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Earlychildhood NEWS is pleased to bring you ECN Radio! Listen to experts in the fields of early childhood education, child development, physical education, neuroscience, play, and more, interviewed by Rae Pica, well-known author and early childhood expert. Rae explores every stage of child development, from birth to age 8 - another free resource from Earlychildhood NEWS!
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Preschool: Preparing Your Child for Primary School
Jody Martin with host Rae Pica
Jody Martin has a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Child Development and over 20 years of extensive and diverse experience in the early childhood field. She is presently the Director of Education and Training at the Home Office for Crème de la Crème Early Learning Centers of Excellence.
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How To Prevent Your Child From Becoming Overweight
Nora Howley with host Rae Pica
Nora Howley is interim executive director of Action for Healthy Kids, a nonprofit organization formed to address the epidemic of overweight, undernourished and sedentary children by focusing on changes at schools.
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How Can I Help My Child Learn to Read Well?
Rae Pica and Dr.Jane Healy
Jane M. Healy holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology and has more than thirty years' experience as an educator, scholar, and mother of three sons. A member of the adjunct faculty of Cleveland State University, she is also the author of Your Child's Growing Mind and is currently working as a learning specialist in Vail, Colorado. She won the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Educator's Award for Endangered Minds.
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Rae Pica has been a children’s physical activity specialist since 1980. A former adjunct instructor with the University of New Hampshire, she is the author of 17 books, including the text Experiences in Movement, the award-winning Great Games for Young Children and Jump into Literacy, 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 is known for her lively and informative workshop and keynote presentations and has shared her expertise with such groups as the Sesame Street Research Department, the Head Start Bureau, Centers for Disease Control, the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues, Gymboree, and state health departments throughout the country. Rae also served on the task force of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) that created national guidelines for early childhood physical activity and is a member of the HighReach Learning Advisory Board.
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