Kindergarten Ready: What Really Matters in Child Development

15/05/2023

Pleased to share the news that my colleague and friend Richard Gentry and I have released a teacher resource follow up to Brain Words- something we have had in the works for years and now finally made available : https://a.co/d/6L4ip6Y via Amazon Professors

GO READ! Building Brain Words for Beginners

12/05/2022

Greetings and Welcome! If you have found your way here looking for info about Kindergarten Ready, well I guess a little history may be helpful. This podcast was very much born during early Covid times. Like many, I found myself teaching and working from home, which made me think it might be a good idea to buy an upgraded microphone. Then I thought, heck, why not buy a really good one and make a podcast. After all, I listen to podcasts, I have a colleague with a podcast, why don't I make one?
Then in true procrastination mode, I spent time thinking first about making a graphic, then playing with theme music in GarageBand, and then watching YouTube videos on sound editing. It wasn’t until I finally got around to recording a show that it hit me- egad, making a podcast is a lot of work! And takes a lot of time! I started off ambitiously, recording an episode per week, then dropped to one every few weeks, then 1/month, then, well, I just stopped. Unfortunately I just didn’t have the time needed to write, record, and edit/produce a podcast on any regular basis- at least not the kind of in-depth show with a decent quality recording as I has set out to do. Who knows, maybe one day I shall return to the world of podcasting, but in the meantime I do hope you enjoy the limited number of shows that were completed.

Cheers

Gene

25/09/2020

This week it's all about the science of reading and just what that tells us about teaching kids to read.

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/brain-words-and-the-science-of-reading/id1510053292?i=1000492512278

http://podcast.kindergartenreadywhatreallymatters.com/episodes/brain-words-and-the-science-of-reading

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3BvZGNhc3Qua2luZGVyZ2FydGVucmVhZHl3aGF0cmVhbGx5bWF0dGVycy5jb20vZmVlZA?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwic84ai8_3rAhXvmnIEHRYLCioQ4aUDegQIARAC&fbclid=IwAR2JykifaXDsr7_sECrbs1KzOCvuvLJ6zl4iaZyvy7S3GWBqZ_t-fmTfEGg

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development

‎Show Kindergarten Ready: What Really Matters in Child Development, Ep Brain Words and the Science of Reading - Sep 25, 2020

22/09/2020

A research deep dive into the world of storybooks- storybook research that is...
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development/id1510053292

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development

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http://podcast.kindergartenreadywhatreallymatters.com/

‎Education · 2020

02/09/2020

Hi folks,

With the impending return to university classes, I just haven't been able to get an episode ready in time this week; rather than trying to rush it or deviate from our regular 8:00 AM Wednesday release schedule, the next episode will come out next Wednesday (Sept. 9th)- a research- focused deep dive on storybooks!

19/08/2020

Episode 10 now available. Another installment of our end-of-summer, back-to-school, readiness advice and tips for parents. This week we hear from two experienced, dedicated kindergarten teachers...

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development/id1510053292

http://podcast.kindergartenreadywhatreallymatters.com/episodes/parent-tips-and-morestraight-from-kindergarten-teachers

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3BvZGNhc3Qua2luZGVyZ2FydGVucmVhZHl3aGF0cmVhbGx5bWF0dGVycy5jb20vZmVlZA/episode/NWYzYzFiM2U1YTRjODMyYThmNTI0NmY3?sa=X&ved=0CAgQkfYCahcKEwjQ_7y4xKfrAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development

‎Education · 2020

09/08/2020

Episode #9 - available August 5 - is all about Kindergarten readiness in the traditional sense...
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development/id1510053292

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development

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http://podcast.kindergartenreadywhatreallymatters.com/episodes/kindergarten-readiness-in-the-traditional-sense

‎Education · 2020

24/07/2020

New episode out July 22- this time around the focus is on the social-emotional domain and...attachment.

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development/id1510053292

http://podcast.kindergartenreadywhatreallymatters.com/episodes/lets-talk-attachment

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development

‎Education · 2020

08/07/2020

Episode 7, available July 8th- all about literacy and early invented spelling- and how it provides an amazing glimpse into the developing reading brain.

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development/id1510053292

http://podcast.kindergartenreadywhatreallymatters.com/episodes

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3BvZGNhc3Qua2luZGVyZ2FydGVucmVhZHl3aGF0cmVhbGx5bWF0dGVycy5jb20vZmVlZA?ved=2ahUKEwij46qdsrzqAhV8gnIEHe1fCWEQ4aUDegQIARAC

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development?fbclid=IwAR273TAWYmt5UGyGkq2alKmEYxLYaQOP2Hyicm9fjip6INpnUv-y6bfaXcI

‎Education · 2020

25/06/2020

Episode 6 now available. Another shift in focus this time around, as we geek out a little on some science about the amazing perceptual abilities of infants. I also talk about babbling and how to promote it (and why we should).

http://podcast.kindergartenreadywhatreallymatters.com/episodes/lets-talk-about-babies-speech-perception-and-babbling

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/lets-talk-about-babies-speech-perception-and-babbling/id1510053292?i=1000479391703

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3BvZGNhc3Qua2luZGVyZ2FydGVucmVhZHl3aGF0cmVhbGx5bWF0dGVycy5jb20vZmVlZA/episode/NWVmMmFlYzE0ODA5ODYzYmE0ZGM5OTRj?ved=0CAsQzsICahcKEwi4xa_t_JzqAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBQ

https://open.spotify.com/show/7d0zADJyUziEbuKWFYcckN?fbclid=IwAR2dnnqb02nfenrCZlxiEkGYtUkMjATrURZVOwpd1tXs6Q0HfkKB8tyV824

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development?fbclid=IwAR0p7K472uwaNyL0y7no55dBc1Iw9YFcloBL3iEDgyKtUYdniY78PAKyreA #/

Babies, babies, babies and their surprising skills!

11/06/2020

Episode 5 now available: a topic a little closer to the name of the podcast....emergent literacy! This time around, the focus is on a few constrained skills: the alphabet and phonological awareness.

http://podcast.kindergartenreadywhatreallymatters.com/episodes/readiness-and-emergent-literacy

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/readiness-and-emergent-literacy/id1510053292?i=1000477404157

https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL3BvZGNhc3Qua2luZGVyZ2FydGVucmVhZHl3aGF0cmVhbGx5bWF0dGVycy5jb20vZmVlZA&ved=0CAIQ4aUDahcKEwiQiauP5_npAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQDQ

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development

https://open.spotify.com/show/7d0zADJyUziEbuKWFYcckN

What's up with that?

27/05/2020

Episode #4 out Wednesday May 27th! A little more serious tone this time around as we talk about stress, AUGH... More specifically, anxiety, uncertainty, and structure for children given stressful situations such as, gee I don't know, how about a global pandemic...Did I say AUGH?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stress-anxiety-and-uncertainty-in-covid-times/id1510053292?i=1000475923617

http://podcast.kindergartenreadywhatreallymatters.com/episodes/stress-anxiety-and-uncertainty-in-covid-times

Sigh...

13/05/2020

One from the archive...we were in the midst of an interesting study of storybook use in kindergarten to promote vocabulary and early reading when everything was shut down....sigh.

12/05/2020

New episode ( #3) available now!
http://podcast.kindergartenreadywhatreallymatters.com/episodes/vocabulary-part-2-what-can-we-do-about-it

Vocabulary learning: "What can we do about it?"

06/05/2020

You can learn more about Dr Gene Ouellette here:
https://www.mta.ca/Community/Bios/Gene_Ouellette/Gene_Ouellette/

06/05/2020

A highlight of the past few years, and of my career overall, has been the opportunity to work with Dr. Richard Gentry, a leading voice in the area of early literacy. You can find out more about our book here:
https://www.stenhouse.com/content/brain-words

06/05/2020

you can find us on all major suppliers of podcasts!
www.kindergartenreadywhatreallymatters.com

Including, of course, Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1510053292?mt=2

And Stitcher :
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kindergarten-ready-what-really-matters-in-child-development

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