Posters
Did You Know? (English posters)
- Talking to your child builds brain connections.
- Your baby’s brain is not completely developed at birth.
- Even educational TV programs are not a substitute for play and conversation.
- School success depends on brain development in the first years of life.
- Children who can read at grade level by the fourth grade are more likely to finish high school.
- What you do during pregnancy influences your child’s chance for success.
- Negative experiences can slow your child’s brain development.
- Breastfeeding has nutritional benefits and more!
- Interactions with an adult are experiences. Experiences are necessary for brain growth.
- To help your baby learn language, you should talk in a certain way.
- Mealtimes are opportunities for learning.
- Good relationships with adults help young children succeed later in life.
- Responding to a baby younger than 6 months old every time they cry won’t spoil them.
- Predictable routines lower stress and increase self-esteem.
- Play is one of the most important ways young children strengthen brain connections and learn about the world.
- Overexposure to high levels of stress at an early age can disrupt normal brain development.
- Each year approximately 3,500 infants under 12 months old die suddenly and unexpectedly during sleep.
- Experiencing positive stress can actually enhance brain development.
- Children must develop executive function skills in order to solve problems and achieve goals.
- NEW: “Serve and return” interactions between an adult and a baby help shape the developing brain.
- NEW: Babies are born with the ability to distinguish sounds in any language.
- NEW: Sleep is essential for the healthy brain development of babies and children.
Did you know this? (in Spanish)
- Talking with your child generates brain connections.
- When your baby is born, his brain is not fully developed.
- Even educational television programs are not a replacement for games and conversation.
- Good school performance depends on brain development during the first years of life.
- Children who have age-appropriate reading ability in fourth grade are more likely to finish school.
- What happens during pregnancy influences your child’s chances of success.
- Negative experiences can slow down your child’s brain development.
- Breastfeeding is beneficial for your child’s nutrition and much more!
- Interactions with an adult are experiences. Experiences are necessary for brain development.
- To help your baby learn the language, you must use a certain way of speaking.
- Mealtime is an opportunity for learning.
- Good relationships with adults help young children to be successful in life when they grow up.
- Caring for a baby under six months old every time he cries will not make him spoiled.
- Predictable routines decrease stress and increase self-esteem.
- NEW: Play is one of the most important ways young children strengthen brain connections and learn about the world.
- NEW: Overexposure to high levels of stress at an early age can disrupt normal brain development.
- NEW: Each year approximately 3,500 infants under 12 months old die suddenly and unexpectedly during sleep.
- NEW: Experiencing positive stress can actually enhance brain development.
- NEW: Children must develop executive function skills in order to solve problems and achieve goals.
