Summary T4 Assignment Brain.docx Brain Function Grand Canyon University The brain has an important job in the formation of language and math skills. This essay will explain which parts of the brain are accessed to perform these tasks and how this knowledge

T4 Assignment B Brain Function Grand Canyon University The brain has an important job in the formation of language and math skills. This essay will explain which parts of the brain are accessed to perform these tasks and how this knowledge can be applied in the classroom. From infancy, the brain can respond to sounds and at birth respond to the sound of their mothers voice, not words. Then, small parts of sound called phonemes that are repeated activate neurons in the babys brain so by one year of age, the baby can remember these phonemes (Sousa, 2017). After one year of age, the brain attaches meaning to words and acquires about ten words per day. By age three and through exposure of language, grammar is refined and most language function moves to the left hemisphere of the brain where the Broca and Wernickes area are located. This is where most language processing occurs (Sousa, 2017). By the