Several of the speakers at this Friday's early childhood summit will focus on the science of how young children learn and thrive.
"There's new knowledge that's waiting to be used," said Jack P. Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. He added that there have been new studies on how poverty affects young children.
"There is no question that the time that is the most vulnerable to the stresses of poverty is early childhood," said Shonkoff, who said it's appropriate that the summit is being held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, since economic issues can directly affect young children's health and opportunities for success in life.
"There are new things to say about how poverty affects a developing brain," he said. "It's not the same old story."
Michael Yogman, board chairman of Boston Children's Museum, agreed that recent scientific advances have much to offer about early childhood development.
"We're learning a lot about the way the brain develops in the first three years of life. It's the 'how' of learning, as opposed to the content of learning," he said.
Yogman said he'll use his time at the summit to try to convince the audience of business and civic leaders that young children's playtime is not frivolous, but brain-building.
"Playtime has a certain gravitas to it," he said.
"It is much easier to lay a solid foundation in a young child's brain for long-term success than it is to try to go back and fix it later," Yogman added.
The Early Childhood Summit 2013 will also celebrate the 100th birthday of the Boston Children's Museum.
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