After watching the videos on brain architecture, plasticity, and understanding the impact of the environment on a child, how does this information impact you as a teacher?

The ability of the brain to change with experience it’s called brain plasticity. Most parts of the brain are plastic or changeable by experience at different times.

Sensitive periods are times in which the brain is changeable by experiences. During these sensitive periods is that normal positive experiences can lead to a healthy and strong brain architecture, framework. For instance: playing games, walking, preschool, reading to a child, conversations with a child, family talks, family meals, family trips, walks to the park, building sand castles, completing puzzles, making bubbles, dancing, singing, camping, family lessons, family gatherings, rewards, and consequences, etc.

 If normal experiences are absent, the brain foundation and architecture will fracture, and it will require positive experiences to fix the problem.

Children’s brains are in development, and as an educator we need to provide them with plenty enjoyable activities, that will allow them to create good memories and experiences for a healthy adult life. They learn more when they play and when they are loved, at that age their brains can be shaped and changeable, more than adult brains during special periods. The only way to improve the world’s future is by shaping and raising loved and responsible children. 

If children are raised by T.V., inappropriate music for their age, devices, applications, and only technology, lack of attention, and the absence of nurturing parents this will affect any individuals' capacity to function, and behave properly.

Parents also need to be educated of the consequences of not providing enough positive experiences for a child's age, in order to assure and guarantee a proper, normal childhood.

Policy makers and governments need to raise quality of life to allow citizens to nurture children more, spend more time with them, specially during the first two years of life, and all through childhood. This in the future could only generate revenue, moral values, and a sustained society & economy.