Baby Brain: Growth and Development

from day one and babies are born learning their brains are growing and developing at an amazing rate in the first five years faster than any other time in life and how a child's brain develops in these early years will have a huge and lasting impact on their future at birth a baby brain is only a quarter of the size of an adult brain but will double in size during the first year by age 3 it will grow to almost 80% of adult size and 90% by the time a child starts kindergarten and while the brain is growing in size it's also forming billions of connections these connections between brain cells are what really make the brain work and as the child grows and develops the brain cells connect with each other in more complex ways different areas are responsible for different abilities but they're all interconnected they all contribute to the child's overall health and well-being these early brain connections set the stage for higher-level skills to develop later on like motivation focus problem-solving in getting along with others things that really make a difference in a person's ability to learn and do well in school and in life [Music] you