Podcast appearances and mentions of anthony semann

When small children go to day care, they can be seen in everything from tutus with hardhats to superhero costumes. But once kids enter formal education, with uniforms, just how much self expression are they allowed? Many schools have rules around hair, nails, and neatness of uniforms. But what is our role as parents when it comes to how our kids want to express their own sense of self? Anthony Semann is an early learning educator with Semann and Slattery. Anthony helps us find a balance between the rules and supporting our kids. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feed Play LoveThe following is a highlight episode, back due to popular demand.Now that lockdown has ended, have your kids thrown themselves back into their after school sports and music lessons? Or are you taking it a bit slowly? Anthony Semann is an educator for Early Childhood teachers, and he's got some very clear ideas on how many extra curricular activities are good for kids. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Children today have a huge range of activities to choose from. Parents are often rushing from one extra curricular activity to the next. But are extra curricular activities a good thing for children? Anthony Semann is an educator for Early Learning teachers. He looks at extra curricular activities from the perspective of children.

As children grow they are learning all kinds of new things. How to eat solid food, crawl, speak, walk and use the toilet. But of all the things a child is learning, understanding their own emotions can be the steepest learning curve of all. In fact, it's probably a learning curve most adults are still on! Anthony Semann is an educator for Early Learning Teachers at Semann and Slattery. He gives us some tips on how to help children understand their big emotions.

A very special episode hosted by Dr Red Ruby Scarlet and special guests Louise Dorrat, Anthony Semann, Kirsty Liljegren and Kelly Goodsir all playing a new game entitled ‘The Early Childhood Hot Seat Quiz’! This episode was lots of fun but if you have trouble listening to the audio-only version, please watch the full-length video on our Facebook page here.

The NSW Government has announced that services in NSW will be required to display a star rating alongside their usual National Quality Standard rating, in an apparent bid to help families better understand ratings. The star ratings have had a very mixed response from the sector, raising issues of professional identity, the marketing of the NQF to the community and how well services are being supported to improve quality. Lisa, Leanne and Liam discuss this new initiative before Lisa chats with presenter and researcher Anthony Semann. Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

As the end of the year approaches, some children will be attending their last weeks of pre-school care. Many will be looking forward to "big school" and some (including their parents), will not. Anthony Semann is an Early Learning Educator with Semann and Slattery. He gives some practical tips on how we can help our children be school-ready by early next year.

Extracurricular activities can be a challenge for some parents. There is research that says learning a musical instrument will help your child's brain grow. Other parents may tell you that learning a team sport will help your child socialise and develop resilience. And then someone will go ahead and say our kids are overscheduled. You can't win! Anthony Semann is an Early Learning Educator at Semann and Slattery. He explains how you can judge whether your child is overscheduled, and the best way to choose what activities they do.

When you're small, lots of things are bigger than you. Your parents, your dog, and most especially, your emotions. We all need emotional literacy to get on in the world today, but how do we teach our children about their feelings? Early childhood educator Anthony Semann from Semann and Slattery takes us through what emotion coaching is, and how to do it well. For more information about Anthony and his work head to the Semann and Slattery website.

Anthony Semann is an early learning educator with Semann and Slattery. He explains his definition of discipline, and why it's the most effective way to set your realistic boundaries for our kids.

It's the holy grail of parenting: resilience. We all want our children to be able to bounce back from adversity. Anthony Semann is an early learning education at Semann and Slattery. He says resilience isn't taught through 'tough love'. Anthony gives his take on what resilience looks like, and how we can help our children develop it.

This week, we're bringing you the third of a series of conference presentations from the Victorian Government's Realising the Potential Conference. The presentations this week all fall under the theme of “How do I lead and improve excellence in early learning?” and feature Professor Joce Nuttall, Director of the Teacher Education Research Concentration in the Learning Sciences Institute Australia, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University; Dr Dan Cloney, Research Fellow, Policy Research and Practice, Australian Council for Educational Research; Andrew Hume, Chief Executive Officer, Gowrie Victoria; and Anthony Semann, Semann & Slattery. You can also check out interviews we conducted with many of the speakers featured here in Episodes 69 and 70 of the podcast. The audio for this session has been generously provided by the Victorian Department of Education and Training. Find out more at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/ecforum. 

Four year old boys can be amazing, delightful and confusing creatures. They can laugh uproariously, yell, kick and hit and cry. Early learning educator and researcher Anthony Semann takes us through how to support our boys when they experience big emotions, without shaming them for their tears.

This week it's the second part of our coverage of the Realising the Potential Early Childhood Forum that was held on Friday June 8. We hear Lisa's interviews with Andrew Hume, the CEO of Gowrie Victoria; Anthony Semann, presenter, researcher and head of professional learning organisation Semann & Slattery; and then a joint interview with Charlene Smith from the Mitchell Institute; consultant and President of ECA Victorian Branch Catharine Hydon; and the author of the Lifting Our Game Report Professor Deb Brennan.

Resilience has become a bit of a buzz word. We want our children to bounce back from bad times, but how do we help them? Is it about tough love? Anthony Semann is an educator, researcher and early childhood advocate who believes that tough love is not the answer.

When it comes to children, gender politics can be really confusing. What does it really mean to have a "gender neutral" child? Anthony Semann is an educator, researcher and early childhood advocate at Semann and Slattery . He breaks down what gender politics is all about, and why it's important parents know what's going on.

CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Is your Reflective practice disruptive? And I thank Anthony Semann for this concept Is your Critical Reflection valuable and making you challenge why you are doing or not doing, what you are doing as an early childhood educator? YOUR CHALLENGE TODAY Dig into this a little deeper!! Look over the questions you … Continue reading #84 Shine as an Educator – Is Your Reflective Practice Disruptive? The post #84 Shine as an Educator – Is Your Reflective Practice Disruptive? appeared first on Simple Reflect Blog.