Touch Talk Read Play Parent/ Caregiver Training Acknowledgements and Credits Neighborhood Christian Centers, Inc. Vision and OCS/TTRP Program Design‐Ephie Johnson, CEO Touch Talk Read Play Concert Design –Oretha Arnold Touch Talk Read Play Video Content Cynthia Sadler Ephie Johnson Optimum Studios Training Course Review Team Joi Hibbler Rachel Harkins The Urban Child Institue Gene Cashman, CEO Training Course Designer and Developer‐Katie West Review Team Katherine Baldwin Rhonda Guinn Marion Hare, MD Hank Herrod, MD Kate Spurlock Terri Orme PhD ©Copyright Operation Smart Child, 2012. All rights reserved. The Urban Child Institute Neighborhood Christian Centers, Inc.
Touch. Talk. Read. Play. Table of ContentsIntroduction………………..………………….……………………………………I-1Touch ……………………..……………………….………….……………………1-1Talk….………………………………..………………….….…………………………2-1Read ……………………………………………………………………………..…...3-1Play…………………………………………..………………………………….…....4-1
IMODULE ntro IntroductionWelcome ..................................................................................................... 2Brain Development ..................................................................................... 4Four Parts of the Brain................................................................................ 5Two Hemispheres ....................................................................................... 6Four Lobes................................................................................................... 7Neuron’s Job ............................................................................................... 8Brain Wiring ................................................................................................ 9My Promise ............................................................................................... 10Participant’s Guide
Introduction Baby’s Brain Begins Now!Welcome Operation Smart Child Module Touch, Talk, Read, Play (T.T.R.P.) 1.Introduction Training Curriculum 2.Touch Learning Objectives 3.Talk • Tell why knowing about the brain is important. • Name the parts of the brain. 4.Read • Tell what each part of the brain does. 5.Play • Describe what a neuron does. • Tell the timing of the wiring of key neural circuits. • Describe the responsibilities of the parietal lobe. • Define touch activities that focus on baby’s parietal lobe development. • Understand how breast feeding helps with brain development. • Explain safe methods for bathing baby. • Explain best practices for baby to sleep. • Know five important concepts for touching your baby. • Practice methods to positively touch your baby. • Describe the responsibilities of the temporal lobe. • Explain key information about myelination. • Explain how repetition helps you baby’s brain develop. • How baby’s brain processes language and sound. • Explain the timeline for how your baby’s hearing develops. • Know what can hamper a baby’s hearing. • Recognize signs of an ear infection. • Know ways to talk to baby. • Use talk to maximize early brain development. • Sing songs to baby. • Describe the responsibilities of the occipital lobe. • Explain how reading to baby affects his brain development. • Describe ways to read to baby. • Select age appropriate books to read to baby. • Demonstrate good reading voices for baby. • Read age appropriate books to baby. • Describe the responsibilities of the frontal lobe. • Explain how playing with baby affects his brain development. • Describe ways to play with baby. • Identify age appropriate toys for baby. • Explain safe ways to play with baby. • Select age appropriate toys for baby. • Teach baby to play with age appropriate toys. • Demonstrate safety while playing with baby.I-2 Participant’s Guide
Introduction Baby’s Brain Begins Now!Welcome The goal of this module is to give you knowledge of how the brain grows and functions. At the end of this module you will be able to Tell why knowing about the brain is important. Name the parts of the brain. Tell what each part of the brain does. Describe what a neuron does. Tell how the brain develops from birth to young adulthood. Complete the “My Promise” agreement for this module.I-3 Participant’s Guide
Introduction Baby’s Brain Begins Now!Brain Development Why is it important to learn about brain development?1. The brain is not __________ __________ at birth.2. __________ of the brain is adult size by age three.3. Early ____________________ interactions with nurturing adults are vital to healthy brain development.4. What children _________, __________, __________, __________, and __________, affect early brain development. What does this mean to me?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I-4 Participant’s Guide
Introduction Baby’s Brain Begins Now!Four Parts of the Brain1. ____________________ The first part of the brain to develop. This part is responsible for the most2. ____________________ basic functions necessary for survival, such as breathing.3. ____________________ This part develops after the brain stem, but before the parts of the brain4. ____________________ that control emotions and conscious thought. It is responsible for controlling and coordinating movement of the body. The third part of the brain to develop. It is responsible for processing emotions. The _______is a part that registers codes, and processes fear and anxiety. Damage to it can cause too little or not enough fear. The _________is one of the emotional and memory processors. It works with the amygdale to register fear, anxiety, and stress and helps the person learn from them. This part of the brain is the last to develop. It processes most thinking, sensing, reasoning, decision making and conscious action.I-5 Participant’s Guide
Introduction Baby’s Brain Begins Now!Two Hemispheres Instructions1. Label the three parts of the cerebral cortex.2. Define the jobs of each of the three parts of the cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex1 3 1 23 2 Cerebral Cortex Job ResponsibilitiesLeft Hemisphere Corpus Callosum Right HemisphereI-6 Participant’s Guide
Introduction Baby’s Brain Begins Now!Four Lobes 2 1 4 3Instructions1. Write the corresponding lobe number next to its matching description. (1) Temporal _______ Controls thinking, reasoning, planning, judgment, and other (2) Frontal higher order thinking processes. (3) Occipital It is the last part of the cerebral (4) Parietal cortex to develop and it does not complete development until late adolescence to young adulthood. _______ It is the brain’s vision center. _______ Controls hearing and much of an individual’s language ability. _______ Controls touch, smell, and taste. It contains the motor cortex which is responsible for motor coordinationI-7 Participant’s Guide
Introduction Baby’s Brain Begins Now!Neuron’s Job 4 Parts SynapseCell Body Axon Dendrites Neuron Notables 1. Neurons are __________ __________ cells. 2. ______ __________ at birth. 3. Neurons have ______ parts: 1)__________, 2)__________, 3)__________, 4)__________ 4. The cell body is the __________ center. 5. Dendrites bring in information ________ other neurons. 6. Axons ________ information to other neurons. 7. Axons are coated with ___________ for protection. 8. Mylination __________ the speeds at which signals are transmitted. 9. __________ affects the rate and extent of myelination. 10. Synapses are ______________ gaps which electrical impulses travel between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of other neurons.I-8 Participant’s Guide
Introduction Baby’s Brain Begins Now!Brain Wiring • Vision and hearing circuits begin hardwiring before birth. • Vision and hearing hardwiring peaks at 3-9 months and is completed within 7 years of age. • Language hardwiring peaks at 9-11 months and is completed by 8 years of age. • Higher cognitive functions begin peaking with their hardwiring between 3-5 years of age and complete it in the early to mid-twenties. • Much of the hardwiring takes place is identified in the “red” box.I-9 Participant’s Guide
Introduction Baby’s Brain Begins Now!My PromiseThis module contained information to teach me to: Tell why knowing about the brain is important. Name the parts of the brain. Tell what each part of the brain does. Describe what a neuron does. Tell the timing of the wiring of key neural circuits.. Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep allmy commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever! Deuteronomy 5:29 2P t 157 I promise and will use the information I learned in this training. I want to focus doing the following. 1. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________I-10 Participant’s Guide
1 MODULE TOUCHWelcome ......................................................................................... 2Brain Review ................................................................................... 3Brain Touch ..................................................................................... 6Breast Feeding ................................................................................ 8Bathing Baby ................................................................................... 9Sleep Time..................................................................................... 10Touch Points.................................................................................. 11My Promise ................................................................................... 12 Participant’s Guide
Module 1: Touch Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Welcome The goal of this module is to give you knowledge of how “touch” activities affect brain development.At the end of this module you will be able to: Describe the responsibilities of the parietal lobe. Define touch activities that focus on baby’s parietal lobe development. Understand how breast feeding helps with brain development. Explain safe methods for bathing baby. Explain best practices for putting baby to sleep. Know five important concepts for touching your baby. Practice methods to positively touch your baby. Commit to a plan of action that will positively affect your baby’s brain development.1-2 Participant’s Guide
Module 1: Touch Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Review Why is it important to learn about brain development?1. The brain is not __________ __________ at birth.2. __________ of the brain is adult size by age three.3. Early __________________ interactions with nurturing adults are vital to healthy brain development.4. What children _________, __________, __________, __________, and __________, affect early brain development.1-3 Participant’s Guide
Module 1: Touch Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Review The Brain Name of Part Function of Part 1. 1.4 Parts of the 2. 2. brain 3. 3. 4. 4.2 1. 1. Hemispheres 2. 2.4 Lobes 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4.1-4 Participant’s Guide
Module 1: Touch Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Review Parietal Lobe 1Controls touch, smell, and taste. It contains the motor cortex which is responsible for motor coordination. Itdevelops rapidly in the last trimester of pregnancy. Neurons and SynapsesNeurons are brain cells responsible for all functions of the brain. They communicate with each other through electricalsignals.Synapses are spaces where chemicals work in the brain to affect the transmission between neurons. The process ofneurons making connections is one of the most important processes in brain development because everything thebrain does involves neurons working together. Experience and RepetitionExperience is important to the wiring process. Every experience a child has affects her brain development. Positiveexperiences help develop connection in a child’s brain. Cuddling, holding and talking to a baby help her to learn totrust, love, and feel safe and secure. Potential damaging experiences after birth may include poor nutrition, familystress and child abuse and neglect. Damaging experiences before birth include mother’s drinking alcohol or even veryhigh levels of stress. Negative experiences before and after birth can slow or damage synapse formation, myelinationand pruning. Pruning is the normal and natural process the brain has to eliminate synapses that are not needed, and itis important to a healthy brain.Repetition helps strengthen connections in the brain. Positive experiences should be repeated regularly.1-5 Participant’s Guide
Module 1: Touch Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain TouchLook at each picture on the PowerPoint. Consider the following:• Is this a positive touch – would this be pleasing to the baby? Why?• How often should you touch the baby the way the picture shows?• What part of the brain does it stimulate?1-6 Participant’s Guide
Module 1: Touch Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Touch InstructionsMake a list of touch types specific to each age group that will help your baby’s brain develop withthe frequency you should perform them. 0-3 Touch Types Frequencymonths • • • • • • • • 3-6 Touch Types Frequencymonths • • • • • • • • 6-12 Touch Types Frequencymonths • • • • • • • •1-7 Participant’s Guide
Module 1: Touch Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Breast Feeding Top 10 Facts / Reasons to Breast Feed10. Promotes maternal __________ and __________.9. The components of breast milk support brain __________.8. The fats found in breast milk promote rapid _________.7. A breast fed infant tends to develop higher levels of __________ activity earlier.6. Immune factors present in breast milk protect from __________.5. Breast milk may protect from gastrointestinal conditions such as __________ and __________.4. Breast milk is ________ when baby is ready to eat.3. Breast milk can be _________ and frozen.2. Breast feeding is recommended for ________ ________.1. Breast milk is __________!1-8 Participant’s Guide
Module 1: Touch Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Bathing BabyBathe Baby 1-2 Times *Assemble all necessary items. • Bathe newborns in per Week *Fill the tub with 2-3 inches of warm baby tub or kitchen water (90 degrees Fahrenheit) sink. • Clean baby’s face daily. *Make certain the room is about 72 • Clean baby’s genital area degrees Fahrenheit . • Bathe babies that can *Support baby’s neck while slipping him sit up in a regular bath at diaper change. into the water. tub. *Pour warm water over him often to keep him warm. *Use no soap or a very mild soap in order not to dry out baby’s sensitive skin. *Wash baby from top to bottom with a soft cloth and front to back saving the genital area for last. *Gently wash the eyes and nostrils. *Wipe around the ear with a Q-tip, but do not put it the baby’s ear. *Rinse you baby with a clean washcloth. *Wrap baby in a hooded towel and pat him dry. BabyCenter.com1-9 Participant’s Guide
Module 1: Touch Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Sleep Time BABY SLEEP5 QUESTIONS WHO? WHAT?WHEN?WHERE? HOW? Participant’s Guide1-10
Module 1: Touch Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Touch Points The touch Your baby can Gently touch sense is vast feel from is him .Touch is a baby's first head to his toe. This helps baby to language bond and attach with Hold your baby Carry and hold immediately after mom. your baby birth if you and your Less stress You can't baby are both creates morespoil a baby healthy. Moms and emotional Babies that are security. Dads carried more than three hours per day cry less. Holding a Gently stroke or baby lets her rub, carry on know you care shoulder on place in lap . Typically two different stlyles. Moms often gentle. Baby benefits from Soft touches - cheek to cheek. Dads more both. physical - roll on mat, bounce on knees.1-11 Participant’s Guide
Module 1: Touch Touch. Talk. Read. Play.My PromiseThis module contained information to teach me to:Describe the responsibilities of the parietal lobe.Define touch activities that focus on baby’s parietal lobe development.Understand how breast feeding helps with brain development.Explain safe methods for bathing baby.Explain best practices for putting baby to sleep.Know five important concepts for touching your baby.Practice methods to positively touch your baby.Commit to a plan of action that will positively affect your baby’s brain development. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 2 Peter 1:5-7I promise and will use the information I learned in this training. I want to focus doingthe following.1. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________1-12 Participant’s Guide
2 MODULE TALKWelcome ..................................................................................................... 2Brain Review ............................................................................................... 3Baby’s Ears .................................................................................................. 6Brain Talk .................................................................................................... 9Talk to Your Baby ...................................................................................... 11Repeat, Repeat, Repeat ............................................................................ 12Sing to Baby............................................................................................... 13My Promise ............................................................................................... 14 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Welcome The goal of this module is to give you knowledge of how talk activities affect brain development.At the end of this module you will be able to: Describe the responsibilities of the temporal lobe. Explain key information about myelination. Explain how repetition helps your baby’s brain develop. Explain baby’s brain processes language and sound. Explain the timeline for how your baby’s hearing develops. Know what can hamper a baby’s hearing. Recognize signs of an ear infection. Know ways to talk to baby. Use talk to maximize early brain development. Sing songs to baby. Commit to a plan of action that will positively affect your baby’s brain development.2-2 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Review Why is it important to learn about brain development?1. The brain is not __________ __________ at birth.2. __________ of the brain is adult size by age three.3. Early ________________ interactions with nurturing adults are vital to healthy brain development.4. What children _________, __________, __________, __________, and __________, affect early brain development.2-3 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Review The Brain Name of Part Function of Part 1. 1. 2. 2. 3.4 Parts of the 3. Brain 4. 4. 1. 1. 2.2 Hemispheres 2. 1. 1. 2. 2. 3.4 Lobes 3. 4. 4. My Song (optional exercise)Instructions – Create a song with your assigned group to explain the key parts of the brainfrom the chart above.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2-4 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Review Temporal Lobe 2The temporal lobes are responsible for much of the ability to hear, and to use language.• Language development is a higher order process that requires input from the senses.• Infants can understand language before they speak it.• Repetition is the key in the development of language. MyelinationMyelination is the process of covering axons with a fatty coating called myelin. • Myelination protects the neurons. • Myelination increases the brain’s efficiency in conducting signals. • The parts of the brain responsible for survival functions are myelinated first. Other parts of the brain, particularly the frontal lobe, are not fully myelinated until late adolescence and possibly up to 25-30 years of age. • Negative experiences can slow the myelination process down or damage it. Such experiences could include poor nutrition, family stress, and child abuse and neglect. Experience and Repetition__________ is important to the wiring process. Every experience a child has affects her brain development.Positive experiences help develop connection in a child’s brain. Cuddling, holding and talking to a baby helpher to learn to trust, love, and feel safe and secure. Potential damaging experiences after birth may includepoor nutrition, family stress and child abuse and neglect. Negative experiences before and after birth canslow synapse formation, myelination and pruning.__________ helps strengthen connections to the brain. Positive experiences should be repeated regularly.__________ is the key to the development of language.2-5 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Baby’s Ears InstructionsConsider at what point a baby develops the ability to hear certain types of sounds anddraw a line from the baby’s age range to the appropriate corresponding sound event.Newborn Dishwasher3 months Turn away from sound if5 months overwhelmed Turn towards you when name is called High-pitched voices Family dog Recognizes name Connect specific sounds to specific people High-pitched sounds Mother’s voice Links speech to communication Temporal lobe becomes more active2-6 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Baby’s Ears Things that can affect hearing include: • Exposure to prolonged, very loud noise like that found near airport runways or at rock concerts. • Family history of hearing problems. • Serious problems during birth that may have resulted in a lack of oxygen to the baby. • Premature birth. • Prenatal exposure to rubella, also called measles. • Some types of birth defects. • Frequent ear infections. which may cause scarring in the Eustachian tubes if your child has frequent ear infections. She may also have temporary hearing loss during an ear infection.Signs of an Ear Infection Tugging at the ear Poor sleep Fever Irritability, restlessness Ear drainage Nasal discharge Diminished appetite Crying at night when lying down (web MD)2-7 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Baby’s Ears InstructionsIf your child does not hear well or speak clearly, take action. Read the hearing checklist. Find your child’sage. Check ‘yes” or “no” for every item. After you complete the checklist, show it to your child’s doctor. Askthe doctor questions. Talk about the items checked no. If you think your child has trouble hearing, tell thedoctor right away. Birth to 3 months Yes No 3-6 months Yes No Yes NoReacts to loud sounds. Looks upward or turns toward a new sound. Yes NoIs soothed by your voice. Responds to \"no\" and changes in tone of Yes No voice.Turns head to you when you speak. Imitates his/her own voice.Is awakened by loud voices and sounds. Enjoys rattles and other toys that make sounds.Smiles when spoken to. Begins to repeat sounds (such as ooh, aah, and ba-ba).Seems to know your voice and quiets down if Becomes scared by a loud voice.crying. 6-10 months Yes No 10-15 monthsResponds to his/her own name, telephone ringing, Plays with own voice, enjoying the sound andsomeone's voice, even when not loud. feel of it.Knows words for common things (cup, shoe) and Points to or looks at familiar objects or peoplesayings (\"bye-bye\"). when asked to do so.Makes babbling sounds, even when alone. Imitates simple words and sounds; may use a few single words meaningfully.Starts to respond to requests such as \"come here.\" Enjoys games like peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake.Looks at things or pictures when someone talksabout them. 15-18 months Yes No 18-24 monthsFollows simple directions, such as \"give me the Understands simple \"yes-no\" questions (Areball.\" you hungry?).Uses words he/she has learned often. Understands simple phrases (\"in the cup,\" \"on the table\").Uses 2-3 word sentences to talk about and ask for Enjoys being read to.things.Knows 10 to 20 words. Points to pictures when asked. 24-36 months Yes NoUnderstands \"not now\" and \"no more.\"Chooses things by size (big, little).Follows simple directions such as \"get your shoes\"and \"drink your milk.\"Understands many action words (run, jump). Talk to Your DoctorDo others in the family, including brothers or sisters, have a hearing problem?The child's mother had medical problems in pregnancy or delivery (serious illness or injury, drugs or medications).The baby was born early (premature). Weight at birth:_______.The baby had physical problems at birth.The child rubs or pulls on ear(s) often.The child had scarlet fever.The child had meningitis.The child had _____ ear infections in the past year.The child has colds, allergies, and ear infections, once a month_____ more often_____. (nidcd.gov)2-8 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Talk 10 Tips for Baby Talk1. Look at your baby's __________ while you are talking to her.2. Call your baby by her __________.3. Keep your talk__________. Say \"pretty baby.\" Use the words \"mommy\" and \"daddy\" when you talk to her.4. __________ for your baby's expressions and __________listen to her sounds. Make these same sounds and facial expressions back to her.5. Add __________to your talk. Say \"wave bye-bye to the dog\" as you wave to the dog.6. __________your baby questions. \"Would Maria like to have her milk now?\" \"Does Maria want to go outside?\" __________ the questions even though she can't answer.7. Talk about what you are doing. As you__________, __________ and __________ your baby, talk about what you're doing.8. __________to your baby. Babies love nursery rhymes and poems. You can even use a lively voice and __________ your favorite magazine or book to her. If you can, use books with stories that include a baby, a rattle or other common things. (You can find lots of children's books at your public library.)9. __________ to your baby. It is important while she begins to learn language skills.10.__________for signals from your baby when you are talking to her. If she is smiling and keeping eye contact, she is saying she wants you to keep on __________.2-9 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Talk Build Trust Build Trust Build Build Trust Trust Build Trust Build Trust Teach Taking Participant’s Guide Turns Learn New Words Use Rhythms Use Games2-10
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Talk to Your Baby Talk to me!2-11 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Repeat, Repeat, Repeat Brain Development Repetition Repetition Repetition2-12 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Sing to Baby Jesus Loves Me Jesus loves me! This I Jesus loves me! He who Jesus loves me! loves Jesus loves me! He will know, died, me still, stay, For the Bible tells me Heaven's gate to open When I'm very weak Close beside me all the so; wide; and ill; way; Little ones to Him He will wash away my From His shining throne He's prepared a home belong, sin, on high, for me,They are weak but He is Let His little child come Comes to watch me And some day His face strong. in. where I lie. I'll see. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. The Bible tells me so. The Bible tells me so. The Bible tells me so. He’s Got the Whole World in His HandsHe's got the whole He's got my brothers He's got the sun and He's got the rivers and He's got everybodyworld in His hands, and my sisters in His the rain in His hands, the mountains in His here in His hands,He's got the whole He's got the moon and He's got everybodyworld in His hands, hands, the stars in His hands, hands, there in His hands,He's got the whole He's got my brothers He's got the wind and He's got the oceans He's got everybodyworld in His hands, and my sisters in His and the seas in His everywhere in HisHe's got the whole the clouds in Hisworld in His hands. hands, hands, hands, hands, He's got my brothers He's got you and he's He's got the whole and my sisters in His He's got the whole got me in His hands, world in His hands. world in His hands hands, He's got the whole He's got the whole world in His hands. world in His hands.2-13 Participant’s Guide
Module 2: Talk Touch. Talk. Read. Play.My PromiseThis module contained information to teach me to: Describe the responsibilities of the temporal lobe. Explain key information about myelination Explain how repetition helps your baby’s brain develop. How baby’s brain processes language and sound. Explain the timeline for how your baby’s hearing develops. Know what can hamper a baby’s hearing. Recognize signs of an ear infection. Know ways to talk to baby. Use talk to maximize early brain development. Sing songs to baby. Commit to a plan of action that will positively affect your baby’s brain development. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2 I promise I will use the information I learned in this training. I want to focus doing the following. 1. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________2-14 Participant’s Guide
3 MODULE READWelcome ..................................................................................................... 2Brain Review ............................................................................................... 3Brain Read ................................................................................................... 6How to Read to Baby .................................................................................. 7Baby Likes to Read ...................................................................................... 8Read to Your Baby....................................................................................... 9My Promise ............................................................................................... 10 Participant’s Guide
Module 3: Read Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Welcome The goal of this module is to give you knowledge of how reading activities affect brain development.At the end of this module you will be able to: Describe the responsibilities of the occipital lobe. Explain how reading to baby affects his brain development. Describe ways to read to baby. Select age-appropriate books to read to baby. Demonstrate good reading voices for baby. Read age-appropriate books to baby. Commit to a plan of action that will positively affect your baby’s brain development.3-2 Participant’s Guide
Module 3: Read Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Review Why is it important to learn about brain development?1. The brain is not __________ __________ at birth.2. __________ of the brain is adult size by age three.3. Early __________________ interactions with nurturing adults are vital to healthy brain development.4. What children _________, __________, __________, __________, and __________, affect early brain development.3-3 Participant’s Guide
Module 3: Read Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Review The Brain Name of Part Function of Part 1. 1. 2. 2. 3.4 Parts of the 3. Brain 4. 4. 1. 1. 2.2 Hemispheres 2. 1. 1. 2. 2. 3.4 Lobes 3. 4. 4. My Story (optional exercise)Instructions – Create a story with your assigned group to explain the key parts of the brainfrom the chart above.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3-4 Participant’s Guide
Module 3: Read Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Review Occipital Lobe 3The occipital lobes are responsible for vision. They are the brain’s vision center and process all visualinformation. • Much of the development of the visual system occurs during the first 8-10 months of life. • The neurons in the visual cortex experience a growth spurt when an infant is 2-4months old. • The pruning process begins early in the occipital lobes, which control vision. • A newborn sees best at a distance between eight and twelve inches. • An infant’s ability to see objects clearly, track objects when they move, and tell how far away things are improve with development. Making Connections and PruningThe neurons make connections very rapidly. By the time a baby is twelve months old, the number ofsynapses has increased to 1,000 trillion, or about 20 times the number he had at birth. The process offorming connections is biologically controlled, but experiences also promote synapse formation. The kinds ofconnections that are made and strengthened depend on a baby’s specific experiences. Connections that areused regularly become stronger. The connections that are not used are eventually eliminated throughpruning. • Each visual neuron can connect to as many as 15,000 other neurons. • Visual experiences activate and strengthen connections for sight. • The brain prunes visual connections if a child does not have visual experiences. • Early vision problems can hinder visual development. Experience and Repetition__________ is important to the wiring process. Every experience a child has affects her brain development.Positive experiences help develop connections in a child’s brain. Cuddling, holding and talking to a baby helpher to learn to trust, love, and feel safe and secure. Potential damaging experiences afterbirth may includepoor nutrition, family stress and child abuse and neglect. Negative experiences before and after birth canslow or damage synapse formation, myelination and pruning.__________ helps strengthen connections to the brain. Positive experiences should be repeated regularly.3-5 Participant’s Guide
Module 3: Read Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Brain Read Reading to Your Child Quiz (from www.babycenter.com)1. Most parents know how important it is to read to their children. True False2. You should start reading aloud to your child daily after she turns 1. True False3. It's important to read to children daily, at the same time each day. True False4. Listening to a book on tape or CD will do as much for your child as being read to. True False5. For the first few months of your baby's life, it doesn't really matter what you read to him. True False6. Toddlers prefer books with busy illustrations and lots to look at. True False7. It's better to read lots of different books to your toddler than to repeat the same one overand over. True False8. It's important for parents to let their children get involved in the reading process, even at ayoung age. True False9. Trying to teach your child specific letters and numbers from the start will increase herenjoyment of reading. True False10. You can stop reading to your child once he's learned to read on his own. True False11. You have to be a good reader to help your baby enjoy reading. True False3-6 Participant’s Guide
Module 3: Read Touch. Talk. Read. Play. Participant’s GuideHow to Read to Baby5 QUESTIONS WHO should read to baby? WHEN should I read to baby? WHERE Should I read to baby? HOW Should I read to baby? WHAT Should I read to baby?3-7
Module 3: Read Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Baby Likes to Read Bedtime High BoardContrastBabyImage BooksRhyming Activity Picture Infants Older Toddlers Babies3-8 Participant’s Guide
Module 3: Read Touch. Talk. Read. Play.Read to Your Baby Instructions 1. Break into pairs or three teams. 2. Each person will draw a card and select a book based on age on card. 3. Once you select a book you may tell you partner what age you are reading for and ask her to confirm the book you selected as an age-appropriate book. 4. Identify the book, its characteristics, and tell what age it is geared to the listener. 5. Read the book according to its content and the age of the baby. 6. Read with appropriate voice tone for baby’s age and the story line of the book. 7. The listener should give you feedback on whether the baby felt a nurturing experience. 8. The trainer should select the best reader to read again for the class. 9. Give a prize to the best two readers and tell why they were selected.3-9 Participant’s Guide
Module 3: Read Touch. Talk. Read. Play.My PromiseThis module contained information to teach me to Describe the responsibilities of the occipital lobe. Explain how reading to baby affects his brain development. Describe ways to read to baby. Select age-appropriate books to read to baby. Demonstrate good reading voices for baby. Read age-appropriate books to baby. Commit to a plan of action that will positively affect your baby’s brain development.But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. Theywill soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 I promise and will use the information I learned in this training. I want to focus doing the following. 1. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________3-10 Participant’s Guide
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