Child Development and Brain Research

A vast amount of research in the area of early child development and brain science took place in the 1990's. In the words of Judy Nichols, author of Storytimes for Two Year Olds, this “research into the brains of babies and toddlers has revealed that children learn much earlier than was once thought and early learning actually enhances the complexity of their brains. We now know that babies and toddlers need to be enriched with language (rhymes, songs, and stories), movement, and visual stimulation, all integral parts of a toddler storytime.”[i]

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[i] Judy Nichols, Storytimes for Two Year Olds (American Library Association, 2007) Preface, ix.