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The Whole Child Alphabet named Top Professional Read by That Early Childhood Nerd

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Jan 81 min read

The Whole Child Alphabet named Top Professional Read by That Early Childhood Nerd

Did you see that That Early Childhood Nerd (Heather Bernt-Santy) named my book, The Whole Child Alphabet: How Young Children Actually...

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Dec 19, 20231 min read

The Everything ECE Podcast: The Whole Child Alphabet with Stacy Benge

Author & Early Childhood speaker, Stacy Benge, joins Carla Ward on the podcast to talk about her new book, The Whole Child Alphabet.

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Dec 19, 20231 min read

That Early Childhood Nerd Podcast: Visual Perception and Emerging Literacy with Stacy Benge

Join host Heather Bernt-Santy, Mike Huber and Stacy for this discussion of visual perception, how it differs from “eyesight,"...

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Dec 19, 20231 min read

That Early Childhood Nerd Podcast: The Whole Child Alphabet with Stacy Benge

Author and speaker Stacy Benge joins Heather Bernt-Santy to discuss this really, very, really important new book.

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Should we pull children from play for small group instruction?

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Dec 1, 20231 min read

Should we pull children from play for small group instruction?

"In order to maximize the benefits of free, child-led play time, children should not be pulled from their play time for a...

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The Core of Literacy is Language Development

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Oct 14, 20231 min read

The Core of Literacy is Language Development

The core of literacy is language development.

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Mar 13, 20231 min read

Reimagine Childhood Podcast

Check out my interview on Reimagine Childhood discussing emergent curriculum and why it is more than a classroom theme.

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Children Cannot Learn Without Playing and Cannot Play Without Learning

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Mar 9, 20231 min read

Children Cannot Learn Without Playing and Cannot Play Without Learning

"Children cannot play without learning and cannot learn without playing!" There is no dichotomy between play and learning. They go together!

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Jan 31, 20231 min read

The Benefits of Boredom

When we constantly fill children's time, we rob them of the opportunity to figure out how to handle boredom.

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Is crawling important! Does crawling matter? YES! Crawling is Essential!

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Mar 22, 20221 min read

Is crawling important! Does crawling matter? YES! Crawling is Essential!

Crawling is essential! It’s a means to so much in child development.

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Feb 17, 20221 min read

Pre-Writing is Not a Curriculum

Pre-writing is not curriculum. It is playing outside, building blocks, dramatic play, and drawing! Pre-writing is PLAY!

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Stacy Benge

Early Childhood Author and Keynote Speaker

The Whole Child Alphabet

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