The importance of early education

Brain development is fastest in the 2-3 years after birth, the brain weight at birth is 350-400 grams, which is 25% of the adult brain weight; at 6 months, it is twice as heavy as the birth, accounting for 50% of the adult brain weight; at 2 years old, the brain weight is 3 times as heavy as the birth, accounting for about 75% of the adult brain weight; at 3 years old, it is close to the adult brain weight, and later the development rate slows down. Brain development and the external environment, education is closely related. Chimpanzees similar to humans live in the dark for 16 months after birth, their retinal nerve cells withered a lot, and then to the bright environment can not recover, the darkness makes them permanently blind. Studies on cats and rats have also demonstrated that if they are born in an extremely monotonous environment, their cerebral cortex atrophies, brain weight decreases, and connections between nerve cells are reduced. The same is true for humans, where good education during the first 2-3 years of life has an important impact on stimulating the development of brain function and structure, as well as in physiological and biochemical aspects. Therefore, it is important to seize the critical period of intellectual development of infants and toddlers and to take advantage of their neurological brain sensitivity for early education. Infancy is a critical period for mental development and learning, and the younger the age, the faster the development. Under the age of three, especially under the age of one, the child’s intelligence develops rapidly. This is the easiest time to gain knowledge and behavioral experience, and this is also a critical period for learning. There is a lot of potential in life, if not given rich environmental stimulation, so that these potentials come into play, their potential will fade and never stimulate the early education of each day is very important, scientific research has confirmed that the newborn child is not just eating milk and sleep, in fact, there are visual, auditory, gustatory, tactile. The richer the stimulation received, the stronger the brain function. Therefore, scientific, systematic and benign education can maximize the development of the child’s potential, saving time and effort, and getting twice the result with half the effort. The early experiences of the brain are important. The phrase “window of opportunity” is often used to describe the importance of early experiences. This term gives the impression that there are special stages in which learning must occur as soon as possible or the opportunity will be lost forever. What is known is that there are general time frames during which learning is easier and more efficient than at other times. For example, the visual-auditory system needs environmental input during the first few months of life in order for the brain to form “normal” synaptic connections. The language processing centers must hear the sounds of the language during the first few years of bonding so that the brain can process and recognize the specific sounds of a language. As a parent, you don’t have to worry about when this window opens and closes. You just have to make sure your child has a rich environment to grow up in. Early education can make your child have 5 qualities: 1, the brain is flexible, the left and right hemispheres are better developed, as shown by quick thinking, rich imagination, brain function is more sound and developed. 2, have a more fit body, love to play and sports, have a good life performance rules and health habits. 3.Have a wide range of intellectual interests, including games, observation, questioning, expression, thinking, operation, literacy, reading, calculation and foreign language learning. Have a vigorous desire to learn. 4.Have good character qualities, including motivation, self-confidence, courage, self-care, love of work, good communication, care for others, and compassion. 5.Love beautiful things, including love of music and dance, love of art and modeling, love of nature and beautiful things in life, behavior, language, etc. Paying attention to the early education of children and promoting the development of their brains has become the consensus of every parent, so how to promote the development of children’s brains? The easiest and most effective way is to grasp the critical period of rapid brain development of children. Italy’s Montessori is a world-renowned expert in children’s education, and there are many kindergartens and schools opened under her banner in China, and the influence is world class, and she cautiously pointed out that “the development of children in the three years after birth exceeds in its extent and importance any stage of a child’s life.” Scientific research has shown that to develop a child’s intelligence, up to the age of 3 is the golden period. American human potential development expert, Glenn Dawmen, believes that every normal child’s intelligence is developed during the first three years of life. According to Professor Glenn Dauman, every normal baby is born with the potential of Shakespeare, Mozart, Edison and Einstein, and intelligence is as much a product of the environment as stupidity. To develop the child’s brain intelligence and improve the quality of the child, we must seize the critical period of brain development, because this period is the best time for the brain’s neural reflexes, the child’s brain is blank, able to uncritically absorb information from the outside world. At this time, once the information from the outside world enters the brain, it is immediately engraved in the structure of the brain. Therefore, it is crucial for parents to input good and correct knowledge information into the child’s brain as early as possible to occupy this divine land, so that it will soon become an ocean of knowledge and a source of intelligent development. At the beginning of the century, the German educator Karl Witte was born in the early 1900s. Witt’s son, Witt Jr. was born deficient, so Witt developed a set of educational programs for the situation of Witt Jr. to develop the child’s interest in things and the desire to know. The result was amazing: at the age of 8, young Witt could already speak six languages by himself, including German and French, and he knew physics and chemistry, and was especially good at mathematics; at the age of 9, he entered university; at the age of 14, he received his doctorate, and two years later, he received his doctorate in law and became a professor of law at the University of Berlin. Since children can become successful through early education, why do some parents fail to see results after making great efforts? The problem lies in the fact that parents do not use a scientific approach and do not grasp the critical period of brain development. Parents should teach their children according to their own characteristics and grasp some of the most basic principles, mainly: 1, to cultivate children’s interests, rather than imposing the parents’ wishes on their children. 2, education of children should pay attention to the gradual progress, rather than greedy. 3, can only follow the development of the child, but never pull the seeds to help grow. 4, the development of children’s talent is a variety of ways, definitely not just one or a few. If parents will only use one or a few methods to develop their child’s natural potential, quite often they may be at their wits’ end. Each parent should develop and educate their child in a planned and structured way from different sources according to their child’s characteristics. In short, early initiation of children should be flexible and tailored to the needs of the child, and should be done in multiple channels. If the child is not developed effectively during the critical period and left to grow naturally, the most precious time will be wasted, making the brain cell development aborted, with few and short dendrites generated and poor cell-to-cell connections. If infants and toddlers miss the development of brain development during their growth, the brain tissue structure will tend to be stereotyped and the development of potential will be limited, and even if they have superior talent, they will not be able to get good development. As we all know, the Indian wolf child is caused by missing the critical period of education for the general population, which is an irreparable loss in the second half of life. Once the dull structure of brain tissue is formed, no further efforts to educate and develop it will be of no help. Other things such as music, art, foreign languages, swimming, skating, etc., must be practiced during the critical period for good results, and it is difficult to develop them after missing the good time. In recent years, brain scientists have shown that the average person uses only ten percent of the brain’s intellectual potential, there are still ninety percent in childhood has not been developed. After adulthood, these “brain resources” will be abandoned, resulting in “water does not return”, only to become a mediocre person. The epoch-making scientist Albert Einstein was considered to be an extremely intelligent person. After his death, his brain was dissected and analyzed, and it was found that the potential of his brain intelligence was only used less than 1/3, which shows that the human brain has a huge room for exploitation and utilization. At present, people do not make full use of it, especially the right brain has great potential, and its information capacity is hundreds of thousands of times that of the left brain. It is easy to see the sense of urgency and importance of early education for children. If you miss the spring planting and summer work, you cannot hope for an autumn harvest, and irreparable damage will be done. Countless facts show that the determining factor of whether a child can become a genius or a talent is not talent, but depends on the development of the child’s natural potential at the age of 0-6. Therefore, parents should not miss this most precious time for their children. Always remember that parents should care for their children with the most passionate love, do everything possible to create an environment full of stimulants for them, talk to them more, pay more attention to their wishes, and try to understand their minds. Parents should report a timely response to any expression of their children.