Shine On - an Early Childhood Education Podcast
Shine Bright EYM proudly presents Shine On, a podcast series for prospective and current Early Childhood Education Professionals. A podcast to engage, celebrate, and advocate for the Early Years sector through collaborative discussions with professionals in the industry. Drawing inspiration from our guiding philosophy document The Shine Bright Way, we’ll be bringing you a series of conversations, inspirations, and big ideas from all aspects of the Early Childhood Sector. From keeping the joy, professionalism, making every moment matter, to collaborative generative thinking, foregrounding First Nations perspectives, being open to complexity and meaningful documentation.
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Episodes
16 episodes
Little Scientists in Early Childhood Education with Ana-Luisa Franco
On this episode we hear from Ana-Luisa Franco from Little Scientists. Come and hear fantastic examples of STEM in early childhood, the inquiry cycle, and Little Scientists recent experience partnering with Play School!Ana-Luisa Franco is...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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45:06
Foregrounding First Nations perspectives with Koralynn Dodds
Alex and Sophie chat with Koralynn Dodds, Early Years Manager of Berrimba Childcare Centre in Echuca. Koralynn is a Yorta Yorta, Wiradjuri and Maori woman who has been an early childhood educator for 7 years. She is the mother of 8 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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47:43
Shine On Book Club - children's book recommendations
Welcome to the Shine On Book Club! Alex and Sophie share some book recommendations that could be great to use in your early childhood educational programs. (These books are recommendations only, please use your discretion when deci...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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24:31
Dr Red Ruby Scarlet in conversation with Alex and Crystal
Dr Red Ruby Scarlet is an activist, early childhood teacher-researcher, consultant, artist and academic. She holds numerous degrees in early childhood education and performing arts. Red has been working in early childhood for over 30 years and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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50:20
Trauma-informed practice with Tracey Farrell
Alex and Crystal are in conversation with mental health social worker Tracey Farrell. Tracey is known for her passion in supporting infants, children, young people and their families to achieve a felt sense of safety when accessing ther...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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59:41
SRF, developmental psychology and more with Susan Glencross
Alex and Sophie are in conversation with Susan Glencross, an educational and developmental psychologist at Strathmore Kids, which is a private practice that she runs with her partner Lauren. Susan grew up in the rural area of Darwin...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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48:12
Inclusive practice in early childhood education with Georgina Goddard
Sophie and Crystal are in conversation with Georgina Goddard. Georgie is a teacher, Nominated Supervisor and Educational Leader at Marong Kindergarten. Before becoming an early childhood teacher, Georgie worked within the dis...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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35:55
The Learning Wall: a new early childhood education planning format with Milly Ruff and Sophie Hay
Sophie is on the other side of the microphone in this episode, as Crystal interviews Sophie and kindergarten teacher Milly Ruff about a style of planning and programming. This is an emergent planning style that Sophie developed and has since be...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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39:09
Assessment and rating in early childhood education with Alex, Crystal and Sophie
Alex, Crystal and Sophie discuss a hot topic in early childhood education - assessment and rating! They share Shine Bright EYM's proven process for supporting early childhood services through assessment and rating, which has led to amazin...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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45:35
Mental health and wellbeing in early childhood education with Be You consultant Nicole Lees
Alex and Sophie are in conversation with Nicole Lees. Nicole is a consultant for Be You with Early Childhood Australia. Nicole’s background includes educator and leadership roles, consultancy and research. She spent several years working ...
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57:43
Every moment matters in early childhood education with Kathryn Foley
Kathryn Foley is kindergarten teacher at Nyah West Kindergarten, where she has taught for 35 years. In this episode, Alex and Sophie speak with Kathryn about making every moment matter in early childhood, being brave in trying new things, what ...
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45:53
Leadership and professionalism in early childhood education with Belinda Quinn
In this episode Crystal and Alex speak to Shine Bright Maiden Gully Early Years Hub manager Belinda Quinn. This conversation covers Belinda's career journey, balancing the demands of leadership, the experience of establishing a brand new early ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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47:44
Wellbeing and arts-based reflective practice with Amelia Johnson
In this episode, Crystal and Sophie are in conversation with Amelia Johnson. Amelia Johnson is a social worker, art therapist and PhD student. She is also a proud mother of 3 adult children, a daughter, sister, niece, aunty, friend...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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37:33
Bush Kinder with Nicole Howie
Have you ever thought about establishing a bush kinder program? In this episode, Alex and Sophie are in conversation with Nicole Howie. We explore what bush kinder looks like at Shine Bright Huntly Kindergarten, the incredible benefits and lear...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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43:49
The Shine Bright Way with Alex, Crystal and Sophie
In this episode, Alex, Crystal and Sophie explore their respective backgrounds in early childhood education, what this podcast series is all about, and explain The Shine Bright Way as an organisational philosophy. Are you an early ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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30:20