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What
Experts Have to Say about Child (Brain) Development
By 4, a child's brain is more than twice
as active as an adult's...
"Children need a flood
of information, a banquet, a feast."
-
Martha Pierson, Baylor
College of Medicine
"If
we teach our children early enough, it will affect the organization, or
'wiring,' of their brains."
- Michael Phelps, UCLA biophysicist
http://www.riggsinst.org/BrainPower.aspx
Almost everyone believes
young children who are provided stimulating learning opportunities will have
higher IQs and perform better in school,"
- Dr Edward L. Schor,
MD, Fellow of the American
Academy of
Pediatrics(FAAP)
"We have twice as
many neuronal connections between the cells in our brains at 8 months of age
as we do at 12 years of age. We seem to be programmed as a species to learn
very early, during the first few years of life...'"
- Ron Lally, EdD, Director of the Center for Child and Family Studies
at WestEd, San
Francisco
http://www.nccic.org/hcca/nl/jan99/earlybra.html
The kind of care a child
receives plays a big role in how the brain chooses to wire itself. Parents
who talk and read to their babies are helping them develop important language
connections. And parents who respond sensitively to their baby's cries are building
the emotional connections that lead to healthier relationships.
http://www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/current/FACS01-1.html
Reading
has long been the foundation of learning, self-sufficiency, and productive
employment. As we move into the 21st century, all children will need to
achieve levels of literacy higher than ever before in order to participate in
America’s
high-skill workplaces.
http://ceee.gwu.edu/Products_Literacy/helpachild.pdf
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