#AreYoukiddingme?
This campaign highlights little-known facts about early childhood development that stop us in our tracks and make us do a double take. “Are you kidding me?”
We know 100% of parents have questions about their growing children. We hope this series can help direct you to some of Florida’s excellent resources for parents.
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Please feel free to download and share the full #AreYouKiddingMe? PDFs below. We hope they can be a helpful resource for you.
AYKM 1: Babies laugh 300 times a day
AYKM 2: Two-year olds add 10 new words a day
AYKM 3: Children ask 300 questions per day
AYKM 4: Newborn babies recognize their mother’s smell and voice
AYKM 5: Most 1-year-olds are ambidextrous
AYKM 6: The average American baby starts watching TV at 5 months old
AYKM 7: 11% of children in the United States have been diagnosed with ADHD
AYKM 8: Babies need to go to the doctor six times in their first year
AYKM 9: Toddlers develop 700 new neural connections every second
AYKM 10: Children develop impulse control at age three
AYKM 11: 85% of brain growth happens by age three
AYKM 12: Children learn up to 12,000 new words each year from reading
AYKM 13: 58% of Florida parents or caregivers tell stories or sing to their children everyday
AYKM 14: Babies recognize songs they heard in the womb up to four months after birth
AYKM 15: Ratio of books to babies in low- and middle-income areas
AYKM 16: Academic success is linked to the number of words children hear as infants
AYKM 17: Active play among children has plummeted 50% in the last 40 years
AYKM 18: In the last ten years, the number of children diagnosed with autism has doubled
AYKM 19: Babies start forming memories as young as 3 months
AYKM 21: Learning to share is a skill that only develops by age three or four
AYKM 22: Laughter has healing powers for a child’s mental health
AYKM 24: Autism looks different in boys and girls
AYKM 26: Children’s self esteem can be boosted by their sense of humor
AYKM 27: 42% of Florida’s third-grade students cannot read at grade level
AYKM 28: 1 in 5 children have a learning and attention issue, but many are not formally identified
AYKM 30: 9 in 10 teachers spend at least 3 weeks reteaching lessons at the beginning of the year
AYKM 31: Children’s self-regulation skills are correlated with their academic skills
AYKM 33: A child will spend 40 percent of his or her childhood asleep.
AYKM 34: 14% of children under age 6 co-reside with a grandparent.
AYKM 35: Children who are read to frequently are more likely to read or pretend to read.
AYKM 38: More than 15 million children in our country struggle with hunger.
AYKM 40: Babies are born with a reflex that helps protect them from choking on food.
AYKM 41: Handwashing with soap could protect about 1 in 5 young children from pneumonia.