Below you will find links to many sites and articles that talk about baby brain development and research. It’s exciting to have so much information. Baby Power – Wow!
Newsweek/MSNBC’s article “Are ‘Brainy’ Toys for Babies a Waste of Money?
http://www.newsweek.com/id/35413
Brain Development from the Multnomah County Library
http://www.multcolib.org/birthtosix/braindev.html
Hennepin County Library’s – Birth to 6 – Early Literacy site
http://www.hclib.org/BirthTo6/EarlyLit.cfm
The American Library’s Association’s Parent Guide to Literacy Pre-Talkers: Birth – 2
http://www.ala.org/ala/pla/plaissues/earlylit/workshopsparent/
pargeearlytalker.pdf
Building Baby’s Brain
http://www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/current/FACS01-3.html
Building Baby’s Brain: The Basics
http://www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/current/FACS01-1.html
Better Brains for Babies and Reading Your Baby’s Brain
http://www.fcs.uga.edu/extension/bbb
Baby Talk: Silly Sounds That Carry Read Impact
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/12/
AR2007031200348.html
Zero to Three – click the “Find Out” drop down and then click on “Brain Development” and “Early Language and Literacy”
http://www.zerotothree.org
Building Baby’s Brain: The Role of Music
http://www.educationoasis.com/resources/Articles/building_babys_brain.htm
Nurturing Your Baby’s Brain
http://www.4children.org/news/701deve.htm
A Joint Project for the Public Library Association and the Association of Library Service for Children (Every Child Ready to Read @ your library) Background Research: Bonding with Babies Through Books and relevant research
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/ECRR/researcha/researchbyagelevel/
birthtoagetwo/BirthtoAgeTwo.htm
Talaris Research Institute’s Early Learning Timeline
http://www.talaris.org/timeline.htm
Building Baby’s Intelligence: Why Infant Stimulation is Important
http://www.envisagedesign.com/ohbaby/smart.html
Be sure to check the related reading links also found on this page
PBS The Secret Life of the Brain, Episode I : The Baby’s Brain
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/episode1/index.html
Wisconsin Council on Children & Families: The Fact’s About Baby’s Brain
http://www.wccf.org/projects/babysbrain.html
The Cincinnati Post – Brain Child: A Primer for Developing Baby’s Brain
http://www.cincypost.com/news/brainchild/news_brain4primer.html
CNN – How to Boost Babies’ Brain Power
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/parenting/11/14/smart.babies/
index.html
Building Your Baby’s Brain: A Parent’s Guide to the First Five Years
http://www.teachingstrategies.com/content/pageDocs/buildingbaby.pdf
