It is often said by my mother that Lazar is very tired because she usually has to work and take care of her baby, so she has no spare energy to accompany her baby.
Even if I have time to spend with my children, I don't know effective ways to play with them. When grandparents take care of the baby, they are basically playing. The golden period of children's brain development is in the first three years, and parents must not miss this crucial three years.
When a baby is born, the brain weighs only 350-400g, which is about 25% of that of an adult. By 1 year-old, the weight of the brain is twice that of the birth, reaching 50% of the weight of the human brain and 75% of the weight of the adult brain at the age of 2.
At the same time, the synapses of brain neurons exploded at the age of 3, peaked at the age of 6, and then gradually decreased. Therefore, brain science believes that the human brain develops fastest before the age of 6, and 0-4 years old is recognized as a critical period for children's brain development.
The extent to which a child's brain potential can be developed is almost 100% depending on the parents' cultivation before the age of 4.
However, many parents don't know this, which makes children miss the sensitive period of brain development at the age of 0-4, which affects their future study.
Early education at the age of 0-4 brings long-term effects.
The Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC), one of the earliest high-quality early education intervention projects in the United States, was an intervention study conducted in North Carolina during the period of 1972~ 1977, providing in-depth early childhood education support for newborns from local low-income and risk families within five years after birth.
In the following 40 years, many studies have confirmed that the participants in the beginner program have achieved positive results in cognition, education, economy and physical health as adults.
What are the positive results? Give a few examples:
Children who receive early intervention have a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases and metabolic diseases (such as obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease, etc.). ) after adulthood;
In terms of education, more of them have completed high school and university studies, and the university graduation rate is 1 times higher than those children who have not received early intervention.
The significance of this series of scientific discoveries is that providing educational support for preschool children aged 0-4 has a proper positive impact on their lives and can continue into adulthood.
In short, it is an investment in children's education, which is very cost-effective!
Therefore, in order not to miss the golden age of 0-6 years old, it is best for mothers to provide their children with a high-frequency and emotional early education environment.