Child Development and Learning Care Notes

• Mind and heart, learning and loving, together - a child's spirit grows.
• Cherish what you've learned; embrace what you are learning; create opportunities to learn more.
• Development involves influences of both nature and nurture.
• The brain grows at an amazing rate during early childhood development.
• "Exercising" the brain daily makes new connections and increases in intelligence.
• Learning and relearning can take place at any age
• Early age development, a time of surplus of brain connections, dramatically influences the rest of our lives.
• Learning necessitates the working relationship of multiple brain areas.
• Learning involves functions of attention, speech, language, memory, executive function, sensory, motor and mood.
• In all cultures, the brain and environment work together to develop a child's potential.
• Early intervention and prevention reflects wisdom.
• Families and communities play a vital role in learning and brain development.
• Teaching must embrace both mind and heart.
• It is important to teach empathy, caring and respect of others, as well as reading, writing and arithmetic.
• Sensations begin development in utero.
• Stress affects brain development and learning.
• Optimal learning requires relaxed alertness.
• Positive self-esteem increases development of self.
• Relate to your Child in a multisensory fashion.  Every sound touch, sight, taste, smell, makes a brain behavior connection.
• Positive multisensory influences increase intelligence.
• The brain has had hundred millions of years to form into what it is today.
• We can see the brain development in utero at 3 weeks after conception when the embryo is only approximately 3 mm long.
• The average brain weighs approximately 3 pounds.
• The brain consists of millions of cells each connecting with tens of thousands of others through electrical-chemical impulses resulting in trillions of connections.
• Brain connections allow us to learn, adapt to the environment and control the workings of our bodies.
• Brain connections decrease after the first few years of life, although the brain continues to respond to experience and develops connections throughout life.
• Increased knowledge of brain development dramatically influences family life, education,  and public policy.
• Acquired illness, trauma, neglect, substance abuse, environmental toxins, poverty, etc., can all impede brain development and learning.
• As children we learn by repetition and recollection.  As we grow, we learn by reflection-active thinking.
• External speech becomes internal speech, which guides our behaviors and learning.
• Learning of mind and heart develops healthy people.
• There are multiple kinds of minds and multiple learning styles.
• Healthy nutrition is necessary for healthy development.  Food sensitivities can affect learning.
• We are all born to win.
• Movement is our first language.
• In early childhood sensory systems integrate so as to influence further learning.
• Emotional well being affects global well being and health.
• The brain is the only organ in the human system that learns.
• Children are not lazy: if a child has difficulty with a task, ask if the child has the necessary ability to do the task.
• Learning is a major health issue.
• The brain can change beyond genes, illness and injury.
• Children can develop their potential to thrive with health and well-being.� Keep map page, but add picture of office.