Help your Baby Build a Healthy Brain

Everyone knows that if you have a question, you can Google it and get a million answers.  I like knowing that when it comes to raising little ones, there are a few places I can go to get reliable ideas. I can always go to my mom, she is an amazing parent who raised an outstanding daughter (just kidding).  She was a teacher in the early elementary grades for many years.  She also was the director for Head Start and she did successfully raise three kids who still feel like she is awesome.

Another resource is the Zero to Three website.  They specialize in little ones.  Zero to Three wants every parent to be successful in raising children to be the best they can be and so they have developed a free video series to provide guidance, support and knowledge to all parents.  These videos cover the following topics:

• Brain Wonders: Nurturing Healthy Brain Development From Birth
• Literacy Skills: The Roots of Reading
• Power of Play: Building Skills While Having Fun
• Temperament:  What Makes Your Child Tick?

Children are learning from the time they are born.  All those early experiences shape how they learn, how they relate to others, and the kind of person they become.  Zero to Three is providing tools that show parents how they can have the greatest, most positive impact on their developing child.  This resource is called The Magic of Everyday Moments: Seeing Is Believing.  The great thing is, the videos show how parents can nurture all the key skills and attributes children need to be eager, competent learners and to form strong, healthy relationships through everyday routines!

Check out these videos at www.zerotothree.org/MOEM and help your baby build a healthy brain!