WHAT SCIENCE SAYS

Discover what's going on in your children's incredible brains

During childhood , the brain has incredible cerebral plasticity.

Like modeling clay, it sculpts, reorganizes, and adapts with great ease in response to lived experiences.

This capacity , which is at its maximum during the first years, lays the foundations for the future.

With every experience, interaction or discovery , the child's brain creates connections between its neurons .

During the first few years, more than a million connections are formed every second !

Each repeated experience strengthens these connections , like a path in the forest that is traced by repeated passages.

As the brain grows, it sorts through connections: connections associated with the most repeated experiences become stronger , while others weaken or disappear.

This process, called synaptic pruning , aims to optimize neural circuits to make the brain more efficient and adapted to individual needs.

What a child experiences on a daily basis matters: these ordinary moments, often perceived as trivial, can become powerful levers or obstacles for their development.

Everyday life has immense power. Cooking with family, talking, setting the table...

These simple gestures are real brain development workshops.

These moments not only create memories, they also build the essential foundations of learning, social relationships and many other aspects of life.

Genes provide a basic plan.

BUT this plan is constantly readjusting itself based on daily interactions and experiences.