-bam! Body, Mind And Child - An Educators Guide To Preparing Your Children's Bodies And Minds For Life!

Host Rae Pica interviews Vivian Gussin-Paley. Mrs. Paley explains why we've lost touch with how critical fantasy play is to the process of early childhood development and provides insight on how we can find our way back. Vivian Gussin Paley is the author of "A Child’s Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play." A kindergarten teacher for 37 years, Mrs. Paley brings her storytelling/story acting and discussion techniques to children, teachers, and parents throughout the world. In 2004 was she was named Outstanding Educator in the Language Arts by the National Council of Teachers in English.

Host Rae Pica interviews Eric Jensen. Jensen has been a trainer for both educators and businesses for over 25 years. Jensen has worked with individual schools and spoken at major national and international conferences. Eric Jensen is a member of the prestigious Society for Neuroscience and the New York Academy of Science. Jensen is one of the leading translators of educational neuroscience in the world.

Host Rae Pica interviews Lilian G. Katz Ph.D., a graduate of Stanford University and an international leader in early childhood education. She taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for more than three decades, as well as directing the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE) for more than 30 years.

Host Rae Pica interviews Joan Almon, the Chair of the U.S. Alliance for Childhood (www.allianceforchildhood.org), a broad-based group advocating social change for children to improve their overall health and well-being. The Alliance currently places a special focus on the restoration of creative play in the lives of children.

Host Rae Pica interviews Dr. Jane M. Healy. Healy holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology and has more than thirty years' experience as an educator, scholar, and mother of three sons. Healy author of Your Child's Growing Mind and is currently working and she won the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Educator's Award for Endangered Minds.