Early childhood educator ERIKA CHRISTAKIS has dedicated her life to small children. This former preschool teacher and director, Yale Child Study Center lecturer, and mother of three chats with Ellie Knaus about her New York Times bestseller "The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really need From Grownups." Preschool has become the new Kindergarten, and that's a problem! She shares research that backs up the importance of play based, exploratory learning. And she talks about how classrooms are falling short with all their worksheets and tests and meaningless crafts, and how we can give our little ones what they need! Thank you in advance for leaving a review on iTunes.com/AtomicMoms if you enjoy this podcast! (It helps with our iTunes rankings. And we love hearing from you.) For more on this interview and podcast notes, check out: AtomicMoms.com throughout the week. xo Ellie

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