Rae Pica

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 Researchr Department, Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, Gymboree, the Head Startr 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 inrnnumerous publications, including the Wall Street Jou al, 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, Newr Hampshire.