40 quick and easy brain-building activity ideas for two-year-olds
Two-year-olds learn best through fun interaction and play. These activity ideas support the development of all skill areas and cover language, physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development. Information on how these attentive and fun interactions help a child's brain develop is also included. Brain Insights activity cards are compact and portable, making it easy to jumpstart interactive play anywhere throughout the day.
Deborah McNelis is the owner of BrainInsights, a company dedicated to creating awareness and understanding of early brain development. She has also served as an early childhood brain specialist for the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families and as a family literacy coordinator at Waukesha County Technical College. She's been a kindergarten teacher and is an author, national speaker, and advocacy coordinator
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85% of brain development happens before children are five years old, which means that positive experiences and supportive, healthy environments in the early years are vital. These activity ideas provide adults with easy ways to enrich two-year-olds' brain development in the most beneficial ways. Originally sold to parents through the author's website, braininsights.myshopify.com, this laminated card set with a ring connector is now being branded with Redleaf Press. The card set contains 40 quick activity ideas that are affordable, convenient, and fun. All of the cards and activity ideas are written to a broad audience that includes parents, caregivers, educators, home visitors, social workers, and anyone else spending time with young children. The cards are compact and portable, making it easy for adults to bring them outdoors, on field trips or outings, at home, or in an early childhood setting. Parents and families will like these cards because they provide age-appropriate ideas for engaging interaction and play with children as they complete everyday tasks. Early childhood professionals will appreciate the cards because they place emphasis on supporting critical early learning and brain development. Each card includes an explanation of the way the activity enhances brain development.