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Rae Pica
Rae Pica Quick Facts
Main Areas: Early childhood physical activityCareer Focus: Author, Speaker, Consultant
Affiliation: Moving & Learning
Rae Pica is the founder/director of Moving & Learning and an internationally recognized educational consultant
specializing in early childhood physical activity and the body/mind connection. Rae has consulted on
various projects including work for the Sesame Street Research
Department, Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, Gymboree, the Head Start
Bureau, Centers for Disease Control, the President's Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports, and state health departments throughout
the country. Rae's early childhood insights have been featured in
numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Child, Family Fun, and Parents Magazine;
and in e-zines including ePregnancy.com and iParenting.com. Rae has been working in the
field of early childhood since 1980.
The author of 18 books for early
childhood professionals and parents, Rae contends she has a "writing
disease" but suspects there are worse addictions. Her works include the
textbook Experiences in Movement, now in its 4th edition; the award-winning Great Games for Young Children and Jump into Literacy: Active Learning for Preschoolers; and A Running Start: How Play, Physical Activity, and Free Time Create a Successful Child,
written for the parents of children birth to eight. Rae's most recent venture is as co-founder and host of Body, Mind and Child, an Internet radio program for parents and educators, featuring interviews with experts in the fields of child development, education, play research, the neurosciences, and more!
Rae lives with her three cats
in a beautiful spot on a beautiful lake in Center Barnstead, New
Hampshire.
