HONOLULU (KHON2) — The first five years of a child’s life are everything. For Our Keiki shares simple, practical tips to boost your child’s development from birth to five years old.
When it comes to brain development, the first five years are more powerful than most of us ever realize.
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Before baby’s first word or first step, something extraordinary is already happening behind the scenes. Their brain – tiny but mighty – is growing at a pace it will never match again.
“They come born with like 86 million neurons in their brain. So you’re going to see rapid growth. because by age one, it’s 75%, by age three, it’s 80% and by age five, we already have 90% of our brain as far as size goes,” said Cherilyn Shiinoki, executive director at Family Hui…