Episodes
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Skillful Rewards
The Skillful Teacher invites early childhood professionals to earn rewards as they accumulate professional development hours. Find out more at www.theskillfulteacher.org
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Cabin Fever: Easy ways to stay sane this winter
Winter. Depending where you are in the world, winter is too cold to go out, too wet to go out, or just too gloomy for happy thoughts. How can you and your children survive the winter under wintertime conditions? Enjoying the season depends on planning ahead. It's not like you can't see this…
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Paid to Play? What to do about unengaged caregivers
Maybe you've hired a nanny and you're suspicious about what she and the children do all day. Maybe your child goes to child care or preschool and doesn't seem to be learning anything. Maybe you work in a child care or preschool and one of your coworkers seems to be having too much of a good time....
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Safety First! Spotting Dangerous Toys Before The Recall
Has this happened to you? You buy a toy or piece of equipment, for your own child or someone else's, and within a week or two it's been recalled as unsafe. You feel betrayed and embarrassed and you're left wondering: how can a person see this coming? How can you choose items for your family that...
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Happy holidays? How to keep the season bright
No matter what holidays your family celebrates, odds are that there's a major holiday on the horizon this month or next. And while holidays are great opportunities for connecting up with your extended family, for kids-included parties, and even for travel, this means the holidays also put your...
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Scary Stuff: Keeping The Zombie Apocalypse Out Of Your Kid's Brain
Today, we’re going to talk about the things small kids find scary - things that you might not expect but that can ruin an otherwise perfectly-good day - and maybe live on for years and years like the walking undead.
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Held Accountable - How To Demonstrate That You Know What You're Doing
This podcast is a prerecording of the keynote presentation made to the annual conference of the Washington State Association for the Education of Young Children, on October 19, 2012.
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The Reluctant Bookworm: Inspiring Your Child To Read
If your child can read - but doesn't like to read - then find out the reasons why is this conversation with Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson. Then get some tips on how to help your child enjoy reading and actually read more.
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School's Out, Now What? Tips for a self-disciplined summer
“Ten weeks seems like an eternity. How can I make the summer a growth experience?” Get specific steps you can take (start right now!) to make this summer wonderful for your school-age children - with little expense.
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Handling Change: New Baby, New Home, New Trouble
In order to venture out into the wide world your child relies on the fact that the big things in his life are always the same. But change happens. How can you help your child adjust to important changes in your family without coming completely apart? And how should you handle it when change makes...
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Baby Talk: What You Need To Know About Language Development
How do babies do it? How do they go from a vocabulary of zero to a vocabulary of 5000 words in just four short years? Some of this seems automatic but a lot of it depends on you. Find out what you must do to support your child’s language development and why it matters so much.
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Dealing With Disappointment: Building Resilience
“She didn’t make the team." "He didn’t get invited." "Grandpa didn’t show up." What are you supposed to do? And how can you build your child's resilience in the face of the disappointments life throws at everyone? Get some sound advice on helping your child deal with adversity and come out…
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Separation Anxiety: Helping Your Child Step Out
You feel sorry for your child – she seems truly upset by new situations – and it’s sweet that she loves you so much she hates to see you go. But enough is enough. How can you help your child feel more confident and self-reliant and be less clingy? Get some tips that will help you both.
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Brain FAQs: Answers To Your Questions About Babies' Brains
You might have read up on brain development but you still have questions... about brains and gender, about educational toys, about lots of things. We'll take on the questions I get most often and you can ask your own questions too in this interactive webinar.
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Honesty's The Best Policy: Lying, Cheating, and "Borrowing"
Your school-age child may have surprised you recently with a lie, with an incident of cheating, or even with taking something that didn't belong to him. What should your response be and how can you help your child develop a stronger sense of what's right and what's wrong? Get some answers here....
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Bad Dreams, Monsters Under The Bed And Other Worries
It seems like you just got your child used to sleeping in a “big bed” and now he doesn’t sleep much at all. Nights are filled with worry about monsters, scary stories, and bad dreams, so that he’s sleeping in your room – or you’re sleeping in his – just about every night. How can you get past…
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