{"id":5552,"date":"2014-10-01T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/?p=5552"},"modified":"2014-10-01T00:14:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T06:14:05","slug":"brain-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/brain-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for something new to offer your young families? Something ready-to-go and research-based to support early learning? Do you have a little money or grant funding? <\/p>\n

What about a Brain Box? <\/p>\n

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In 2013, my library hosted Dr Jill Stamm, the founder and director of the New Directions<\/a> Institute for Infant Brain Development. She came and spoke with parents and again with staff about her research and her book, Bright From the Start<\/a>. It was a great program and I recommend reading her book–there’s lots of good information about healthy brain development for babies and toddlers. <\/p>\n

Through Dr Stamm we learned about the Brain Boxes<\/a> developed by the Institute. They are activity sets carefully designed for different ages: infants, babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. They include materials and instructions to foster the caregiver-child interaction that builds healthy brains. <\/p>\n

They’re on the expensive side, but there’s lots of research behind them, and you could easily spend an equivalent amount of money in staff time putting something similar together in-house. We bought a set after Dr Stamm visited, set up a set of procedures for our staff for inventorying and managing all the pieces, and got them in the catalog. In a year, they have NEVER been on the shelf. They’ve been a great addition to our collection and offer a unique early learning experience for our families. <\/p>\n

What interesting early learning materials does your library circulate?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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