rae Pica and Jerlean Daniel host the program that will focus on a...
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20 of 22 episodesEarly Childhood Education:The Road Ahead
Early childhood educators are accustomed to being ignored by policy makes and even the rest of the education profession. Perhaps this will c...
Strategies for Supporting Dual Language Learners
The ability to teach dual language learners is becoming increasing important as our demographics shift across the nation. In this segment ou...
Who Will Save Kindergarten?
Our guest continues to sound the alarm that play in being pushed out of kindergarten to the detriment of the children. In the segment Vivian...
How Federal Policies Affect Early Childhood
Federal spending has a profound impact on early childhood programs. With significant budget cuts looming, we talk this month about how early...
How to Begin Teaching Physics in Early Childhood
Is there a place for physics and science in early childhood education? Our guests say the answer is an unequivocal yes and share insights ab...
Helping Children to Love and Do Well at Math
Our guest asserts that everyone can be good at math. In this segment we discuss how educators and parents can develop a love and ability for...
Childhood Obesity: Early Intervention Strategies
Early child care providers and early education professionals are well positioned to tackle the child obesity pandemic through early interven...
What Is Developmentally Appropriate Math For Very Young Children?
The question of teaching math to very young children sits right in the middle of the early academics debate. Our guest says that early math...
Building Relationships with Challenging Children
This segment is about that "special child" in your class. They don't do what you want them to do, they do what you don't want them to do and...
Creating Emotionally Literate Schools
Marc Brackett argues that emotional literacy is critical to productive teaching environments. Yet bracket asserts that most of us have a def...
Changing of the Guard
Jerlean Daniel, Ph.D. has been promoted to Executive Director Designate of the Association. Daniel will replace outgoing Executive Director,...
3 Causes of Teacher Burnout
Teacher burnout is a large problem that contributes to high turnover among early childhood professionals. This segment identifies the causes...
Curtailing High Turn Over Among Early Childhood Educators
This month we discuss the causes and consequences of high turnover among early childhood educators and more importantly what can be done to...
Underpaid Early Childhood Workers: Finding the path to better pay.
A teacher in a preschool with a bachelors degree typically earns $10-15k less a year than a kindergarten teacher with similar preparations....
Creating a Safe Emotional Climate for Children
Bullying behavior is a perennial challenge for educators. Bullying impacts the bully, the bullied and the community. In this segment Jean Sc...
Can Digital Media Enhance Learning?
Computers, Internet, television, Twitter, iPods, can these technologies really enhance early childhood learning? In the NAEYC Radio segment...
How to Better Serve All Children
Luis A. Hernandez has spent a career working on the fundamentals of developing happy, joyful children who grow up to be lifelong learners an...
Where Are All of The Men?
Bryan Nelson says there are several reasons why there are so few men in early childhood education. Bryan explains why the lack of males is a...
Why Educators Are Losing Boys, How to Get Them Back
In this fascinating discussion, Larry Griffin asserts that the number of boys who are unmotivated and underachieving is growing. He has iden...