The Power in Pretend: Supporting Children's Power, Identity, and Agency - Mike Huber

Mike Huber has been an early childhood teacher since 1992 and currently teaches at Seward Child Care Center in Minneapolis. Mike has also worked as a trainer and consultant for the Minnesota Department of Education, the Child Care Resource and Referral Network, and the Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children (MnAEYC). He is the winner of the 2012 Kate Davidson Tanner Award from MnAEYC, the Scholastic Early Childhood Professional Award Honorable Mention in 2006, and Teacher Leadership from Hamline University's Master of Arts Education Program in 2006. Mike holds a master's degree in education from Hamline University. He is the author of Inclusion Includes Us and Embracing Rough-and-Tumble Play, both from Redleaf Press, as well as several children's books. He is the co-host of the podcast Teaching with the Body in Mind and frequent guest on That Early Childhood Nerd.