Most of us don’t remember much of anything before the age of 3, and if we think we do, that’s probably because those memories were created after the fact, for instance, by exposure to family photos and stories. In fact, even till around 7, our memory...
SEPTEMBER 2024 Neuroscience in the Nursery Screen time has been a trending topic lately, on the back of a movement to ban smartphones from classrooms where they’ve been gaining the upper hand in the battle for students’ attention. Even if your child is a toddler (or...
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...
