Image from Canva Reading aloud to your child is proving to be one of the most powerful tools you have to improve their language development. This article from Early Learning Nation breaks down recent research explaining why reading to your child is so critical to...
Chart source: sleepfoundation.org It starts with brainwave entrainment! “Brainwave entrainment” occurs when exposure to audio, visual, or tactile stimuli occurring at a certain rhythm causes brainwaves – electrical oscillations in the brain –...
Photo from Canva Unlike adults, infants’ neurons are largely unconnected, so during the first two years of life, babies are literally building their brains by creating trillions of connections between those neurons called synapses. This incredible process is...
JULY 2024 Neuroscience in the Nursery In addition to our newsletter, we provide information that we hope is useful to parents (current, past and potential!) on our raptbaby.com blog page as well on our Instagram and Facebook pages. In these posts, we try and address...
Photo Credit: Olya Komarova Nearsightedness (aka myopia) is becoming a worldwide epidemic, and all the time spent in “near” activities—such as looking at a phone or tablet screen—may be a big reason why. According to NPR, 42% of the US population is now myopic, up...
