BRAIN FACT: Freely Exploring Nature and Objects Increase Blood Flow To Parts Of The Brain

Opportunities for children to freely explore objects and nature provides rich learning. Blood flow to parts of the brain increases through exploration.

BRAIN FACT: Young Children Need Adults to Help Them Deal With Emotions

Young children need the adults in their life to help them deal with big emotions. It is too much for an undeveloped brain to handle emotion on it's own.

BRAIN FACT: Research Indicates that Playing In the Dirt May Stimulate Further Learning And Less Stress For the Brain

Nature provides many brain benefits. Research is indicating playing in dirt may stimulate further learning and less stress for the brain.

More information on this research is available here and here.

Photo Credit: Shay Blufarb

BRAIN FACT: Our Brains Are Good At Being Flexible, Learning From Experience, and Adapting To Different Situations

"What our brains are good at is being flexible, learning from experience and adapting to different situations."

~ Giulio Tononi, professor of psychiatry at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Click here for more information.    

BRAIN FACT: We Learn Best Through Pictures

"We learn and remember best through pictures, not through written or spoken words."

     ~ From: Brain Rules by John Medina  

PRENATAL BRAIN FACT: A Baby's Brain at 35 Weeks Gestation Weighs Only 2/3 Of What It Will Weigh at 40 Weeks

A baby's brain at 35 weeks gestation weighs only two-thirds of what it will weigh at 40 weeks gestation (full term).

For more information on this topic visit the March of Dimes.

BRAIN FACT: If You Feel Something Emotionally The Brain Is More Likely To Learn Or Remember From The Experience

If we feel something emotionally our brain is more likely to remember or learn from the experience.