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Handout
Caregiver Handouts: Games and Activities that Build Brains and Executive Function Skills
Here you’ll find handouts with suggestions for games and activities to do with children of different ages. They can be shared at well child visits or when caregivers are looking for support with behavior. These activities can promote child-caregiver bonding, executive function skills, and build children’s brains through play.
![Caregiver Handouts: Games and Activities that Build Brains and Executive Function Skills](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/iStock-toddlerchore1.jpg)
![Staying Active for Caregivers Handout](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/iStock-stayingactive.jpg)
![Value of Routines for Caregivers Handout](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/iStock-routine.jpg)
![100 Ways to Bond with your Child Handout](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/larry-crayton-hOiDpAZ8Pok-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
![Positive Parenting Handout](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AdobeStock_328877754-scaled.jpg)
Handout
How to Help Families and Staff Build Resilience During the Covid-19 Outbreak
What can we do to build up and strengthen resilience during the COVID-19 outbreak? How can we build resilience to plan ahead for future times of crisis? This resource, with practical tips and suggestions for providers looking to support caregivers and each other, presents three science-based ways that we can…
![How to Help Families and Staff Build Resilience During the Covid-19 Outbreak](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AdobeStock_371931782-scaled.jpg)
Third Party Link
How to Motivate Children: Science-Based Approaches for Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers
How to Motivate Children: Science-Based Approaches for Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers…
![How to Motivate Children: Science-Based Approaches for Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-1.jpg)
Third Party Link
A Guide to Serve and Return: How Your Interaction with Children Can Build Brains
This page contains a collection of resources about the concept of “serve and return” interactions. It includes an introduction to the basics of serve and return and the science behind it and includes videos that can be shared with caregivers about how serve and return interactions build brains. For…
![A Guide to Serve and Return: How Your Interaction with Children Can Build Brains](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-1.jpg)
![Building Core Capabilities for Life](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-purple-reading.jpg)
Brief
InBrief: The Foundations of Lifelong Health
This brief summarizes essential scientific findings from the Center publications, “The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood”.
![InBrief: The Foundations of Lifelong Health](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-brief.jpg)
![InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-brief.jpg)
![InBrief: The Impact of Early Adversity on Children’s Development](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-brief.jpg)
![InBrief: The Science of Neglect](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-brief.jpg)
![InBrief: Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare SystemsÂ](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-brief.jpg)
![InBrief: Early Childhood Mental Health](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-brief.jpg)
![InBrief: Understanding the Science of Motivation](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-brief.jpg)
![InBrief: Executive Function: Skills for Life and LearningÂ](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-brief.jpg)
![InBrief: The Science of Resilience](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-brief.jpg)
Third Party Link
Genes, Environments, and Time: The Biology of Adversity and ResilienceÂ
This February 2021 article by Tom Boyce, Pat Levitt, Fernando Martinez, Bruce McEwen and Jack Shonkoff article in the journal Pediatrics is one of two companion pieces. The article uses a gene-environment-time framework to look at the roles of genetic variation, environmental context, and developmental timing as they relate to…
![Genes, Environments, and Time: The Biology of Adversity and ResilienceÂ](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image.jpg)
Third Party Link
Leveraging the Biology of Adversity and Resilience to Transform Pediatric Practice
This February 2021 article by Jack P. Shonkoff, Thomas Boyce, Pat Levitt, Fernando D. Martinez and Bruce McEwen is one of two companion pieces in the journal Pediatrics. The article highlights how the different outcomes experienced by children are shaped by ongoing adaptations to context that begin very early and…
![Leveraging the Biology of Adversity and Resilience to Transform Pediatric Practice](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image.jpg)
Working Paper
Supportive Relationships and Active Skill-Building Strengthen the Foundations of Resilience
This working paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child explains how supportive relationships with adults help children develop resilience, or the set of skills needed to respond to adversity and thrive.
![Supportive Relationships and Active Skill-Building Strengthen the Foundations of Resilience](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/WP13.jpg)
Third Party Link
Building Babies’ Brains Through Play: Mini Parenting Master Class
Building Babies’ Brains Through Play: Mini Parenting Master Class…
![Building Babies’ Brains Through Play: Mini Parenting Master Class](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-1.jpg)
Third Party Link
Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It
Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It…
![Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-1.jpg)
![Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-1.jpg)
![How Children and Adults Can Build Core Capabilities for Life](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-5.43.49-PM.jpg)
![InBrief: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-brief.jpg)
![FrameWorks: Framing the Overload Metaphor](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-infographics.jpg)
![5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-purple-infographics.jpg)
![What We Can Do About Toxic Stress](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-purple-infographics.jpg)
![What Is Inflammation? And Why Does It Matter for Child Development?](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-purple-infographics.jpg)
![How Racism Can Affect Child Development](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-purple-infographics.jpg)
![Epigenetics and Child Development: How Children’s Experiences Affect their Genes](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-teal-infographics.jpg)
![ACEs and Toxic Stress: Frequently Asked Questions](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-purple-infographics.jpg)
![What is Executive Function? And How Does it Relate to Child Development?](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/icon-purple-infographics.jpg)