Learning Opportunities

Play is a powerful means to enhance brain structure and function. It promotes learning, wellness, and healthy child development, but perhaps most importantly it supports the formation of positive, nurturing relationships with caregivers and educators. Building Brains Together has developed a curriculum of games for preschoolers- elementary school to be played with an adult (parent, caregiver, educator) based on evidence presented in the primary literature. Children who engage with this program show advances in cognitive development and particularly executive function compared to children who did not. Based on our findings both school divisions in Lethbridge use this approach in their preschool classrooms and it is now funded by the City of Lethbridge to promote resiliency in all citizens.