Children’s brains grow strong when you help them stretch their learning further. Keep a moment going: ask your child a question that starts with what, when, where, how, or why!


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Stretch - Brain Building Basic

Stretch

Children’s brains light up when you talk, sing, or make sounds back and forth with them. So chat about your day, food, and what’s around you, or string sounds together for a fun conversation!


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Chat Brain Building Basic

Chat

Children use their eyes to learn. See what catches your child’s eye and talk about it. Or connect eye-to-eye, then smile, chat, hug, or make funny faces!

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Look - Brain Building Basic

Look

Young children learn best when you follow their lead. Tune into your child’s words, sounds, ideas, and movements! Then respond with your own words and actions.

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Follow - Brain Building Basic

Follow

Children learn from taking turns when you play, talk, or explore. After they go, take your turn. Then repeat: they go, you go, they go, you go!  

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Take Turns - Brain Building Basic

Take Turns

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Dr. Larry Aber

Professor of Cognitive Psychology, NYU Steinhardt

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Dr. Clancy Blair

Director, Center for Early Childhood Health & Development, NYU Langone

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Dr. Laurie Brotman

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Geoff Canada

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, University of British Columbia

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Dr. Adele Diamond

President and Founder of the Children’s Defense Fund 

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Marian Wright Edelman

Director, Language Learning Lab, Stanford University

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Dr. Anne Fernald

President, Families & Work Institute & Founder, Mind in the Making

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Ellen Galinsky

Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

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Dr. Alison Gopnik

Director, Human Developmental Psychobiology Lab, University of Minnesota

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Dr. Megan Gunnar

Director, Infant and Child Laboratory, Temple University

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Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Professor of Management Practice, University of Louisville

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Dr. Nat Irvin II

Co-Director, Institute of Learning & Brain Science, University of Washington

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Dr. Pat Kuhl

Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center 

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Dr. Joan Lombardi

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Dr. Megan McClelland

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Dr. Andy Meltzoff

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Life Skills that Promote Executive Function

Diamond, Adele. “Why Improving and Assessing Executive Functions Early in Life Is Critical.” Executive Function in Preschool-Age Children: Integrating Measurement, Neurodevelopment, and Translational Research., pp. 11–43.

Blair, Clancy, et al. “Two Approaches to Estimating the Effect of Parenting on the Development of Executive Function in Early Childhood.” Developmental Psychology, vol. 50, no. 2, 2014, pp. 554–565.

Allan, Nicholas P., et al. “Relations between Inhibitory Control and the Development of Academic Skills in Preschool and Kindergarten: A Meta-Analysis.” Developmental Psychology, vol. 50, no. 10, 2014, pp. 2368–2379.

Best, John R., et al. “Relations between Executive Function and Academic Achievement from Ages 5 to 17 in a Large, Representative National Sample.” Learning and Individual Differences, vol. 21, no. 4, 2011, pp. 327–336.

Back and Forth Interactions

Weisleder, Adriana, and Anne Fernald. “Talking to Children Matters.” Psychological Science, vol. 24, no. 11, Oct. 2013, pp. 2143–2152.

Brooks, Rechele, and Andrew N. Meltzoff. “Connecting the Dots from Infancy to Childhood: A Longitudinal Study Connecting Gaze Following, Language, and Explicit Theory of Mind.” Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, vol. 130, 2015, pp. 67–78.

Ramãrez-Esparza, Nairán, et al. “Look Who's Talking NOW! Parentese Speech, Social Context, and Language Development Across Time.” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 8, 2017

Positive Adult-Child Relationships

Groh, Ashley M., et al. “Attachment in the Early Life Course: Meta-Analytic Evidence for Its Role in Socioemotional Development.” Child Development Perspectives, vol. 11, no. 1, 2016, pp. 70–76.

Brotman, Laurie Miller, et al. “Effects of ParentCorps in Prekindergarten on Child Mental Health and Academic Performance.” JAMA Pediatrics, vol. 170, no. 12, Jan. 2016, p. 1149.

Bindman, Samantha W., et al. “Do Children's Executive Functions Account for Associations between Early Autonomy-Supportive Parenting and Achievement through High School?” Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 107, no. 3, 2015, pp. 756–770.

Emerging Research

Vroom Guide: Talking About Race with Young Children

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The Vroom Brain Building Basics (Look, Chat, Follow, Stretch, and Take Turns) are a distillation of the science behind Vroom. These accessable, action-oriented prompts for parents and caregivers are the foundation of Vroom Tips. The flyer illustrates the five concepts in a friendly way and creates a useful tool for introducing Vroom.

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An update of the Brain Story flyer, the Brain Building 101 flyer shares the same important scientific research behind Vroom in a new and more accessable way. Available here in a bilingual format: one side is English and the other side is Spanish.

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Strength-based, science focused, fun, and accessable. This awareness-building resource shares everything we love about Vroom without being focused on a single tool like the Vroom app or Vroom by Text. Great for first impressions and flexible awareness building!

Vroom Info Card

Celebrate parents as brain-builders from birth on! Great for those with a new baby but appropriate for all, this versitile info card includes the foundational science of Vroom, removable tip at the bottom, and detailed instructions to learn more. Sized to fit a #10 envelope or a standard brochure rack.

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Using the playful illustations of Vroom, Vroom Posters highlight everyday Brain Building Moments in action. With something for everyone, the Vroom Posters include a single call-to-action that includes the app, the Vroom website, and Vroom by Text.

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The time you spend with your child can help their brain grow strong. Even a few minutes count! These printable tip card sets include brain-building activities for children ages 0-5 to support critical life skills like Communicating, Listening, Self-Control, and Identity.

Vroom Tips: Life Skills

The time you spend with your child can help their brain grow strong. Even a few minutes count! These printable tip card sets include brain-building activities for children ages 0-5 to support school readiness skills like Literacy, Math, Physical Activity, Science, and Working with Others.

Vroom Tips: School Readiness

Easy and fun reminders to connect with children at home and return to moments of calm. These printable tip card sets include brain-building activities for children ages 0-5.

Vroom Tips for Stressful Times

The time you spend with your child can help their brain grow strong. Even a few minutes count! These printable tip card sets include brain-building activities for children ages 0-5.

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The time you spend with your child can help their brain grow strong. Even a few minutes count! These printable tip card sets include brain-building activities for children ages 0-1.


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The time you spend with your child can help their brain grow strong. Even a few minutes count! These printable tip card sets include brain-building activities for children ages 1-2.

Vroom Tips (Age 1-2)

The time you spend with your child can help their brain grow strong. Even a few minutes count! These printable tip card sets include brain-building activities for children ages 2-3.

Vroom Tips (Age 2-3)

The time you spend with your child can help their brain grow strong. Even a few minutes count! These printable tip card sets include brain-building activities for children ages 3-4.

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The time you spend with your child can help their brain grow strong. Even a few minutes count!These printable tip card sets include brain-building activities for children ages 4-5.

Vroom Tips (Age 4-5)

These print-at-home Tip sheets include a mix of Vroom Brain Building Activities™ for children from ages 0-5 years.

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