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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I just read this article that was shared on ALA’s Association of Library Services to Children’s listserv and thought some of you might be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Suskind, D. (2019, September 26).
<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2019/09/26/what-cutting-edge-neuroscience-tells-us-about-early-childhood-development/">
What cutting-edge neuroscience tells us about early childhood development</a> [Web log post]. Retrieved from Brown Center Chalkboard.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Here are some key points I copied and pasted from the article:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">the single most important component to brain development is the relationship between a baby and her caretaker, with parent language at the heart of that relationship.
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Parent language</span></em>, it is important to note, refers not just to the words a parent speaks to a child, but also the quality of the parent-child interaction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The linguistic serve-and-return in the baby-caretaker relationship is a key factor in learning. Its importance cannot be emphasized enough<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[Two recent] studies found that the effect of conversational turns was greater than the effect of the number of words heard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Parent language, understood this way, has been found to influence an individual’s ability to reach their fullest potential in math, spatial reasoning, and literacy, their ability
to regulate their behavior, their reaction to stress, their perseverance, and even their moral fiber.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The period from birth to age three is especially critical to this process. Unlike any other organ, the brain is unfinished at birth and its development is dependent on two major
factors: genetics and early experience, and their lifelong effects on one another.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:lime;mso-highlight:lime">We, as a society, must prioritize making the information available to all families.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">--Katie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> alsc-l-request@lists.ala.org [mailto:alsc-l-request@lists.ala.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Betsy Diamant-Cohen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 27, 2019 11:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ALSC Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alsc-l] What cutting edge neuroscience tells us about early childhood development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here's a wonderful article by Dr. Dana Suskind, published in the Brookings Institute blog yesterday:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2019/09/26/what-cutting-edge-neuroscience-tells-us-about-early-childhood-development/" target="_blank">https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2019/09/26/what-cutting-edge-neuroscience-tells-us-about-early-childhood-development/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Betsy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#38761D;background:white">Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen, Executive Director, </span><span style="color:#38761D">Mother Goose on the Loose, LLC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#38761D;background:white">Author,
<i><a href="https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/mother-goose-loose-updated" target="_blank">Mother Goose on the Loose, Updated</a> </i>(ALA, 2019)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#38761D;background:white">Author,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#BD1398">Winner of the 2018 Alexandre Vattemare Award for Creativity in Libraries</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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