Elevating Early Childhood

About Elevating Early Childhood

Are you ready to teach better, save time, and live more? Learn more about my membership program “Teaching Trailblazers” here: https://teachingtrailblazers.com/ I'm Vanessa Levin and here on Elevating Early Childhood, we believe in leveling the playing field and bridging the gap between the world of preschool, pre-k, and K-12 education.

Publisher

Vanessa Levin

Category

education · kids & family · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Mar 2021

Latest episode

22 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

3 of 120 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Aug 2025

   Helping Preschoolers Manage Anxiety - SEL

   In this episode, Vanessa and Meg explore practical tools and supportive strategies for managing feelings of anxiety and nervousness in preschoolers. We discuss common misconceptions teachers may have, and the importance of understanding that all behavior is communication. Key strategies include teaching emotional management skills early, using breathing exercises, employing yoga poses, and reading preschool-friendly interactive social stories. The episode also emphasizes not taking a child's anxious behavior personally and offers advice for fostering a supportive environment.

2. 

   13 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   How to Use Social-Emotional Learning to Keep Your Preschool Classroom Calm

   Vanessa and Meg delve into social-emotional learning techniques for creating calm classroom environments in preschool and pre-K amid rising job-related stress. They emphasize the importance of cultivating calm, both in recognizing and managing students' emotional states and in teachers regulating their own emotions. The conversation covers the necessity of calm down corners in classrooms, practical steps for implementing and utilizing these spaces effectively, and the importance of introducing and teaching mindfulness strategies to children. They address common concerns and propose simple steps educators can take to integrate mindfulness and calm down techniques into daily routines, fostering better emotional regulation for both students and teachers.

3. 

   9 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Managing Big Emotions in Preschoolers: SEL Tips for Teachers

   Join Vanessa and special guest host Meg in this episode of 'Elevating Early Childhood' as they dive deep into the world of preschool emotions. Learn how to equip young learners with critical emotional skills to handle their big feelings and improve behavior in the classroom. Vanessa and Meg share practical strategies and resources, including the 'Feelings Check-In' chart and 'Emotions Bingo,' to support social-emotional learning. Discover how to integrate these methods seamlessly into daily routines, address post-pandemic behavior challenges, and why prioritizing emotional well-being is essential for both teachers and students. Tune in for actionable tips and inspiring stories from their classrooms!

Inside a recent episode

How to Use Social-Emotional Learning to Keep Your Preschool Classroom Calm

Published 13 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But one of the things that we've gotten away from is understanding the true why behind the what in the purpose behind a calming area in our classroom so it's not just another center if you will that we have that children can choose to go to and I think that's become the big disconnect here is that it's actually a tool a teaching tool that we use to support our students through these emotional. Disregulation periods that they have and so we're using it as a tool to support the high quality instruction that we're giving them in the classroom so it's not a everyone can go to the calming corner whatever they want. […]

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

3,085,602

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

243 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

30 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

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Quality

41

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

67

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