Kisa Marx joined Denisha Jones to discuss her newest book, We Are Who We’re Waiting For: Transformative Change in Early Childhood Education.
Authors Melinda Holohan and Patricia Cantor join DEY ED Denisha Joens to discuss their book Screen-Aware Early Childhood: A Realistic Approach to Helping Young Children Thrive in a Digitally Complex World.
DEY National Advisor and author Heather Bernt-Santy joined us to discuss her book, Using Schema Play Theory to Advocate for Free Play in Early Childhood.
In February early childhood professor and author Kirsten Cole discussed her new book Teaching for Love and Justice: Learning About Race and Racism Alongside Young Children.
For our first Book Talk, we chose Not Just Cute: How Powerful Play Drives Development in Early Childhood, by Amanda Morgan.
We are wrapping up our Book Talk series with two books for June! First, on Tuesday, June 2nd, DEY National Advisor and ECEC advocate, Kisa Marx, joins us at 7 pm EDT to discuss her new book, We Are Who We’re Waiting For: Transformative Change in Early Childhood Education.
Then, our final Book Talk will be on Wednesday, June 10th, at 7 pm EDT, with early childhood educator and researcher Alissa Mwenelupembe to discuss her book, Stories of Resistance: Learning from Black Women in Early Care and Education.
The authors of Reflection, Perspective-Taking, and Social Justice: Stories of Empathy and Kindness in the Early Childhood Classroom and DEY Executive Director Denisha Jones discuss the importance of encouraging kindness and empathy in young children.
Susan Linn discusses her new book, Who’s Raising the Kids: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children, with DEY Executive Director Denisha Jones. Susan Linn is a renowned psychologist and advocates for children’s well-being, and her book offers a compelling analysis of the ways in which technology and commercialism are influencing the lives of young people.
DEY’s Co-Founder and Senior Advisor Nancy Carlsson-Paige discusses the reasons why she and Dr. Diane Levin felt the need to found Defending the Early Years in 2012. She also talks about how DEY addresses current issues such as the pandemic and racism in order to provide resources for parents and teachers of young children; equity; meeting children where they are; helping kids build social skills; choosing open-ended toys, and the importance of play.
