Start smart!: building brain power in the early years

"Start Smart!, Revised offers simple, straightforward information and ideas to boost brain power with active exploration, repetition, sensory exploration, laughter and more. Reflecting the latest research about how children learn, each chapter describes how and why the brain develops and explains how you can use the activities to give children the best foundation for future learning"--

Includes index.

Sniff, sniff : aromas and the brain -- Thinking it through : choices and the brain -- I feel blue : color and the brain -- Always across : cross-lateral movement and the brain -- I feel, I remember : emotions and the brain -- Hop, skip, jump : exercise and the brain -- Right and left : hemispheres and the brain -- Water, water, everywhere : hydration and the brain -- Laughter and learning : laughter and the brain -- I hear! I see! I do! : learning styles and the brain -- Touch, toss, turn, twirl : movement and the brain -- Start with a song : music and the brain -- The power of new : novelty and the brain -- Feeding the brain : nutrition and the brain -- Less is more! : overstimulation and the the brain -- More than plaids : patterns and the brain -- Try, try again : practice and the brain -- Solving problems : problem solving and the brain -- Praise or encouragement : rewards, praise, and the brain -- Spanish, Japanese, Vietnamese : second language learning and the brain -- What does it mean? : sense, meaning, and the brain -- The hand-brain connection : small muscles and the brain -- Calm, cool, and collected? : stress and the brain -- The good, the bad, and the unknown : techno…