Discuss the key findings on brain developments that have implications for the early childhood classroom.
Explain the windows of opportunity in relationship to emotional intelligence, motor development, vision, early sounds, thinking skills, and the acquisition of a second language.
Identify aromas that increase the ability to learn, create, and think.
Plan activities that include aromas.
Describe the impact of color on mood and behavior for red, yellow, blue, green, off-white, brown, and beige.
Summarize the mind and body cycles and the brain and apply to short-term memory, long-term memory, slow time, intellectual performance, and reading.
Plan activities for using emotions to build brain power.
Explain why hydration is important for the brain.
Create activities from building brainpower with hydration.
Discuss the importance of laughter for learning.
Discuss the importance of cross-lateral movement and the brain.
Identify exercises that require cross-lateral movement for individual and groups of preschool children.
List and describe Gardner’s eight types of multiple intelligences.
Explain how music plays a profound role in brain development.
List classroom ideas for integrating music to build brain power.
Describe how novelty, nutrition, rewards and punishment, praise and encouragement, and patterns impact the brain.
