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The Everything ECE Podcast#187: Reimagining Belonging in ECE with Sally HaugheyIn this powerful and heartfelt episode of The Everything ECE Podcast, Carla Ward is joined by the one and only Sally Haughey, founder of Fairy Dust Teaching (now Wunderled) and a beloved leader in the world of play-based early childhood education.Together, they dive deep into what it really means to build a culture of belonging in early childhood classrooms. Sally shares her personal story, the origin of Fairy Dust Teaching, and how her own struggles as an educator inspired the work she does today. From making the shift from theme-based to play-based learning to creating meaningful...2025-04-2534 min
Blooming CuriousEp 71 Unlocking the Transformative Power of Play with Sally HaugheyIn this episode of Blooming Curious, I welcome Sally Haughey, (pronounced Hoy) the founder and CEO of Wunderled, formerly known as Fairy Dust Teaching. Sally shares her journey from beginning her teaching career in 1996 to building a global community of over 240,000 educators across 120 countries. Sally Emphasises a play-based philosophy inspired by Waldorf and Reggio Emilia approaches, she discusses the profound impact of play on children's development and imagination. She reveals the inspiration behind the creation and evolution of Wunderled and highlights the core philosophy that champions curiosity-driven and wonder-based teaching. Sally also addresses the current challenges educators face, such as...2025-04-1458 min
The Forward Movement Podcast25. The Golden Nuggets of Education Reform and Restoration | The Forward Movement PodcastThe final conversation within the season of Education Reform and Restoration is here!In this episode you'll dive into the waters of wisdom gathered during the five guest speakers that offered their time, energy, attention and intention this season. Additionally, in this solo-cast, you'll be provided with a high level overview of the four big takeaways of the season.Here at The Forward Movement Podcast we deeply believe, in this moment in time, that with information we, as individuals, have the opportunity to shift perspectives. And with the shift...2025-04-1348 min
The Forward Movement Podcast23. You Are Enough: The Teacher Identity and Beyond with Sally Haughey | The Forward Movement Podcast"In the child there is a disposition, and a set of interests and passions, that ultimately becomes a human being engaged in a certain way with the world." - Sally HaugheySeason Two of The Forward Movement Podcast is all about Education Reform and Restoration. Sally, a guest this season, comes on to elevate her perspective, lived experience and expertise on the world of play in early childhood classrooms.Sally has gathered and created many tools throughout her carrier, simply a small part of this conversation. To explore these tools for your own...2025-02-171h 09
Learning Curve with Mr. ChazzCreating Inner Peace with Jelaila from Wunderledhttps://mrchazz.thinkific.com/courses/skill-buildinghttps://www.mrchazz.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-06-111h 00
The Powerful PedagogyNicola Robinson: Creative Rigor - The Hope for a Equitable Educational SystemNicola is a progressive early childhood educator with over 20 years experience in cultivating impactful and effective learning spaces for young students.Her passion and expertise is an ability to balance play and rigor while integrating the arts and community to create a holistic, child-centered environment that fosters multiple intelligences, socio-emotional growth, character and a love of learning.2023-11-1429 minThe Powerful PedagogyJane Racoosin : Teaching Beyond the Square - Creating a Culture of SustainabilityJane Racoosin has worked in early childhood education for over 20 years and she has witnessed how children’s learning and emotional development are impacted by an exploration-based education approach. In her own classroom, she saw that children gained confidence and creativity when curriculum was developed in collaboration between teachers and children. She wanted to offer the same high quality early learning experience to all children across the five boroughs regardless of cost. In 2013, she started Teaching Beyond the Square to fulfill this vision and to elevate early childhood education’s importance in a public way. She has a...2023-10-0329 min
The Powerful PedagogyDayna Abraham: Calming the Chaos - Embracing Sensory ProcessingDayna Abraham has become a trusted and proven leader in the parenting community. She is the founder of the popular parenting site 'Lemon Lime Adventures' which has accumulated over 41 million viewers in less than seven years. She is also the CEO of Calm the Chaos, a seven-figure company which offers Dayna's compassionate framework to support thousands of parents worldwide. Her work has also been showcased in Huffington Post, Babble, Scary Mommy, Buzzfeed, ADDitude Magazine, and Positive Parenting Solutions. She is also the author of Superkids Activity Guide to Conquering Everyday and Sensory Processing 101.2023-09-2644 min
The Powerful PedagogyKisa Marx: Deconstructing Early Learning - Resetting our Teaching PracticesKisa Marx is a former academic-centered daycare provider turned heart-centered founder of her Play & Nature-based program, Kidcrew Adventures Early Childhood Community. With over twenty years of experience working in the field of early education, she is passionate about using her voice to speak for those who cannot yet speak for themselves. She believes that childhood is sacred, play is revolutionary, and she along with countless other early educators get the privilege of preserving both. When she is not advocating for children and play, you can find Kisa on a number of adventures with her partner, Chris, o...2023-04-2537 min
The Powerful PedagogyRae Pica: Sparking a Revolution through Play AdvocacyRae Pica is an education consultant dedicated to the development and education of the whole child. Rae has been an early childhood education consultant since 1980 and is internationally known as a speaker, online course creator, and author. Rae has written 22 books, including the text Experiences in Movement and Music (in its 5th edition), What If Everybody Understood Child Development?: Straight Talk About Bettering Education and her most recent book, Children’s Lives and Spark a Revolution in Early Education: Speaking Up for Ourselves and the Children.Rae is on a mission to ensure that children have the cha...2023-04-1836 min
The Powerful PedagogyPete Moorhouse: Woodworking in Early ChildhoodPete Moorhouse is an early years creative consultant, researcher, author and artist educator based in the UK. He is a trainer for Early Education and deliverers training nationally and overseas and is also an endorsed Froebel Tutor. His work in school is centered around nurturing children's creativity and his practice is inspired by Froebelian principles and practice in Reggio Emilia. Pete is the UKs leading authority on woodwork in Early Years education and has written several books and journal articles, including ‘Learning Through Woodwork’ (Routledge) and books on outdoor learning. He is currently working on his latest...2023-03-2834 min
The Powerful PedagogySherleen Bruno: Erasing the Stigma of Early InterventionSherleen Bruno is a learning support specialist who works with young children with learning differences. With over fourteen years of experience in the field of education, Sherleen Bruno has served as a Special Educator to early learners from Pre-k through Second grade in public and private schools, as well as an Early Interventionist and Itinerant teacher.As a Learning Specialist, Sherleen provides targeted and direct instruction to students through individual and small group support by using the students' interests, learning styles, and individual learning goals. She targets multiple academic areas including reading, writing, and...2023-03-2134 min
The Powerful PedagogyEric Royo: Building Community thru HIP HOPFounder of Hip Hop Building Blockshttps://hiphopbuildingblocks.com/Born and raised in New York Eric Royo grew up in an era where Hip Hop thrived and was at the forefront of everything cool, expressive and revolutionary. He gravitated towards the music because it gave him the feeling of being free and open to express himself in whatever way he chose. The beats, the rhythms, the lyrics all called to Eric in a way that was magnetic and electric. At first just freestyling in the parks of NYC h...2023-03-0729 min
The Powerful PedagogyDr. Diana Kashin: Cultivating a Culture of FriendshipDr. Diane Kashin is a registered early childhood educator in the province of Ontario. She received a Bachelor of Honors Degree from York University, an Early Childhood Education Diploma from Seneca College and a Master of Education and Doctorate Degree from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Diane has taught early childhood education at both the degree and the diploma level. Since retiring from teaching, Diane has been working as a consultant, and workshop/webinar presenter. She is the co-author of three ECE textbooks and just finished writing a book for Redleaf Press on professional f...2023-02-2836 min
The Powerful PedagogyLinda Rosenblatt: Food for Thought...How Food Affects BehaviorWith over two decades coaching people how to retrain the brain with a healthier and happier mindset, Linda teaches adults, youth and families, the importance and value of empowerment, through culinary and nutrition education and energy healing. She is a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners, carries an Integrative Health Coach Certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.Links:https://www.thehealthcook.com/abouthttps://equityatthetable.com/directory/linda-rosenblatt/2023-02-2132 min
The Powerful PedagogyAshley Jefferson: Social-Emotional Growth thru PuppetryMs. Ashley (she/her) is an early childhood expert and play advocate. She brings her 20+ years of experience as an early childhood teacher, museum curator, and performer as the Founder of Play Plan Afrikan (playpanafrikan.org), an early learning collective, and Nguzo Babies (nguzobabies.com), a children's puppet show. Ms. Ashley is also a prolific curriculum author, the popular being her Kwanzaa 365 curriculum to help classrooms integrate cultural diversity. Her passion is offering support and quality resources to families with young children to restore the beauty of childhood and family...2023-02-1437 min
The Powerful PedagogySally Haughey: The Power of Wonder with WunderledSally Haughey is the CEO and Founder of Fairy Dust Teaching and Wunderled. Fairy Dust Teaching is built on the passion for the wonder and magic of early childhood, the idea that young children have the right to play, to be collaborators in learning, and to dream. After 20 years of successfully teaching in various school settings, she has committed herself to what she loves most: Empowering and Inspiring Educators! Her focus is to provide a deeper level of service and training that help educators own their true teaching self.Sally Haughey began Wunderled™ in 2010 fr...2023-02-0733 min
Spirited Hearts the podcast21. Valuing Each Child's Learning Journey with Sally HaugheySend us a textI had the absolute pleasure of having this beautiful, meaningful conversation with Sally Haughey. Sally is the founder of Fairy Dust Teaching also known as Wunderled, she is the creator and founder of the annual Play Summit, an author, speaker and Educator.We discuss so much in this episode, and it is jam-packed with passion, wisdom and knowledge:- Sally shares her own journey as a child in the education system and then a teacher- How the education system is failing us and our children- The #1 goal...2022-10-021h 16
Small Business Marketing - Then and NowEpisode Fifty Seven - Carla Ward, Early Learning FoundationsAll I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.How often have you thought about that statement, or taken the time to think about the fundamentals that you learned in elementary school?There is so much that kids learn during these critical stages in their life and, at times, they are not able to fully absorb the key aspects of the lessons. This is where great teachers and tutors can be of great assistance to not only their current coursework but to their future learning.My guest for this episode of 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐰 is Carla Ward, an Early Childhood Educator and the founder of Early Learning Foundations...2022-09-0934 min
The Powerful PedagogySelf Care is the Best Teacher Care with Carla WardCarla Ward is an Early Childhood Educator and the founder of Early Learning Foundations, a business dedicated to education and enhancing the work of Early Childhood Educators. She has held a variety of roles in the education field for more than 17 years. Carla is a certified Wunderled educator and brings a sense of wonder and passion into every aspect of her business, from hosting The Everything ECE Podcast, to workshop development, to digital course creation as well as running a full-time online tutoring business. Carla loves to share actionable and inspiring ideas with fellow educators both in and...2022-08-0839 min
The Powerful PedagogyDynamic Duo (NAPCAST) with Mike Browne & Nick TerronesNapcast is a podcast co-hosted by two male educators of color working with our youngest citizens. Together, they challenge, tackle, and discuss topics at the intersection of education, race, culture, and identity.Bio:Nick Terrones (he/him) is Mexican-Native American, a descendant of the Chumash people whose traditional lands span a large part of southern California. Nick has been in the Early Childhood field for over 14 years, 12 of those years working directly with toddlers and families. Currently he is the program director at Daybreak Star Preschool in Seattle, Washington, an early...2022-08-0130 min
The Powerful PedagogyInspiring Universal Pre-K with Charnea ParisCharnea Paris is an educator seeking to make dynamic change in the lives of children where it is most needed. She teaches Pre-K at a public school in the South Bronx. One of her passions is incorporating identity work throughout the year. She believes that children need to learn about the world and the people around them early in life and that failing to teach children the truth at an early age will negatively affect their overall development in all aspects of life. For children to become productive citizens, teachers and families must be willing to discuss topics s...2022-07-2534 min
The Powerful PedagogySocial Justice & Diversity Teaching in Early Childhood with Semeka Smith-WilliamsSemeka Smith-Williams is a member of the The Institute for Social and Emotional Learning (IFSEL) which empowers educators, young people, and parents to transform their schools into caring, inclusive communities. For the past six years she served as the Director of Diversity and Equity at the Packer Collegiate Institute, a Preschool through grade 12 independent school located in Brooklyn, New York. Over the last ten years, Semeka has collaborated with other school leaders and diversity practitioners through her work with New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) Diversity Committee. Semeka has also facilitated curriculum investigations to broaden the anti...2022-07-1830 min
The Powerful PedagogyBeing Play Responsive with Suzanne AxelssonSuzanne Axelsson has worked with children for over 30 years in roles. She works as a pedagogical consultant using experience and research in listening, philosophy with children and Indigenous Knowledge to guide creating democratic learning and play spaces in early childhood education. She works on the EY program at the Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm University, as well as in preschools with children and educators.. Suzanne has a masters in ECE and has traveled globally to hold workshops, presentations, and visit EY settings. She writes about play, listening, neurodiversity, and sustainability etc on her blog, Interaction Imagination, a...2022-07-1136 min
The Powerful PedagogyEmbracing Technology through Play with Chloe TaylorChloe Taylor Technology is a STEM Education consulting company based in New York City. Her company provides future-focused services for schools in STEM education and digital design to help facilitate meaningful learning experiences through the use of technology. As an entrepreneur, author and educator, her focus is to equip the next generation with the skills they will need to succeed. Chloe has collaborated with brands including HP, BrainPOP, and Sphero Robotics to promote the importance of STEM education for youth, and to bring awareness to gender discrimination in the tech industry. In 2020, she published her first book, 2022-06-2732 min
The Powerful PedagogyInspirational Entrepreneurship with Yesenia PlacenciaA native New Yorker, Yesenia started the development of Young Risers in May 2013. Working in NYC private schools for over eight years introduced her to the Reggio Approach. This fostered the idea of opening a school that catered this learning experience to families in her community. She holds a Masters of Science in Special Education from Concordia College and is professionally certified in Early Childhood Education from the NYS Department of Education.Program Mission:At Young Risers children's learning is best inspired through thoughtful play and exploration. We strive to provide a safe an...2022-06-2030 min
The Powerful PedagogySustainable Teaching Practices with Robin KooInspired by the Reggio Emilia practice, Robin Koo has been an Art Studio Teacher for over 16 years. She served as the Program Director of Teaching Beyond the Square from 2015-2018. In 2015, when Teaching Beyond the Square hosted the Wonder of Learning Exhibit, Robin was the Chair of the Atelier Committee, which created the Natural Materials and Light & Shadow Ateliers. During her tenure as Program Director, Robin worked closely with a variety of public schools, UPK centers, and independent early childhood school communities, coaching them as they moved towards an inquiry-based approach to teaching. In 2007, she helped establish t...2022-06-1331 min
The Powerful PedagogyCelebrating Children’s Differences with Jahidah DiaabThe Blended Garden is an inspiration from nature, where flowers bring the message of inclusion and diversity to children, allowing for rich ongoing dialogue where parents and educators connect meaning to materials through nature's design. This book teaches children as they develop into 'universal beings' how to live in one another's space while accepting each other's individuality.Jahidah Diaab has been working with young children ranging from severely autistic, to the gifted for the past 20 years. Her teaching journey has taken her to various educational and diverse settings across the New York City area...2022-06-0735 min
The Powerful PedagogyBuilding Teachers Up Beyond Professional Development with Barbara BurringtonBarbara Burrington, a phenomenal Education Mentor, served as Interim Director of the UVM Campus Children’s School (2017 - 2020) where she had worked as Head Teacher from 1993 through 2007. She was the first Director of Community Based Partnerships for the College of Education at the University of Vermont (2020-2021) For the previous twelve years, Barbara had served as both a principal and a superintendent in northwestern Vermont. Currently she is a professional mentor to new school administrators throughout Vermont. In December, 2021, Barbara completed a 7,000 mile journey by boat of the North American Waterways (the American Great Loop). Her reflections on ins...2022-05-3047 min
The Powerful PedagogyRaising Resilient Children with Tunu Thom Tunu Thom is the author of “An Unexpected New Dream.” Inspired by the activism and artistry of Dr. Nina SimoneTunu establishes works that centralize around themes of motherhood, culture, futurism, sexuality, and world politics.…charged with cultivating joy, her brand of comedy is smart, hilarious and inspirational. Her work nurtures the curious, the change makers and lovers alike. She is a graduate of LaGuardia Highschool of Performing Arts (drama), holds a B.S. in African Centered Education and Performing Arts and an M.A. in Dance Education (NYU). She has taught and performed thought provoking, culture shifting works at venue...2022-05-2344 min
The Powerful PedagogyThe Importance of Choice Time with Renee DinnersteinRenée Dinnerstein, author of the Heinemann publication, Choice Time: How To Deepen Learning Through Inquiry And Play, has over 50 years experience working as an early childhood educator. She taught in Rome, Italy, in New York City at P.S. 321 and was teacher-director of the all-inclusion Children’s School early childhood annex.In 2001 until 2003, Ms. Dinnerstein was an early childhood staff developer in the New York City Department of Education Division of Instructional Support, where she wrote curriculum, led study groups and summer institutes, and helped write the New York City Prekindergarten Standards. Since 2003, Ms. Dinnerstein has...2022-05-1636 minThe Powerful PedagogyTeaser: The Powerful Pedagogy2022-02-1500 min