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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)
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Early Brain and Child Development 101: Why Peekaboo Matters
For Medical Students and Residents In medical school, we learn the science behind health and disease. How do nephrons filter blood that runs through the network of capillaries in the glomerulus, and what disease occurs when that process goes awry? How do myocytes conduct electricity, and how do aberrations in…
![Early Brain and Child Development 101: Why Peekaboo Matters](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/gettyimages-1142551892-scaled.jpg)
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Executive Function: Information for Providers
This handout helps explain what executive function skills are, why they are important and how supporting their development can promote healthy child and adolescent development.
![Executive Function: Information for Providers](https://pediatrics.developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/iStock-efproviders.jpg)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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)
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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)
![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)
![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)