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During the first three years of life, children are building the circuits in the brain that will be the foundation for learning and emotional response throughout the rest of their lives. 

To help parents nurture their children’s brains, HealthPartners has created a campaign called Little Moments that promotes playing, reading, talking and singing with infants and toddlers. That’s one of the ideas that host Angela Davis discussed recently with a panel of experts and a live audience in MPR’s UBS Forum in St. Paul.

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During the first three years of life, children are building the circuits in the brain that will be the foundation for learning and emotional response throughout the rest of their lives. To help parents nurture their children’s brains, HealthPartners has created a campaign that promotes playing, reading, talking and singing with infants and toddlers. 

During the first three years of a person's life children are building the circuits in the brain that will be the foundation for learning and emotional response throughout the rest of their lives. To help parents nurture their children’s brains, HealthPartners has created a campaign called Little Moments that promotes playing, reading, talking and singing with infants and toddlers. That’s one of the ideas that Angela Davis discussed recently with a panel of experts and a live audience in MPR’s UBS Forum. 

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