"Assignment 4: Blog: Sharing Your Thoughts"

Optimizing Brain Development

            Optimizing brain development for young children is imperative.  That is, positive early experiences forge the foundations for lifelong learning and behavior. And, to maximizing the development of each child, a rich nurturing environment is required (Diamond & Hopson, 1998; Fischer & Rose, 1998).  The developmental stage of a child’s brain is a crucial part of their early years.  During this time of growing children experience social-emotional, cognitive and physical development as well as build positive relationships with their parent, peers, and caregivers. 

Building a partnership with families can become an essential message for early childhood professionals to help a supportive, positive social change towards their child’s school readiness and achievement.  This topic optimizing brain development for young children is critical to me because an early childhood professionals can play a fundamental role in developing the foundation of young a child’s developmentally appropriate practices; as well as contribute to a child’s success in early education throughout life.

Reference

Diamond, M., & Hopson, J. (1998). Magic trees of the mind: How to nurture your child’s intelligence, creativity, and healthy emotions from birth through adolescence. New York: Dutton.

Optimizing Early Brain and Motor Development Through Movement

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"Discussion 3: Optimizing Brain Development"

The importance of early childhood development is a vital message that I feel is essential for stakeholders to hear, as well as the role of children receiving the appropriate early interventions from family and caregivers.  The social-emotional and physical development needed for young children sets the foundation of brain development on healthy development and learning.  Early childhood professionals must advocate brain research and brain development to increase high-quality achievements for all children.  SECA believes that the information that has emerged from the scientific research needs to be accurately and systematically made available to childcare professionals, parents, and legislators, as well as, to the general population as quickly and efficiently as possible (SECA, 2001).

            There are important some goals and plans for dissemination of brain development information that can improve high-quality learning for young children to have a positive outcome of education such as enlightening their social-emotional, cognitively and physically skills. Brain cell connections are established as the growing child experiences the surrounding world and forms attachments to parents, families, and caregivers (SECA, 2001).  Developing and understanding strategies to support or enhance a young child’s awareness of potential obstacles can help with optimizing brain development.  Therefore, can prevent any stress or lack thereof feeling overwhelmed during early childhood learning brain developing.

Reference

Southern Early Childhood Association. (2001). Brain development and its implications for early childhood programs. Retrieved from http://www.southernearlychildhood.org/upload/pdf/Brain_Research__Its_Implications.pdf