In this conversation, ECPN Pedagogist Maria Jeong, ECPN Co-Director Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw and ECPN Pedagogical Coordinator Meagan Montpetit discuss a pedagogical project that reimagines children’s writing as a social practice. This conversation shares what might be possible when we, as adults, take children’s writing practices seriously by noticing how letters hold special significance for them in collectively storying their world.  

Maria Jeong has been an ECPN pedagogist for over two years. Her work with children, educators, and families on the North Shore is grounded in feminist perspectives to reimagine early childhood spaces as pedagogical spaces that cultivate thinking and dialogue. 

Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, ECPN Co-Director, is a Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Faculty of Education and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Curriculum at Western University in Ontario, Canada.  

Meagan Montpetit, ECPN Pedagogical Coordinator, is a member of the Common Worlds Research Collective and the Early Childhood Pedagogies Collaboratory.