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The ABCs of Safe Sleep

Safe Sleep content courtesy of Cribs for Kids®.
A Your baby sleeps safest while sleeping ALONE, for every nap and at every bedtime.
B Your baby should always be put to sleep on their BACK, never on their tummy or on their side, for every nap and at every bedtime.
C Your baby should sleep in a CRIB, bassinet, or play yard for every nap and at every bedtime.
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decline in infant deaths once parents began placing their babies on their back to sleep instead of their tummy.
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how long your baby's crib, play yard, or bassinet should be set up in your bedroom.
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Brain Development

Brain Development

During the first 5-years

25%

Birth

75%

2-Years

90%

5-Years

Support your child's healthy brain development

Early experiences can translate into school readiness, academic success, and lifetime well-being.

– Nobel Prize winner James Heckman

Talk

Talking with children helps them learn oral language, one of the most critical early literacy skills.

Read

Reading together, or shared reading, remains the single most effective way to help children become proficient readers.

Sing

Includes rhyming, and increase children’s awareness of and sensitivity to the sounds in words.

Write

Writing and reading go together. Writing helps children learn that letters and words stand for sounds and that print has meaning.

Play

Children learn how to express themselves, the meaning of words, and other early literacy skills by playing.

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