Episode 9 – Authentic Conversations with Colleagues: Thinking about Art, Music, and Dance with Young Children – with Victoria Armstrong

Victoria, owner of Side by Side Consulting Services, is a skilled thinking partner for early childhood educators and brings many rich experiences and wisdom to this 2-part conversation. In this episode, and part 1, we engage is an authentic, reflective, and open conversation to explore our experience with, and our ideas about young children’s experiences withContinue reading “Episode 9 – Authentic Conversations with Colleagues: Thinking about Art, Music, and Dance with Young Children – with Victoria Armstrong”

Episode 8 – Pondering Pathways: Play! (Part 2)

Welcome back to a playful episode about play! While I intended for this episode to be about play theorists, the benefits of play, and how play and learning are interconnected, I ended up taking a walk and capturing some recent reflections from my own practice and experience about how I value and notice play, lately.Continue reading “Episode 8 – Pondering Pathways: Play! (Part 2)”

Episode 7 – Wondering About Inclusion From One Family’s Perspective, with Special Guest Sandy B.

What happens when a Human Resources manager (mom), a student teacher (middle sibling), and a grad student (eldest sibling) FaceTime for 5 minutes? Well, when it’s my family, we start theorizing about inclusion. What started as a spontaneous video call, turned into a deep conversation that challenged what we thought about inclusion, and called usContinue reading “Episode 7 – Wondering About Inclusion From One Family’s Perspective, with Special Guest Sandy B.”

“As Music” – A Spoken Word Poem

I’ve decided that I wanted to more openly share some of the journey I’ve been on in terms of questioning, shedding, and challenging the colonial frameworks that I operate within the systems of oppression that I benefit from. One path forward that felt accessible to me was to start by looking at knowledge. Whose knowledgeContinue reading ““As Music” – A Spoken Word Poem”

Episode 6 – The embedded, embodied, and imbued with Bob Henderson

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of chatting with outdoor education ‘guru’ Bob Henderson. As an experienced educator, guide and writer, Bob exudes wisdom when discussing of ways being with people outdoors. Through this conversation Bob and I find many not-so-surprising connections between my own experience as a student and Bob’s experience asContinue reading “Episode 6 – The embedded, embodied, and imbued with Bob Henderson”

Episode 5: COEO Reflections

In this solo episode I reflect on my experience attending the fall conference held by the Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario (COEO). I wander through reflections and realizations that I had during the conference and since, covering themes of what ‘belonging’ means and to whom, the limits of the English language, and my obsessionContinue reading “Episode 5: COEO Reflections”

The Playful Podcast Episode 4 – Glorified Babysitting

In this solo episode I reflect on the fight that ECEs are in to professionalize our work and gain respect by leveraging away from being considered as glorified babysitters. I wander through wonderings about different types of care and education across time, space, and cultures, and ask questions that feel unsettling to my own identityContinue reading “The Playful Podcast Episode 4 – Glorified Babysitting”

The Playful Podcast Episode 3 – Play! (pt. 1)

Brief summary of shownotes and references: Land acknowledgement: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/a-dish-with-one-spoon Dish with One Spoon revisisted – I misquoted the title. Jacobs, D., & Lytwyn, V. (2020). Naagan ge bezhig emkwaan: A Dish with One Spoon Reconsidered. Ontario History, 112(2), 191-210. Indigenous motherhood post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CUAt_MoLPK0 Reflection questions I asked and that are included in my Instagram postContinue reading “The Playful Podcast Episode 3 – Play! (pt. 1)”

The Playful Podcast Episode 2 – Prerequisites to Play

In this solo episode, I introduce a mini-series that I intend to continue called Pondering Pathways, where I take a walk around my neighbourhood while reflecting on what is required to access play. I follow up from my questions about Treaty 3 from my first episode and then I contemplate some systemic limitations related toContinue reading “The Playful Podcast Episode 2 – Prerequisites to Play”