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Heartwork Live!Supporting the work of Child Care Professionals in Chatham-Kent with Kelly EmeryJustin Langois and Michelle Schurter join Stephen Hurley in conversation with Kelly Emery, Director, Child Care, Early Years, and Recreation for the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. In this episode we chat with Kelly about her origin story and what it means to support vibrant and exciting childcare environments in Chatham-Kent2023-06-0915 min
MerrilyFocus on the 90% with Darci LangAs Early Learning professionals, we 'live out loud' the 4 foundations found in How Does Learning Happen?: Belonging, Well-being, Expression and Engagement.Who better to help us lean in to the notion of Well-Being for 'ourselves', than Darci Lang, who is a motivational speaker on the topic of Focusing on the 90%. Darci Lang is an engaging, entertaining, and powerful speaker whose message about ‘Focusing on the 90%’ is clear, insightful and, most of all, important. For 29 years, Darci has been sharing tough love with empathy, creating perspective shifts and having an impact on hundreds of businesses in d...2023-06-0326 minMerrilyUnicorn Crossing with Justin Smith and Justin Langloisin this episode we explore early years from the perspective of two dads who both happened to share the same first name. Justin Langlois is a dad, stepdad, a bilingual Registered Early Childhood Educator, and a certified Self Reg Champion through The Mehrit Centre. An RECE for nearly 10 years, Justin can be found wearing a super-hero cape while engaging with children at the EarlyON Centre in Tilbury, Ontario. Justin Smith is the father of 2 boys aged 2 and 7. Justin’s career journey started off in the corporate world in sales and strategy planning po...2023-06-0330 minMerrilyTinkering, trades and the early years with Tim Carson and Shaun MooreHow often do you get a chance to hear two people from the trades talk about the importance of the early years. Have a listen as Tim Carson and Shaun Moore celebrate the importance of 'loose parts' play spaces in the early years as a way of unleashing your inner tradesperson!Shaun Moore is a dad, a Registered Early Childhood Educator, a Child and Youth care graduate, and is currently working toward his Forest Practitioner certificate. Currently Shaun works at an Early On Centre in southwestern Ontario.Shaun worked in residential construction before entering...2023-06-0337 minMerrilyChasing superhero capes with Justin Langlois and Shaun MooreIn this episode, we head upstream with Justin Langlois, RECE, and Shaun Moore, RECE, two male early childhood educators (part of the 1-5% of male ECEs in Canada). Observe, wait and listen (OWL) as Justin and Shaun chat about a career centered on making dreams come true and chasing Superhero capes!Justin Langlois is a dad, stepdad, a bilingual Registered Early Childhood Educator, and a certified Self Reg Champion through The Mehrit Centre. An RECE for nearly 10 years, Justin can be found wearing a super-hero cape while engaging with children at the EarlyON Centre...2023-06-0331 minMerrilyHDLH? as a Teacher Tool with Vicki Davis and Jessica HolderIn this episode, we are joined by Jessica Holder, RECE, and Vicki Davis, RECE, to take us further into How Does Learning Happen?, and its use as a powerful tool for early childhood educators.Not only do the HDLH? foundations (well-being, expression, belonging and engagement) guide and fuel the way we create conditions for early learning, but they also offer professional educators some powerful tools for thinking about what happens in those environments.Vicki Davis is a Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE) She started her ECE journey as an apprentice with The...2023-06-0341 minMerrilyThe ? behind How Does Learning Happen? with Dani Williams-Long and Jim GrieveWhat do you get when you connect a leader responsible for introducing major shifts in thinking about early childhood education to the province of Ontario, with an insightful, high-energy RECE who works everyday to bring those shifts to life in an early childhood classroom? You get magic!Dani Williams-Long is a Registered Early Childhood Educator and a Toddler Educator at the Ingersoll Children’s Center, Oxford Community Child Care. Dani graduated from Georgian College with her ECE in 2007 with Honours, and she is currently attending Conestoga College to become a Resource Consultant.2023-06-0340 minMerrilyDownstream on Loose Parts with Ariella LukachWhat on earth does an Innovation Park have to do with Early Learning environments? Back up a minute! What is an Innovation Park? And how does the concept and practice of "Loose Parts" connect both innovation parks and early learning environments?Ariella Lukach is a leader in the growth and development of ecosystems, communities, organizations, and individuals. She is passionate about building collaborative communities with a shared vision and targets, whether between people in an organization or between multiple organizations. Ariella's work prioritizes people, impact, feasibility, actionability, and sustainability.Ariella designs strategies to...2023-06-0321 minMerrilyUpstream on Loose Parts with Miriam Beloglovsky and Heather GrahamOn this episode, we're diving into a topic that will be familiar to many from the early years community: Loose Parts. And to help bring this idea to life, we are joined Miriam Beloglovsky, author and speaker on Loose Parts, and Heather Graham, RECE. What do we mean by Loose Parts, and how does the approach and thinking come to life in an early years environment?Heather Graham is a Registered Early Childhood Educator, working at Growing Together Family Resource Centre at the May Court location in Chatham, Ontario. She has been working in child care...2023-06-0326 minMerrilyUp Close with Dr. Jean ClintonA ‘frickin’ legend among ECE’s in child care centres across towns, urban hubs and faraway places, Dr.Clinton has shared her passion for children, attachment, early brain development, and the impact of just one smiling face on the development of an early mind, body and soul.But just what is it that draws Dr.Clinton to children? What has fueled her profession throughout the years? What are her proudest moments? And what life lessons can she share in a way she has never shared before?Dr. Clinton is renowned nationally and internationally as an advocate for ch...2023-06-0332 minMerrilyMerrily Series IntroductionMeet your hosts, Stephen Hurley and Michelle Schurter!In this first episode, join us to find out who we are, and this series is all about2023-06-0310 min