IN THIS ISSUE
The United Way Born Learning Campaign is an innovative public engagement campaign that helps parents, caregivers and communities create quality early learning opportunities for young children.
One of the most important ways that young children learn is through their relationships and experiences with their caregivers. This connection facilitates learning and science has demonstrated that children who receive lots of love and attention actually learn better. From infancy, parents and caregivers can offer the comfort and security that help promote learning and lay positive foundations for your child’s future:
- Love and affection: Giving a child love and attention helps her feel confident, relaxed and happy, which in turn, promotes her intellectual development
- A predictable world: Providing routines and consistent responses gives a child a sense that the world is trustworthy and teaches him that he can depend on you
- Opportunities for fun: Activities that most encourage a child’s brain to grow are those that she enjoys. If she is forced to participate in activities that do not hold her interest, she will tune out
- Understanding and patience: Respond to a child’s needs without worrying that you will spoil him. By responding, you teach him that you care and that he can trust you to read his signals
- Time to digest new information: Beware of overstimulation. If a child is exposed to a lot of new information without time to digest and process it, she will tune out or break down.
Source: www.bornlearning.org
READY FOR SCHOOL
READY FOR LIFE