Impact of Relationships on Child Development
This blog looks at how the quality of attachment relationship with the primary caregiver, play, social interactions, and language environment are crucial aspects that shape a child’s cognitive, emotional, and social development.
Childhood Bilingualism
This week’s Blog looks at important findings that we can use to inform the ways we speak to, work with, and understand bilingual children.
Music Comes Naturally to Children
Children respond to music at a very early age. Infants can be soothed by music. Young toddlers naturally move their bodies to the beat of the music. Read more about music and child development in this week’s blog and learn some tips to promote music participation at home.
Traditional Land Based Teachings
William Singer lll shares traditional land based teachings with us in this week’s blog. We have so much to learn!
Niitsitapi Values
Blackfoot elders describe Niitsitapi values as those that make for a good life and an orderly life. Learn more about these important values in this week’s blog.
The Creator’s Game
In this week’s blog post Chad Chief Moon teaches us about the histroy and tradition behind the game of Lacrosse - also known as The Creator’s Game.
Three Things I Learned While Working with Building Brains Together
Building Brains Together is pleased to hire local high school and University students each summer to engage with our community, share child development information, resources, and play! In this week’s blog, hear from one of our students shares what they’ve learned working with BBT over the past four summers.
The Importance of Children Playing with People of all Ages
Who should a child play with? This week’s blog looks at the benefits of children having playmates of all ages.
Incorporating BBT Games Into Family Routines
Building Brains games can be used to strengthen executive functioning skills on a daily basis. In this blog find ideas on how you can integrated our games into your daily lives!
The Power of Play…for ALL Ages!
Play looks different to different people. While some types of play may have slightly different benefits than others, the main idea is the same: have fun! This week’s blog is all about the power of play.
How to Recognize and Support Teens with Anxiety
This week’s blog focuses on how anxiety impacts adolescents and their brains, common symptoms of anxiety disorders, and what caregivers and educators can do to help support teens with anxiety.
Let’s Talk About Physical Literacy!
In this week's blog post we will define and discuss Physical Literacy — a critical concept for the promotion of life-long healthy physical activity habits. We will also provide ideas, and resources to help you facilitate the development of physical literacy in your children this summer!
How Sexuality and Gender Identity Develop in Adolescence
As many people know, June is 2SLGBTQ+ Pride Month, so to bring awareness to issues facing our children as well as work towards creating a more inclusive environment, this week’s blog post will discuss how sexuality and gender identity develop in adolescence and explore ways to support 2SLGBTQ+ youth.
Healthy Body Image
Summer has arrived! The season of wearing clothing like shorts and tank tops to stay cool and spending hours by the pool or at the beach. Read through this post for a few suggestions on what can be done to promote healthy body image!
Coping with Summer Stress
Despite the warmer weather and the sunnier days, stress is still prevalent in the summer months. This Blog post offers suggestions on how to combat summer stress!
ADHD: Not Just a “Boy’s Disorder”
In this week’s blog post, we explore the neurodevelopmental condition attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and how it impacts males and females differently.
How to Foster Healthy Emotional Development in Young Children
This week our blog will give you some information on how to help facilitate the healthy development of your young child’s emotional competency.
Maintaining Indigenous Parenting in a Modern World
“To understand traditional parenting of children, one must firstly understand the Blackfoot ways of knowing and how the indigenous people used to live together as a community of their tribes, their land and animals within the universe”.
Mindfulness: What is it?
Mindfulness is a common strategy to use for coping and looks different for everyone. Read this week’s blog post to learn more about what mindfulness is and check out the many links to mindfulness exercises.
Using Building Brains Together Curriculum in the Preschool-Aged Classroom
Building Brains Together (BBT) has developed some specific activities to enhance executive function in three and four-year old children attending preschool-aged programs.