Rae Pica is on a mission to ensure that children have the chance to be children and that child development guides all our practices with them. An early childhood consultant for more than four decades, Rae is the author of 22 books, including Spark a Revolution in Early Education: Speaking Up for Ourselves and the Children. She is a popular speaker and online course creator and as a consultant has been trusted by such organizations at the Sesame Street Research Department, the Head Start Bureau, the Chicago Children’s Museum, and Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues.