Brain Building Blogs

Engaging in Early Language and Literacy Activities: Toddlers
This week’s blog will provide parents and caregivers with an overview of oral language development, pre-reading development, and pre-writing development for the toddler stage.

Engaging in Early Language and Literacy Activities: Infancy
Starting at infancy, parents and caregivers model the pleasure that reading and writing bring by making time to read with their child, engaging in conversations about the text and the illustrations, providing materials and opportunities to write and in celebrating the joy that each literacy encounter brings. In today’s blog, Dr. Noella Piquette shares several early language and literacy activities to engage in with your child during infancy.

Engaging in Early Language and Literacy Activities: The Start
Parents and caregivers play a vital role in the young child’s language and literacy development. Over the next few blog posts, Dr. Noella Piquette will provide information for parents and caregivers to facilitate their child’s language and literacy development.

Emotional Literacy
Is it true that happy people live longer? Read about emotional literacy and learn how it impacts our mental wellbeing and physical health.

Understanding Emergent Literacy
Being able to communicate and to take in communication is a crucial developmental skill that is necessary in all aspects of one’s academic and social life.