Baby Scholars

Here is a picture of me and my team!!! we call ourselves the Master Builders because we help parents lay a firm foundation for their children...one that lasts a a lifetime! I'm the one in the shades :) !!!

This is a screen shot of a training of a tool we use as an assessment when we go into homes called the PICCOLO. This sums up why teaching parent responsiveness is so important.

Lay a Foundation

In my work, laying a foundation for young children is crucial. This should happen anywhere between the ages of infancy to 3 years old. You have up until age 5 to continue laying the foundation and then the window to laying the foundation closes. I'm an advocate for helping our parents lay a foundation for their children so we can build healthier and smarter children that will be ready for kindergarten.

In  Promises Kept, Beard, Brewster, and Stephenson (2013) describes what laying a foundation entails:

      Almost every child has the potential to grow, learn, and thrive. The nature
      of the relationships he has with his closest caregivers and the experiences
      he has when he's in their care strongly determine how much his potential
      he actually achieves. In fact, science now tells us that a child's brain
      develops not only because cells replicate and synapses spark on their
      own, but also because the interactions he has with his caregivers and the
      environments he's in helps to construct and shape it. (p.38)