The Urban Child Institute is excited to announce Brain Awareness Night, our annual public symposium on issues affecting early childhood development.
Brain Awareness Night is hosted by the UCI in partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Neuroscience Institute. As always, the event is free and open to the public.
“One of my favorite quotes is from Plato,” said Susan Van Dyck, music teacher at the University of Memphis’ Campus School.
Does your baby seem withdrawn and detached at times? Or on the contrary, are you concerned that your infant is too fussy and demanding? In either scenario, there is probably no need to fret.
But did they see you destroy the 20-miler you conquered on your bike Saturday morning? How much of the whole, fit you do your children see?
With its first policy statement addressing early-childhood literacy, the American Academy of Pediatrics now endorses reading to children beginning in infancy and recommends that pediatric care providers help parents acquire the tools to establish a strong literacy environment at home.
Language and speech development is an early milestone that is vital for all infants to reach in order to promote healthy progression into childhood and to encourage school readiness. It is critical for a child to learn how to use her words to communicate feelings, emotions, and desires instead of relying on the instinct to cry and whine for attention and affection.
