nu — Practice Grows Your Brain

A brain grows bigger and gets more stars each time you practice

Hi there! Welcome to a lesson about your amazing brain.

Did you know your brain gets stronger when you practice? It is a little bit like a muscle!

When you do something again and again, your brain grows. Zipping a coat. Stacking blocks. Saying a rhyme. The more you try, the better you get!

Let's learn how practice helps YOU grow.

Think about something you could not do before. Then you tried, and tried, and you got better!

What is something you got better at by doing it again and again?

Sometimes when we try, we make a mistake. The blocks fall down. The zipper gets stuck. That is okay!

Mistakes are not bad. Mistakes help you learn! When something goes wrong, your brain figures out how to do it better next time.

Even grown-ups make mistakes. Everybody does. The important thing is you keep trying.

What can you do when you make a mistake, like when your blocks fall down?

Some things are tricky. They feel hard at first. Zipping a coat all by yourself is tricky. Saying a whole rhyme is tricky.

When something feels tricky and you keep trying anyway, your brain grows the MOST! Tricky things make you strong.

It is okay if it takes many tries. Slow and again and again. You can do hard things!

Can you think of something that is tricky for you, that you want to keep practicing?

Sometimes a grown-up, a big kid, or a helper machine can do a thing FOR you. That is nice and fast!

But here is a secret: when someone does it for you, YOUR brain does not grow. When YOU try it yourself, you get stronger!

So even when it is slow, it is good to try it yourself first. Zip your own coat. Stack your own blocks. Say your own rhyme. That is how you grow!

Why is it good to try a thing yourself, even when someone could do it for you?