Secure attachments determine how the child's brain will grow and develop. Loving your child is important. How you pay attention to and touch your baby or the baby in your care makes a difference in brain development. By rocking, talking, touching, singing, and smiling you make a difference. These responses shape the learning and behavior of your children.
Children learn about the world through their senses.
They feel, smell, taste, hear, see. It is important for parents and caregivers to respond to children by rocking, talking, touching, singing and smiling. When you look into the baby's eyes, the baby sees the look on your face. The baby hears the singing, reading, talking and cooing. Babies feel you holding or rocking them.