Rachel Accurso
Teacher/Creator
Rachel Accurso is the creator and host of “Songs For Littles,” a popular educational show for toddlers on YouTube. The show has been called by BuzzFeed, “The best educational YouTube Channel” and has garnered hundreds of millions of views.
Rachel is a passionate educator and award-winning songwriter. She has a masters in music education from NYU. She has continued her early childhood education studies through Harvard and Bank Street College. She is currently pursuing a second masters degree in early childhood education.
Rachel has worked with children from 0 – second grade and has worked as a toddler teacher for children who have disabilities. She believes all children are capable, brilliant and important. Her sweet 4-year-old inspired “Songs for Littles” and continues to inspire her work every day! She is married to the amazing, Mr. Aron, AKA HERBIE!
Episodes for this expert
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Screen Time for Babies with Ms. Rachel
You desperately need to take a quick shower or hop on a work call on a day you don’t have child care. What do you do? Turn on the TV for a few minutes to keep your baby distracted. Now comes the mom guilt because you let your infant have screen time – something you never thought you’d do. And that’s not OK – right? … Or is it? Today, we’re going to be exploring this topic of screen time and babies. You’ll hear from moms who have been there before you, as well as an expert whose educational YouTube show for babies and young children is changing the game.
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