Why Early Learning is Important? - from Brill Kids.com
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Why is Early Learning Important?
The period from birth to age eight – and especially, from birth to age
three – is a critical time in baby brain development.
This is because the first
years of life lay the neurological foundation for intellectual growth into
adolescence and adulthood.
Use it or
lose it
Nothing is more
disastrous for baby brain development than a dearth of stimulation. Likewise, a
surfeit of appropriate stimulation will produce better-than-average neural
circuitry.
Scientists have discovered that certain areas of the brain are larger and more
developed in children who play musical instruments than in those who do not.
These include the cerebellum, which processes rhythm and timing, and the corpus
callosum, which acts as the conduit for communication between the brain’s
left and right hemispheres – vital for musicians coordinating their right
and left hands.
Giving Kids a
Head Start
Education initiatives
such as the US's Head Start and Early Head Start are producing measurable
cognitive and emotional benefits in children – benefits that can last
into middle and even high school. Some of the Head Start programs, which focus on helping
disadvantaged children, have produced boosts in IQ equivalent to eight IQ
points. In general, the younger intervention is staged, the more significant and
long-lived the effects. Full-day Head Start programs for infants have been
shown to produce IQ gains lasting into adolescence.
Why limit such
programs to disadvantaged children?
Waiting until school to begin providing consistent intellectual stimulation to
a child is no disaster. But in doing so, we miss a unique opportunity to enhance
baby brain development.
Article taken from BrillKids.com
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