The development of the infant and toddler brain is dependant on our genetics, the mothers behaviors and decisions while pregnant and the child’s environment after birth (including nutrition). This course will provide concrete information on some of the things you can do to help children develop to their fullest potential.
This article was helpful in reminding me as a childcare teacher of infants and toddlers that my actions throughout the day are influencing the brain development of my children.
In working with infants each interaction and activity will be setting them up for their future in brain development. Providing experiences from which they can learn and build on will help them grow. It's hard to think that just taking care of children in a meaning way would lead to such a great reward for the caretakers. Carolyn
I’ve been a regular face at the hospital to get treatment for my condition. After a very long time, I kind of almost gave up. Then one of my friends introduced me to Purity 12 products. I said to myself, how can this be a solution to my problems? He encouraged me to try it first and that there’s no harm in trying anyway, and he told me that he’s been using their products and made a business out of it. As a friend, he bought some products for me as a gift so I could try them. Now, I’m really thankful that I received this gift. It’s been the best gift I have ever received since. I feel better, a lot more energetic and like I’m a totally new person! It’s really important to me to be able to share my story with you because I also want people like me to make this discovery and make their lives finally better! If you want to know more about them, everything is on their website. http://if1s.com?114
i find that even as a 30 year old adult my brian is still in the pruning process. things that i do not use on a daily baisis i just dont remember. just think if babies do this how many of those kids thoughts are pruned away just to re-learn later on in life!
i think this is very helpful to people who take care of kids like daycare and new parents its nice to know how they do things as kids and still us as adult's
I have an eleven year old daughter that the doctors told me that she would never be able to walk or talk or be a normal child. Well the brain is a funny thing because she is a normal healty child thank god.
I think its amazing/interesting that infants brains prune. I had no idea that our brains do something like that. How they take things that we don't use anymore and just disgaurd them.
I found this information interesting and never knew how many factors go into brain development. I always did think that the fetus can hear us and that this plays and what we do plays an important role even before birth. The BBB is a awesome and helpful collaboration of resources, however is it only in Georgia? shannon T
This section was amazing and so informative. Wow! I will definetly inform parents on how everything they do influences their child's brain development.I loved how everytime you read the same story a child learns something new. I also noticed that not enough emphasis is placed on birth to 1 year in child care with the importance of it being the biggest growth and development year and I think more needs to be implemeted to assists in full growth potential.
My questions are why is so little emphasis based on stimulation from 0-1 year if its their biggest growth, and why are parents so uneducated in this? I think parents are not fully aware how their daily interaction with their children affect them neurologically, and we as care givers need to educate and encourage them on this.
Too many people believe there's not much going on at this stage. Too many people think that if the baby is quiet and just lays there s/he is a good baby. We need to share this information with parents and prospective parents.
Sharon skeem said I see how important all this is for parents and daycare teacher to help children to learn and have different experiences to stimulate the brain. I did not realize this until later in my life after my family was grown. Wished I known while I was raising my family. I was not bad at teaching my children, but could of done more if I had known how important it is. I guess I would like to do it over. Is there someway you can help them later in life if you did not do it right in the first place?
While the first years do have a tremendous impact on children. There are always things we can do to improve ourselves. Reading, learning, good nutrition, building good skills, developing self mastery, exercise, etc.
I clicked on the "Research Updates" section and read information regarding the importance of play. I'm a believer in the joy of toys that require imagination and encourage interaction with other children, like unit blocks and dramatic play props, but find it interesting that stores are filled with VTech and LeapFrog learning toys that push academic concepts. As a provider, I'm wondering if these toys are beneficial as a small part of the toys available for children to choose from in my daycare's environment?
I find this very interesting, i wanted to do this so in my spare time i could get a baby sitting job. I Love Kids, This information is worth reading. After all Of This Do You get a certificate??
Yes, I can provide a certificate; however, you need to find out if the certificate will benefit you. Right now the hours are accepted in Idaho. Some others are taking the courses as well for their own benefit.
In working with Infants on a daily basis I found these articles very interesting. It brings me great joy to know that I have done my part to help in their development.
Great Article! Confirms what I have always advocated-"engagement" is crucial for infants and toddlers!Love these courses and would like to receive Course Certificates. Our Pre-K Class and Child Care Center is in Ripley, TN
I really like this course and found it very helpful in helping me raising my kids and somebody else's kids as a future home child care provider. Thank you
However, can I get a certificate at the end of all classes please?
Marie, Yes, you can get a certificate; however, you need to find out if the certificate will do what you need it to do. You will also need to do the requirements as listed here: http://www.childdevelopment.me.uk/IdahoSTARS_Child_Care_Cours.html CR Petersen
**anna** what i found most intresting was excatally how many lobes, nurons, etc that there are in the brain but espically in babies they look so small yet their brains are doing and developing so much more than they are or than they can do. it just gose to show how much the human body relies on the brain and what is aslo taken for granted if people knew would they really do so much of the harmful things that they do to themselves.
It is an amazing thing - how an infant's brain develops and works. We, even with all of our technology, only understand a few small amount about how the human brain actually works. This is very interesting - considering that most development happens in the first three years of life. I look forward to seeing more work on the subject in the future as technology allows for deeper study without actually requiring invasive medical procedure.
This was a very interesting article. The way that the babies brains work while they are developing for the first couple of years is amazing. I always knew that the child absorbs more during that time then any other time I just didn't know how much. I sure as heck didn't know that the brain starts pruning or "cleaning the room" of unused cells that early in life. It kinda sucks because there's a lot that I could have used today.
I enjoyed reading many of these articles. The one that interested me the most was the article on the effect of the arts on childrens brains. My 12 year old daughter is in a school whose program is based around the arts and I've seen a tremendous increase in her attention, focus and love of her classes and assignments.
I started reading the article on Brain Development. So far it's been insightful. My desire is to take hands with parents in assisting in their own children's development. This information on Brain Basics, etc empowered me a lot in a clarified use of terms when talking to other parents.
Parents that we work with, are sure their children are ADHD until they try to set a consistent routine in motion to see if the children will not do better at school, based on the knowledge on Brain Development. The children then all of a sudden seem able.
Will it therefore be acceptable to recommend that parents first try to set a program of action in motion for the sake of consistent routine even after the child has been diagnosed with ADHD for example, but before they start with any/some medication?
If we should ask ourselves where we spend most of our time during the years of attending school, is it at school? No! In a full week we spend 56 allowable hours sleeping, 82 hours on whatever we choose (junk, following our own ideas, role models, etc – where are the parents?), and only a mere 30 of those hours at school. Then there are the holidays too. The mere 30 hours are obviously not near enough to form desirable behaviour needed to help make us ready for the world. We should therefore never ever again blame school teachers for individuals that fail in our societies, right?
Very Interesting Site! I liked the timeline explaining the changes in the brain at each stage from infancy to adulthood. Also,the section about PLAY was a great reminder that play is very important in child development and not just something to pass time.
The first three years of a child's life is the most important! Learning to trust people, being surrounded with positive relationships and interactions and helping to teach your child proper language skills are an important part of helping your child's brain develop properly. You should challenge your child's learning experiences and skills in a healthy way, but do not overwhelm them. This is related with positive stress which in small amounts is actually good for their little growing brains! Play time is one of the most important times in a child's life. It is one of the best way a child learns and helps build strong connections in the brain. Interactions as babies shape the brain for how a child develops relationships as they get older. Attachment is essential in the ability to form healthy relationships in the future. Routines and order are also a huge part of social and emotional development. Prolonged toxic stress can have extreme damaging effects on a child's brain. They can develop learning disabilities and have trouble adapting to every day circumstances. Studies show that exercise helps with attention span and the ability to do better in school.
I always knew that nurturing was an important role, but I had no idea how much damage can occur to developing brains when there is no contact with a supportive adult during times of stress. Anymore, I don't think there are any homes that are free from stress, which makes providing one on one attention/nurturing even more important.
This study of brain development made me think more about how much influence we are on important brain development. It is very interesting to learn how the brain development is so accelerated at such young ages.
This article was very interesting, especially being the parent of two young children. Hearing that touch is the first developed sense is interesting, it makes showing love through actions so much more vital in my mind.
I do wonder what are the direct links that cause the increased chance of contracting heart disease when children present over six of the listed risk factors...
i thought this arcticle was a good article in learning the fact that my actions during the day with the children is impacting their brain developement. this arcticle helped me on how to interact with the children to give them positive brain developement.
I thought this article was interesting because i have a brother who is only 4 years old and i see at home how everything i do has an impact on what he does. Seeing this article helps show that the kids do see everything and are always watching.
My question is: How does the impact of development now compare to the impact that a tramatic event has on someone older?
This article was very interesting to learn how much development children have at such a young age. I also found it very interesting that we all have such a huge impact on that development, I feel like the organization i work for does a great job in having a positive environment for children growth.
i wonder if kids playing sports at younger ages is good with some coaches pushing them hard to get better could be thought of as a negative
I found the curiosity and exploration article very relevant to my classroom. In working with 1 to 2 yr olds, I find letting them explore and ask questions very valuable. It allows them to gain knowledge about outside and inside the classroom. I try to include specific activities for my kids to play with and learn from in the classroom, such as musical instruments and sensory bins.
It is so amazing that the brain grows at such an amazing rate and at birth almost all of the neurons that the brain will ever have are present, and by the time a child is two the brain is 80% of an adult. That only goes to show us that early childhood education is just as important or more important as an education.
Catalina Rodríguez said: When I watched the Dr. Alexander Tsiaras video, makes me to think about the complexity of the human being from the conception to birth.
I also agree with Dr. Tsiaras when he said: "It is something about Divinity in the conception". For example, I did not know there are more than 60,000 miles of vessels in a baby!!!
I read the article: BEGINNINGS: Chapter 6: Consistency in Parenting http://responsiblepracticalparenting.blogspot.com/2010/07/consistency.html
I agree with the author when he mentioned that children need to grow in a secure environment. So, when we practice consistency as parents, it could be possible that troubling times could be reduced.
I am wondering if is a special age that the brain's development is greater than others?
When I read the article: Baby's brain, the author mentioned: "When we are babies, our brains are more open to the shaping hand of experience than at any time in our lives. In response to the demands of the world, the baby's brain sculpts itself." So, I am wondering how is the mechanism used by the brain to sculpt itself in order to face the world's demands?
I find it amazing how much stress both eustress and toxic stress can affect both a child's and an adult's brain and body. The fact that the high levels of cortisol disrupts circuits in the brain. Also how their curious nature and exploration of their world changes their behaviors.
I find human brain development completely fascinating, especially the developement of the infant brain because it can ultimately affect them for years to come, if not permanently. I watched the videos and read an article on the impact of a high fat and sugar diet on a growing fetus which then affects them as an infant. A junk food diet could possibly alter the development of opioid pathways by creating higher levels the opiod enkephalin which causes the infant to need more junk food to gain the euphoric response it produces. Nutrition, prenatally and beyond the womb could permantently modify their brain. It is very compelling and a great reason to watch a child's fat and sugar intake especially at a vulnerable age when their brain is developing at rapid pace.
I work with kiddos and i have an 11 month old baby,at home we really try and keep her away from the "cartoons" as much as we can. but its crazy to think how smart she has become just over the last couple of months.
I felt the two articles in this section are very helpful and understanding. It was mainly a reminder that the first 3 years of your life are the most important.
I hope that every child care provider understands just how important their job is. Neurons that are not used are paired off by age 5. We have a tremendous responsibility to fire as many of those synapses as possible every single day.
Being a childcare provider and a parent are my joys, All the training's I do remind me how important my actions are to help each child develop. Watching children grow and seeing all their progress amazes me
I guess all thr responsibility lies on the parents cause the multimillion dollar gaming industry has become as powerful as thr tobacco companies they are making so much money they don't care about the consequences it brings too our children who are taking weapons into there school s and shooting there peers
I find the pruning process fascinating! Having this knowledge while providing child care helps tremendously in building my schedule and curriculum for different ages. Since the children in our care often spend a greater amount of time with us than their own family, this knowledge give me an appreciation of the great need to stimulate as many areas of our children's brains as we can. This means that although keeping a reacher strict schedule of what happens when, we must make sure to change up the actual activities each day.
early learning is key to the brain. my daughter had brain surgery at 9 months old and relapsed to a 3 month old baby but by the time she was 15 months old she was walking!!! babies brains can heal, and learn faster than adults. -heather denton
Brain Development seems like a very delicate process so far. Every aspect has to be taken into consideration, whether it be the amount and type of media consumed, to just the basics of life and if one is taught the proper way. And even that varies. I learned a lot from this.
It is just amazing how the human brain works. It is just like a sponge soaking all the information up for the little one's. And then how it later filters stuff out. That is kind of scary there.
It's so amazing how intricate the structure of the brain is, and how it develops over time. The development that occurs in the space of the first month is astounding. Newborns even recognize their mother's voices from the womb.
On the article of How Children Benefit from Play: I find it fascinating that pretending helps them understand examples of others. I remember as a girl "playing house" and pretending to be a mother with a purse with papers in it and "playing office" where I had a desk with papers; and playing "teacher" and "banker". That was one of my favorite things to do. Trisha K.
I was reading on the article about child play benefits and how play time can be a learning time for our little ones. Looking at it backwards, this always takes me back to my undergrad piano pedagogy classes where we incorporate musical games to make musical training not a chore but a fun activity. Early on, when kids associate fun and games with something, they will most likely remember the concepts taught.
Here is the title of the article I read. Mom's love helps kids brain grow Here is the date and time and a link to the article. Article:::: CBC News Posted: Jan 31, 2012 11:01 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 31, 2012 11:31 AM ET Link::: http://www.cbc.ca/news/cbc-news-online-news-staff-list-1.1294364
A mother's nurturing love for her young child fosters the growth of a region in the child's brain that is key to learning and responding to stress. Mother's took a survey and their child or children had to wait patiently to open a gift. Mother's who were encouraging and supportive to their children are happier and more intelligent than of parent's who are not.
The question that I have is: Why do children whose mother's showed support and care than others have hippocampus almost five percent larger than a child's parent who didn't show as much care?
I can't answer your question specifically to why 5 x, but when an infant has a nurturing and robust environment neurons grow quicker and synapses are developed much faster. This is because when there is a healthy and enriched, loving environment, there is much more information to learn and digest and the brain is not stressed so can absorb it more quickly as easily.
I believe when a child has been exposed to violence I think it makes them feel like it is ok in some situations. a lack of support and nurturing is important in a childs early stages.
86 comments:
This article was helpful in reminding me as a childcare teacher of infants and toddlers that my actions throughout the day are influencing the brain development of my children.
In working with infants each interaction and activity will be setting them up for their future in brain development. Providing experiences from which they can learn and build on will help them grow. It's hard to think that just taking care of children in a meaning way would lead to such a great reward for the caretakers.
Carolyn
I am interested in how connections are mad and how pruning occurs in early infancy.
great information to assist with the development of children and how caregivers can do their part
I’ve been a regular face at the hospital to get treatment for my condition. After a very long time, I kind of almost gave up. Then one of my friends introduced me to Purity 12 products. I said to myself, how can this be a solution to my problems? He encouraged me to try it first and that there’s no harm in trying anyway, and he told me that he’s been using their products and made a business out of it. As a friend, he bought some products for me as a gift so I could try them. Now, I’m really thankful that I received this gift. It’s been the best gift I have ever received since. I feel better, a lot more energetic and like I’m a totally new person! It’s really important to me to be able to share my story with you because I also want people like me to make this discovery and make their lives finally better! If you want to know more about them, everything is on their website. http://if1s.com?114
It is rewarding to see that as an infant room teacher my influance is helping the babies learn and grow (develop) not just staying dry and fed.
i find that even as a 30 year old adult my brian is still in the pruning process. things that i do not use on a daily baisis i just dont remember. just think if babies do this how many of those kids thoughts are pruned away just to re-learn later on in life!
i think this is very helpful to people who take care of kids like daycare and new parents its nice to know how they do things as kids and still us as adult's
I have an eleven year old daughter that the doctors told me that she would never be able to walk or talk or be a normal child. Well the brain is a funny thing because she is a normal healty child thank god.
I think its amazing/interesting that infants brains prune. I had no idea that our brains do something like that. How they take things that we don't use anymore and just disgaurd them.
To mrsbear8.
Yes, thank God. I'm sure you and she and others have also worked hard for this; but after all the work comes the blessing.
I found this information interesting and never knew how many factors go into brain development. I always did think that the fetus can hear us and that this plays and what we do plays an important role even before birth. The BBB is a awesome and helpful collaboration of resources, however is it only in Georgia? shannon T
This section was amazing and so informative. Wow! I will definetly inform parents on how everything they do influences their child's brain development.I loved how everytime you read the same story a child learns something new. I also noticed that not enough emphasis is placed on birth to 1 year in child care with the importance of it being the biggest growth and development year and I think more needs to be implemeted to assists in full growth potential.
My questions are why is so little emphasis based on stimulation from 0-1 year if its their biggest growth, and why are parents so uneducated in this? I think parents are not fully aware how their daily interaction with their children affect them neurologically, and we as care givers need to educate and encourage them on this.
Too many people believe there's not much going on at this stage. Too many people think that if the baby is quiet and just lays there s/he is a good baby. We need to share this information with parents and prospective parents.
Hi I am newly mother, would like to work in childcare activities. I have found the information in here are both helpful for parent and childcare.
Sharon skeem said I see how important all this is for parents and daycare teacher to help children to learn and have different experiences to stimulate the brain. I did not realize this until later in my life after my family was grown. Wished I known while I was raising my family. I was not bad at teaching my children, but could of done more if I had known how important it is. I guess I would like to do it over. Is there someway you can help them later in life if you did not do it right in the first place?
While the first years do have a tremendous impact on children. There are always things we can do to improve ourselves. Reading, learning, good nutrition, building good skills, developing self mastery, exercise, etc.
I clicked on the "Research Updates" section and read information regarding the importance of play. I'm a believer in the joy of toys that require imagination and encourage interaction with other children, like unit blocks and dramatic play props, but find it interesting that stores are filled with
VTech and LeapFrog learning toys that push academic concepts. As a provider, I'm wondering if these toys are beneficial as a small part of the toys available for children to choose from in my daycare's environment?
A wide variety of toys can be helpful.
I find this very interesting,
i wanted to do this so in my spare time i could get a baby sitting job.
I Love Kids, This information is worth reading.
After all Of This Do You get a certificate??
Yes, I can provide a certificate; however, you need to find out if the certificate will benefit you. Right now the hours are accepted in Idaho. Some others are taking the courses as well for their own benefit.
In working with Infants on a daily basis I found these articles very interesting. It brings me great joy to know that I have done my part to help in their development.
Great Article! Confirms what I have always advocated-"engagement" is crucial for infants and toddlers!Love these courses and would like to receive Course Certificates. Our Pre-K Class and Child Care Center is in Ripley, TN
I really like this course and found it very helpful in helping me raising my kids and somebody else's kids as a future home child care provider. Thank you
However, can I get a certificate at the end of all classes please?
Marie,
Yes, you can get a certificate; however, you need to find out if the certificate will do what you need it to do.
You will also need to do the requirements as listed here: http://www.childdevelopment.me.uk/IdahoSTARS_Child_Care_Cours.html
CR Petersen
**anna** what i found most intresting was excatally how many lobes, nurons, etc that there are in the brain but espically in babies they look so small yet their brains are doing and developing so much more than they are or than they can do. it just gose to show how much the human body relies on the brain and what is aslo taken for granted if people knew would they really do so much of the harmful things that they do to themselves.
It is an amazing thing - how an infant's brain develops and works. We, even with all of our technology, only understand a few small amount about how the human brain actually works. This is very interesting - considering that most development happens in the first three years of life. I look forward to seeing more work on the subject in the future as technology allows for deeper study without actually requiring invasive medical procedure.
This was a very interesting article. The way that the babies brains work while they are developing for the first couple of years is amazing. I always knew that the child absorbs more during that time then any other time I just didn't know how much. I sure as heck didn't know that the brain starts pruning or "cleaning the room" of unused cells that early in life. It kinda sucks because there's a lot that I could have used today.
Great article, has helped me to have a good understand of what the children need from me as childcare teacher.
I enjoyed reading many of these articles. The one that interested me the most was the article on the effect of the arts on childrens brains. My 12 year old daughter is in a school whose program is based around the arts and I've seen a tremendous increase in her attention, focus and love of her classes and assignments.
I started reading the article on Brain Development. So far it's been insightful. My desire is to take hands with parents in assisting in their own children's development. This information on Brain Basics, etc empowered me a lot in a clarified use of terms when talking to other parents.
Parents that we work with, are sure their children are ADHD until they try to set a consistent routine in motion to see if the children will not do better at school, based on the knowledge on Brain Development. The children then all of a sudden seem able.
Will it therefore be acceptable to recommend that parents first try to set a program of action in motion for the sake of consistent routine even after the child has been diagnosed with ADHD for example, but before they start with any/some medication?
Absolutely!
If we should ask ourselves where we spend most of our time during the years of attending school, is it at school? No! In a full week we spend 56 allowable hours sleeping, 82 hours on whatever we choose (junk, following our own ideas, role models, etc – where are the parents?), and only a mere 30 of those hours at school. Then there are the holidays too. The mere 30 hours are obviously not near enough to form desirable behaviour needed to help make us ready for the world. We should therefore never ever again blame school teachers for individuals that fail in our societies, right?
Very Interesting Site! I liked the timeline explaining the changes in the brain at each stage from infancy to adulthood. Also,the section about PLAY was a great reminder that play is very important in child development and not just something to pass time.
Marlena Barajas said....
The first three years of a child's life is the most important! Learning to trust people, being surrounded with positive relationships and interactions and helping to teach your child proper language skills are an important part of helping your child's brain develop properly. You should challenge your child's learning experiences and skills in a healthy way, but do not overwhelm them. This is related with positive stress which in small amounts is actually good for their little growing brains! Play time is one of the most important times in a child's life. It is one of the best way a child learns and helps build strong connections in the brain. Interactions as babies shape the brain for how a child develops relationships as they get older. Attachment is essential in the ability to form healthy relationships in the future. Routines and order are also a huge part of social and emotional development. Prolonged toxic stress can have extreme damaging effects on a child's brain. They can develop learning disabilities and have trouble adapting to every day circumstances. Studies show that exercise helps with attention span and the ability to do better in school.
I always knew that nurturing was an important role, but I had no idea how much damage can occur to developing brains when there is no contact with a supportive adult during times of stress. Anymore, I don't think there are any homes that are free from stress, which makes providing one on one attention/nurturing even more important.
This study of brain development made me think more about how much influence we are on important brain development. It is very interesting to learn how the brain development is so accelerated at such young ages.
I liked this course and can't wait to do more
This article has helped me in how to act with the child and what they learn from my actions
This article was helpful in showing me how to interract with child.
The article really showed me you have to be very careful for what your kids watch and do.
This article really reminded me that I need to be aware of what I say and do around my children because they see and hear everything!
Stephanie Hudson:
This article was very interesting, especially being the parent of two young children. Hearing that touch is the first developed sense is interesting, it makes showing love through actions so much more vital in my mind.
I do wonder what are the direct links that cause the increased chance of contracting heart disease when children present over six of the listed risk factors...
Brandan Greco
i thought this arcticle was a good article in learning the fact that my actions during the day with the children is impacting their brain developement. this arcticle helped me on how to interact with the children to give them positive brain developement.
I am also wondering how connections are made between me and the children.
Garren Moreno
I thought this article was interesting because i have a brother who is only 4 years old and i see at home how everything i do has an impact on what he does. Seeing this article helps show that the kids do see everything and are always watching.
My question is: How does the impact of development now compare to the impact that a tramatic event has on someone older?
This article was very interesting to learn how much development children have at such a young age. I also found it very interesting that we all have such a huge impact on that development, I feel like the organization i work for does a great job in having a positive environment for children growth.
i wonder if kids playing sports at younger ages is good with some coaches pushing them hard to get better could be thought of as a negative
I found the curiosity and exploration article very relevant to my classroom. In working with 1 to 2 yr olds, I find letting them explore and ask questions very valuable. It allows them to gain knowledge about outside and inside the classroom. I try to include specific activities for my kids to play with and learn from in the classroom, such as musical instruments and sensory bins.
It is so amazing that the brain grows at such an amazing rate and at birth almost all of the neurons that the brain will ever have are present, and by the time a child is two the brain is 80% of an adult. That only goes to show us that early childhood education is just as important or more important as an education.
Catalina Rodríguez said:
When I watched the Dr. Alexander Tsiaras video, makes me to think about the complexity of the human being from the conception to birth.
I also agree with Dr. Tsiaras when he said: "It is something about Divinity in the conception". For example, I did not know there are more than 60,000 miles of vessels in a baby!!!
Thanks,
Catalina
Catalina Rodríguez said:
I read the article: BEGINNINGS: Chapter 6: Consistency in Parenting
http://responsiblepracticalparenting.blogspot.com/2010/07/consistency.html
I agree with the author when he mentioned that children need to grow in a secure environment. So, when we practice consistency as parents, it could be possible that troubling times could be reduced.
I am wondering if is a special age that the brain's development is greater than others?
Thanks,
Catalina
Catalina Rodríguez said:
When I read the article: Baby's brain, the author mentioned:
"When we are babies, our brains are more open to the shaping hand of experience than at any time in our lives. In response to the demands of the world, the baby's brain sculpts itself." So, I am wondering how is the mechanism used by the brain to sculpt itself in order to face the world's demands?
Source: Baby's brain. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/episode1/index.html
It is very interesting to know that even as child care providers are impacting a childs brain.
It is very fascinating how a child's brain is developing so fast. That how I work with children now is helping their future in brain development.
I find it amazing how much stress both eustress and toxic stress can affect both a child's and an adult's brain and body. The fact that the high levels of cortisol disrupts circuits in the brain. Also how their curious nature and exploration of their world changes their behaviors.
Very knowledgeable information for care givers.you don't realize that your everyday action with children is helping the brain develop.
I find human brain development completely fascinating, especially the developement of the infant brain because it can ultimately affect them for years to come, if not permanently. I watched the videos and read an article on the impact of a high fat and sugar diet on a growing fetus which then affects them as an infant. A junk food diet could possibly alter the development of opioid pathways by creating higher levels the opiod enkephalin which causes the infant to need more junk food to gain the euphoric response it produces. Nutrition, prenatally and beyond the womb could permantently modify their brain. It is very compelling and a great reason to watch a child's fat and sugar intake especially at a vulnerable age when their brain is developing at rapid pace.
It's amazing how the brain works and develops. An adult brain is unbelievable but an infants brain is outstanding and very intresting.
I work with kiddos and i have an 11 month old baby,at home we really try and keep her away from the "cartoons" as much as we can. but its crazy to think how smart she has become just over the last couple of months.
its is amazing what you teach your baby is there devlopment for life and by 10 yrs old cennections not being use prunes up.
I find it very interesting of how good babies motor skills are if you work with themm on a regular basis.that they can rember cetain things.
I felt the two articles in this section are very helpful and understanding. It was mainly a reminder that the first 3 years of your life are the most important.
I hope that every child care provider understands just how important their job is. Neurons that are not used are paired off by age 5. We have a tremendous responsibility to fire as many of those synapses as possible every single day.
As child care providers we get the joy of inteacting with children everyday and helping with their brain development.
Being a childcare provider and a parent are my joys, All the training's I do remind me how important my actions are to help each child develop. Watching children grow and seeing all their progress amazes me
I guess all thr responsibility lies on the parents cause the multimillion dollar gaming industry has become as powerful as thr tobacco companies they are making so much money they don't care about the consequences it brings too our children who are taking weapons into there school s and shooting there peers
I find the pruning process fascinating! Having this knowledge while providing child care helps tremendously in building my schedule and curriculum for different ages. Since the children in our care often spend a greater amount of time with us than their own family, this knowledge give me an appreciation of the great need to stimulate as many areas of our children's brains as we can. This means that although keeping a reacher strict schedule of what happens when, we must make sure to change up the actual activities each day.
early learning is key to the brain. my daughter had brain surgery at 9 months old and relapsed to a 3 month old baby but by the time she was 15 months old she was walking!!! babies brains can heal, and learn faster than adults.
-heather denton
I have taken many parenting classes and psychology classes and yet this was still very helpful to me. Thank you
Brain Development seems like a very delicate process so far. Every aspect has to be taken into consideration, whether it be the amount and type of media consumed, to just the basics of life and if one is taught the proper way. And even that varies. I learned a lot from this.
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It is just amazing how the human brain works. It is just like a sponge soaking all the information up for the little one's. And then how it later filters stuff out. That is kind of scary there.
I found this video so interesting.
I did not realize that those very early days and months the fetus was making those brain connections.
Q - if children are not nurtured and loved from 0-3 what does their brain do besides not learning to nurture or love?
Interesting information. Brain development is so critical and must be worked on early on.
It's so amazing how intricate the structure of the brain is, and how it develops over time. The development that occurs in the space of the first month is astounding. Newborns even recognize their mother's voices from the womb.
On the article of How Children Benefit from Play: I find it fascinating that pretending helps them understand examples of others. I remember as a girl "playing house" and pretending to be a mother with a purse with papers in it and "playing office" where I had a desk with papers; and playing "teacher" and "banker". That was one of my favorite things to do.
Trisha K.
I was reading on the article about child play benefits and how play time can be a learning time for our little ones. Looking at it backwards, this always takes me back to my undergrad piano pedagogy classes where we incorporate musical games to make musical training not a chore but a fun activity. Early on, when kids associate fun and games with something, they will most likely remember the concepts taught.
A great reminder for all daycare providers to make each day count. Make each new experience a positive learning experience.
Here is the title of the article I read. Mom's love helps kids brain grow
Here is the date and time and a link to the article.
Article:::: CBC News Posted: Jan 31, 2012 11:01 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 31, 2012 11:31 AM ET
Link::: http://www.cbc.ca/news/cbc-news-online-news-staff-list-1.1294364
A mother's nurturing love for her young child fosters the growth of a region in the child's brain that is key to learning and responding to stress. Mother's took a survey and their child or children had to wait patiently to open a gift. Mother's who were encouraging and supportive to their children are happier and more intelligent than of parent's who are not.
The question that I have is: Why do children whose mother's showed support and care than others have hippocampus almost five percent larger than a child's parent who didn't show as much care?
I can't answer your question specifically to why 5 x, but when an infant has a nurturing and robust environment neurons grow quicker and synapses are developed much faster. This is because when there is a healthy and enriched, loving environment, there is much more information to learn and digest and the brain is not stressed so can absorb it more quickly as easily.
I believe when a child has been exposed to violence I think it makes them feel like it is ok in some situations. a lack of support and nurturing is important in a childs early stages.
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