CORE CONCEPTS IN THE SCIENCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Healthy Development Builds a Strong Foundation – For Kids and For Society.
YuuMii is constantly looking for ways to improve our site, research brings us to many interesting places, we will post our relevant findings, here.
The latest is just a fantastic, simplified explanation of the concepts of early childhood development. It only takes a few minutes, and is very easy read.
Harvard Childhood brain Development site
Here are some of the highlights:
- Experience Shapes Brain Architecture by Over-Production of Connections Followed by Pruning
- Brains Are Built from the Bottom Up: Skills Beget Skills
- Serve and Return Interaction Builds Healthy Brain Architecture
- Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Development Are Connected: You Can’t Do One Without the Other
- Toxic Stress Damages Developing Brain Architecture
- The Ability to Change Brains and Behavior Decreases Over Time
- Another great reason to stick to the YuuMii method of early childhood developmental activities and adventures!