The Importance of Being Little, What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups

Erika Christakis, PhD
"A bold challenge to the conventional wisdom about early childhood, with a pragmatic program to encourage parents and teachers to rethink how and where young children learn best by taking the child’s eye view of the learning environment"

Erika Christakis is a Lecturer in early childhood education at Yale University’s esteemed Child Study Center, where she teaches undergraduate courses on childhood and education policy. An honors graduate of Harvard College, she has a MPH from Johns Hopkins; an MA in communication from the Annenberg School (University of Pennsylvania); and an MEd. in early childhood education, and is a Massachusetts-certified early childhood teacher (pre-K through 2nd grade) and licensed preschool director.