Little Big Ideas
Join Lorrie and Anne Marie as they talk with incredible guests who are out there doing brave, thoughtful and often quiet revolutionary work. Thought-leaders, authors, teachers, dreamers. Together we’ll learn that doing little things across the field of early childhood can have a big impact on the world around us. If you’d like to receive email reminders for new episodes and exclusive subscriber only resources, sign up to the Storypark mailing list at https://lp.storypark.com/sa/podcast
Episodes
In this episode of Little Big Ideas, Anne Marie and Lorrie sit down with Suzanne Axelsson — author, pedagogical consultant, and one of the most generative thinkers in early childhood education, for a conversation that quietly dismantles everything we assume about children’s play, and rebuilds it into something far more profound. Learning to walk or playing to walk? What is the purpose of play in education? What is the purpose of ...
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In this episode Dr. Shelley Moore unpacks what it really means to be an inclusive educator. Drawing on research, her own lived experience, and a wry sense of humor, she challenges myths about inclusion, highlights the stress and conditioning educators face, and reframes inclusion as a practice that benefits the whole community. Shelley talks openly about disability as identity, the evo...
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Live from The Home Child Care Association of Ontario (HCAAO) annual conference, this episode is a rich conversation about the beauty and necessity of care work. We explore the requirements and practices of quality care: humility, curiosity, community, and the willingness to slow down. Naming these practices strengthens our ability to stand firmly in the value of what ...
In this episode of Little Big Ideas, we sit down with our dear friend Rukia Rogers—early childhood educator, activist, and founder of The Highlander School in Atlanta, Georgia. This single-site school stands as a beacon of hope, possibility, and social justice, nurturing empathy and critical consciousness in children while deeply honoring the histories and struggles of its community. Inspired by the legacy of the Highlander Folk Sc...
Talking with Dr. Hopi Martin feels like slowing down enough to hear the earth breathe. Every time we hear him speak, something new lands in our hearts. In this episode, he shares his path back to his ancestors, the land, and the seasonal rhythms that guide his work with children. He invites us to step out of the clock and into the natural cycles of learning. It’s a gentle reminder that when we bring children to the earth, she knows...
We sit down with author and educator Susan Stacey to explore what happens when educators move from simply following children's interests to co-constructing meaning with them. Together, we unpack how curiosity, uncertainty, and the voice of the educator can shape truly responsive curriculum.
What if care isn’t just something we do—but the most important part of how we show up for children? In this episode, Carol Garboden Murray invites us to rethink care as both an art and a science, full of rhythm, connection, and intention. We explore how everyday routines can become meaningful care rituals, and why relational care deserves to be taken seriously. It’s a powerful and hopeful conversation for educators ready to reimagi...
This discussion with Deb Curtis explores our inherently social nature, and delves deep into the source of early development. Spoiler alert... It's all about relationships! Deb Curtis is a long-time early childhood educator, leader and published author of "Really Seeing Children" and several other important books.
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Join us for a fascinating discussion with Marc Battle about radically rethinking children’s rights. How can we ensure children are truly heard, even when it comes to the construction of their own early learning programs? Marc is an ECE instructor at Red River College in Winnipeg, who also works with Aboriginal Head Start programs. Marc first worked at Toronto’s Children Services, then at the child care centre at Durham College. Fo...
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