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01 Growing Brain

The brain develops most rapidly during the first 10 years of life, with young children able to form strong connections from their experiences that will benefit them later in life. Key early milestones in brain development include babies distinguishing their native language sounds by 10 months, forming specific memories by 8-9 months, and preschoolers developing clear mental images of loved ones and getting upset from separation by 24 months. Nurturing a child's brain growth involves providing stimulation through loving care, physical touch, reading, music, play activities, and exposing them to a variety of textures and experiences.

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01 Growing Brain

The brain develops most rapidly during the first 10 years of life, with young children able to form strong connections from their experiences that will benefit them later in life. Key early milestones in brain development include babies distinguishing their native language sounds by 10 months, forming specific memories by 8-9 months, and preschoolers developing clear mental images of loved ones and getting upset from separation by 24 months. Nurturing a child's brain growth involves providing stimulation through loving care, physical touch, reading, music, play activities, and exposing them to a variety of textures and experiences.

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THE GROWING BRAIN 30 months: Preschool children can hold in

mind a whole sequence of spatial maps and


» The brain is shaped the most during the
know where things are in their environment.
first 10 years of life.
» Young children's brains are especially able 36 months: A preschool child can now hold
to develop connections that will be used two different emotions in his mind at the
later in life. same time, such as being sad that he spilled
» All experiences either create a new ice cream on his clothes but glad that he's at a
connection or make an old one stronger. birthday party.
» The more experiences a child has, the
more connections are made. Nurturing Brain Development
» The more connections, the more ways the » Always give loving care
brain has to understand new things later in » Warm touching is very important to
life. infants
» The ability to learn new things and make » Be gently physical and never shake or toss
new connections gets harder as a person a baby in the air
grows older. » Talk back to a baby's cooing and babbling
» Read to your baby and point out and
name things around you
EARLY MILESTONES IN » Repeat sounds and talk clearly to infants
BRAIN GROWTH » Give babies different shapes, objects, and
colors to touch and see
4 months: The infant's brain responds to every
» Give infants many play activities
sound produced in all the languages of the
» Expose your child to a variety of textures
world.
» Play is how infants 'work' at learning their
8 to 9 months: Babies can form specific world
memories from their experiences, such as how » Use daily life activities to teach or point
to push a ball to make it roll. out new things
» Play classical music to an infant as much
10 months: Babies can now distinguish and as possible
even produce the sounds of their own » Classical music can help with math skills
language (such as "da-da") and no longer pay later
attention to the sounds of language that are » Provide a safe and loving environment to
foreign. develop a pattern of healthy relationships
12 months: Babies whose parents say, for » Behave the way you'd like your child to
example, "Lookeee at the doggiee," will go to act
the appropriate picture of a dog in a picture
book more often than those babies who are
talked to in normal, flatter voices. SEE MORE INFORMATION FROM
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/?/category/develop
12 to 18 months: Babies can keep in memory
something that has been hidden and find it
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again, even if it has been completely covered
up. They can also hold memory sequences of
simple activities, such as winding up a Jack-
in-the-box until the figure pops up.
24 months: Preschool children now have clear
pictures in mind of people who are dear to
them, and they get upset when separated from
these people (even their peers).

ARTICLE SOURCE: http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/brain-growth.htm

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