365 Amazing Days
There is an unmatched window of opportunity in the first 365 days to maximize your baby’s development. Healthy loving stimulation can help your infant to add 1 million or more neural connections each second! This builds strong brain circuits that will serve them for life.
Babies develop vision, hearing, language, and thinking in a predictable order, but each baby is also unique and progresses on their own timeline.
Image Source: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/inbrief-science-of-ecd/
RRSC has compiled a variety of resources about the first year of life on our website. There are short videos, print materials to view or download, and links to other sites and apps. All these resources are free.
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365 Amazing Days Resources
If your baby is not yet born, you might start by viewing these eight short videos:
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The first three videos under Hello Baby!
- The first five videos under Reach Out and Read.
Hello Baby!
Reach Out and Read
STARS (Singing, Talking and Reading for Success)
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Video: Robyn invitation to STARS
VROOM
Books
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Developmentally appropriate books for baby’s first year
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Culturally appropriate books for baby’s first year
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Tips for sharing books in baby’s first year
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Library card information
365 Amazing Days was created by Raising Readers in Story County with grant funds from Story County Community Foundation.