How To Feed Your Baby's Brain or The Book That Changed The World
Imagine a fun, entertaining book people could read to their babies that helped both babies and caregivers learn more about child development and simple ways to support a baby's brain development from infancy and beyond.
Now imagine that book was developed by Harvard, Northwestern University, UW-Madison, or Stanford. And it was distributed for free to parents of infants in hospitals and through midwives.
What would happen if every family had access to this book as soon as their child was born?
That would depend entirely on the book's contents, of course.
Now imagine this book focused on 4 pillars of brain development and highlighted fun, easy ways to support them.
Connection (Serve and Return)
Reading with Feelings
Supporting Play
Setting Boundaries without Blame
And it was based on trusted research as well as years and years of experience with real infants and toddlers.
Would you support developing a book like that?
If so, you're one of us because that's exactly our goal at Early Childhood Rocks.
And we've already developed the Baby Brain Toolkit. It's free for our community members.
Now we are beginning the process of crafting the story that will teach these techniques through fun and repetition, which are two of a baby's favorite ways to learn. As caregivers read the story again and again to their infants and toddlers, the lessons it teaches about brain development sink in.
Imagine.
We need your support, and it won't cost you a dime. Click on the Baby Brain Toolkit and join our community. You'll immediately receive your copy of the free toolkit and more! It's a 10-minute read.
Should you read it?
Consider this....
We know we're preaching to the choir. That's the point. You understand the importance of brain development
Instead of focusing on the fact that you already know the material, let's flip it: how can you be sure everyone gets access to it and uses it in their daily interactions with infants and toddlers? What type of difference might that make in the world?
After you read the toolkit, decide if you agree with its concepts. If you do, all you have to do is open the one email we will send you each Saturday. You'll automatically be in on the process of creating the book. You'll see it unfold and get the opportunity to add your input in the comment sections.
We need as many parents and professionals as we can find to support this concept. This is why.
Children who grow up:
knowing that they matter
understanding their own feelings and the feelings of others
feeling supported in their ability to play and learn
and accepting boundaries and personal responsibility
are better able to contribute positively to society instead of taking away from it.
This is our invitation to you to participate in this groundbreaking endeavor. We can change the world through early childhood care and education. It's time.
Nanci J Bradley is an early childhood and family educator, author, teacher, and an all-around fun-loving person. She believes in the power of sleep, healthy eating, lifelong learning, and most of all, PLAY! (click on the word) She studied early childhood ed at Triton College and received her BS in education in 1986 from NIU. She received her MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College in 2011. She lives and teaches in Madison WI.
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