BRAIN FACT: Back and Forth Exchanges Create Brain Connections For Healthy Social/Emotional Development

It is critical to a developing brain to experience consistent communication and interaction. 

Experiences of predictable exchanges back forth create brain connections to form pathways for healthy social/emotional development and learning.

This wonderful clip and explanation clearly demonstrates how essential this is:

The Love Your Baby brain development packet makes it very easy for you to provide the essential interactions your baby needs!  Enjoy how good it will feel to provide this fun and love!

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BRAIN FACT: Missing Breakfast Can Make A Child Overly Active

Missing breakfast can make a child overly active. A healthy breakfast that includes protein provides the nutrition the brain needs to function well. A well fed brain helps a child learn better, feel better, and have more positive behavior.

Photo Credit: Peter Galbraith

BRAIN FACT: Laughter Starts To Appear When A Child Is 3 to 4 Months Old

Laughter starts to appear when a child is 3 to 4 months old. Play and laughter activates the care and thinking areas of the brain.

Enjoy watching this clip!

BRAIN FACT: Early Childhood Programs With Directed Academic Curriculum May Risk The Developmental Growth Necessary For Future Academic Success

“Early childhood programs that implement a directed academic curriculum often replace essential, hands-on learning activities with skill-based performance and rote-learning tasks. In doing so, they risk the developmental growth necessary for children’s future academic success.”
~Healy, J.M. 2004. Your Child’s Growing Mind. New York: Broadway Books.

Photo Credit: Anissa Thompson

BRAIN FACT: Environments That Are Chaotic, Disorderly Or Have High Levels Of Stress Have a Direct Influence On How Optimally A Child's Brain Develops

Environments that are chaotic, disorderly or have high levels of stress have a direct influence on how optimally a child’s emotional and thinking areas of the brain develops.

BRAIN FACT: When The Same Brain Connections Are Used Repeatedly They Become More Developed

Pathways in the brain are created just like on land. When you walk down a path numerous times it becomes deeper and more developed. It is the same when we use the same brain connections (or neural networks) repeatedly.

BRAIN FACT: Young Developing Brains Have A Lot Of Plasticity Or Vulnerability To The Environment

Young developing brains have a lot of plasticity or vulnerability to the environment.  Through repeated experiences brains will continue to adapt to what they are exposed to.