Child Development in the First Year of Life: How Infants Think and Feel
In this podcast, explore the world through a baby's eyes. Learn about the amazing growth and development that happens in a child's first year of life.
Cognition
Cognition is one of the five central domains of the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF). Resources here address the skills children use to understand and organize their world: reasoning, memory, problem-solving, and thinking skills. For preschoolers, cognition expands to include mathematical development and scientific reasoning.
Other ELOF domains include Approaches to Learning; Social and Emotional Development; Language and Literacy; and Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development.
Brain Building: Supporting Children's Early Brain Development
The experiences we have as children shape our brains and set the stage for a lifetime of learning. In this podcast, learn the basics of brain development and how to support children's healthy brain development.
Supporting Early Brain Development: Building the Brain
Children need extra support in their earliest days to grow a healthy brain. Caring relationships, child-centered interactions, and responsive care are keys to nurturing healthy brain development.
Infant/Toddler Cognition: Supporting Early Math
Find out how infant/toddler teachers and family child care providers can help very young children learn early math concepts and skills. Hear from experts who share information on early math development.
Preschool Cognition: Supporting Early Math
Hear from experts about early math development. Find out how to integrate early geometry concepts into everyday teaching practices to help very young children begin to develop their math skills.
Child Development: Brain Building
Explore this module to learn about children's brain building and development. It includes the following topics: Brain Building Basics, the Brain and Learning, and Stress and the Brain.
Andy Meltzoff: Cognitive Development
Listen as Andy Meltzoff discusses the ELOF. Learn ways to provide effective learning experiences that support cognition.
Daryl Greenfield: Encouraging Our Youngest Scientists at Work
Hear from Daryl Greenfield as he talks about the ELOF and how cognition for infants and toddlers develops into scientific reasoning for preschoolers.
Me and You
This short video explores the impact of adults on the growth and development of infants and very young children.
Early Experiences Build the Brain
Explore in this News You Can Use how the connections within the brain are created and made strong, the negative impact of chronic stress at an early age, and how caring adults can help even in difficult situations.