With shorter days and longer nights, December is an ideal month to help encourage kids and teens (and parents, too) to get plenty of restful sleep. After all, adequate sleep not only refreshes the body, but also allows the brain to process the day’s events, strengthen memories and possibly gain new insights into learned activities. […]
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Power Your Child’s Learning with Protein
For your child’s brain to work at its best, their body needs protein. That’s because protein contains amino acids—tiny building blocks the body can’t make on its own but needs to create important brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. Since these brain chemicals are critical for mental function, making sure your child gets enough protein every day […]
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The Power of Sleep for Learning
Sleep and memory experts have long known that sleep offers benefits for learning, but not just any sleep. The sleep that helps your child perform better in the classroom is called REM sleep, deep sleep characterized by rapid eye movements. Throughout the night, we tend to alternate between memory-boosting REM sleep and non-REM sleep every […]