The Everything ECE Podcast

The Everything ECE Podcast, brought to you by Early Learning Foundations, is a podcast for early childhood educators and leaders. If you work in a child care, preschool or kindergarten setting, The Everything ECE Podcast will provide you with inspiration and actionable steps with professional and personal tips and tricks to find that ideal work-life balance. Join host, Carla Ward, each week as she brings you early childhood topics to help enhance your program and teacher life. The Everything ECE Podcast will inspire you to take action in your profession and classroom.

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Episodes

Summer Series #1: Planning for Learning

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

Jul 02, 2021•17 min

#23: Building Resilient Children

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.

Jun 18, 2021•8 min

#22: Plants in the Classroom

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

Jun 11, 2021•4 min

#21: Working with Children in Poverty

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.

Jun 04, 2021•39 min

#20: Greet and Goodbye

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.

May 21, 2021•7 min

#19: Creating YES Spaces

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

May 14, 2021•6 min

#18: Building Meaningful Adult-Child Relationships

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.

May 07, 2021•10 min

#17: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Going into the Early Childhood Field

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.

Apr 30, 2021•8 min•Ep. 16

#16: Integrating Play and the Arts Into Our Classrooms with Maya Saggar

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.

Apr 23, 2021•25 min

#15: A Discussion On Vision Therapy with Dr. Fabian Tai

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.

Apr 16, 2021•41 min

#14: Consistency in Chaos

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.

Apr 09, 2021•5 min

#13: Is There a Place For Worksheets in Early Childhood Education?

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.

Apr 02, 2021•8 min

12: The 5 W's of Loose Parts

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

Mar 26, 2021•8 min

#11: A Conversation with Helen Meissner

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

Mar 19, 2021•26 min

#10: ECE Entrepreneurship with Anisha Angella

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.

Mar 12, 2021•19 min

9: Reading Readiness

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.

Mar 05, 2021•9 min

8: Bringing Back Consequences and Risky Play

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

Feb 26, 2021•9 min

#7 From Theme to Play Based

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!

Feb 19, 2021•13 min

#6: The 3 Gross Motor Skills That All Preschoolers Need with Robyn Papworth

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 programs right away without having to purchase a thing.

Feb 12, 2021•35 min

#5 Embracing Failure

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?

Feb 05, 2021•10 min

#4: 3 Steps to a Calmer Classroom

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.

Jan 29, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 47

#3: Teaching Children to Self-Advocate

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.

Jan 22, 2021•8 min

#2 Showing Off Your ECE Awesomeness

Many ECES continue to battle the stigma that we are glorified babysitters. In today’s episode, we are going to talk about the actions that Early Childhood Educators can take now to shed light on the professionals that they are. We talk about why every early childhood educator should have a social media account and how to move from your inner circle outwards to show the world what Early Childhood Educators do! To see the show notes and the links mentioned in this episode visit www.elfoundations.c...

Jan 15, 2021•11 min

#1: Choosing a Word to Guide You Through 2021

I'm sure most of us have made and tried to keep a new year's resolution. And I'm sure most of us have failed at keeping it! This year, instead of making a new year's resolution, try choosing a word. In this episode, we talk about why choosing a word is better than a resolution!

Jan 08, 2021•6 min

Pilot Episode

Welcome to The Everything ECE Podcast. Thank you so much for tuning in! I am so excited to join you on your journey as an Early Childhood Educator. What you do is so important and I want to support you so that you feel inspired both in and out of the classroom! To make sure you don't miss any future episodes, make sure to subscribe to our podcast.

Dec 26, 2020•1 min

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