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Why the Toddler Years Matter So Much for Brain Development

August 1, 2022 Madeleine Vieira
Toddler having a picnic with soft toys

If you have a toddler, you’ve witnessed firsthand how incredibly active they are and how fast they learn! So many amazing milestones are reached during the toddler years — from walking to talking to using their fingers to eat.

Toddlers can be larger than life. With their big feelings, bigger tantrums, and daily skill acquisition — you may be marveling at all the new things they’re learning and doing.

Every day is different with a toddler. And it’s in part because their brains are so incredibly malleable and developing at a wildly rapid pace.

So what’s going on inside that genius little mind of theirs?

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In Childhood Mental Health, Toddler Mental Health Tags Why the Toddler Years Matter So Much for Brain Development, toddlers, toddler development, toddler milestones, big feelings, toddler tantrums, skills acquisition, toddler brain, toddler brain development, neuroplasticity, toddler experiences, critical period, sensitive period, pruning, emotional intelligence, growth mindset, naming feelings, praising toddlers, praising process, praising outcome, Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, preoperational stage of development

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