Blogs
Blogs are brief critically reflective posts that focus on topics or ideas that relate to, and inspire, transformative early childhood education for 21st-century childhoods. They are written and created by pedagogists, educators, researchers and the ECPN team.
9 Oct 2025
Acoustic Worlds: Reframing Sound as Aesthetic and Relational Language
with support from ECPN leadership team – Adrianne Bacelar de Castro & Kathleen Kummen A group of infants play in…
1 Oct 2025
Relational Languages of Mark Making
with support from ECPN leadership team – Adrianne Bacelar de Castro & Kathleen Kummen …
16 Sep 2025
Language, Creativity, and Co-Creation in the Pedagogy of Listening: An Educator’s Critical Reflection
with support from Narda Nelson & Jamie Arnett What does it mean to listen with children in these times? Who…
26 Aug 2025
Thinking Care-fully with Clay: A Pedagogist’s Notes on Relational Material Engagement
with support from ECPN leadership team – Adrianne Bacelar de Castro & Kathleen Kummen What happens when we pay attention…
23 Jul 2025
Clay and Its Inherited Histories: Working With and Beyond Protocols
with support from ECPN leadership team – Meagan Montpetit & Kathleen Kummen In many early childhood spaces, materials are taken…
16 May 2025
Ruptures in the Margins: Storytelling Outside of Euro-Western Practices Pt 3
I am an uninvited settler of mixed ancestry living on the lands of the Lheidli T’enneh in northern British Columbia.…
23 Apr 2025
Living with Caterpillars – Experimentations Beyond Human-Centric Practices in Early Childhood Education – Part 2
With support from ECPN leadership team – Meagan Montpetit In my previous blog post, I (Teresa, an ECPN pedagogist living…
14 Apr 2025
Living with Caterpillars: Experimentations Beyond Human-Centric Practices in Early Childhood Education – Part 1
With support from ECPN leadership team – Meagan Montpetit & Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw This is the first blog post in a…
28 Feb 2025
Ruptures in the Margins: Storytelling Outside of Euro-Western Practices Pt 2
I am an uninvited settler of mixed ancestry living on the lands of the Lheidli T’enneh in northern British Columbia.…