Your Baby Can Do Much More Than You Think
Andrew Stratton
June 30, 2011
If there is any one concept most misunderstood by parents, it is the capabilities of their child. This is especially true when it comes to a child in their pre-school years. From the time of birth, a child is ready to start absorbing an enormous amount of information. Your baby can learn things you may never have thought possible—if they have the right tools. There are videos, learning materials, books, and teachers who can show you how to develop your childīs brain in such a way that you take maximum advantage of this powerful time in a childīs life. But there is probably nothing more important than simply believing that it can happen.
If you ever get a kindergarten teacher to talk to you "off the record", they will probably tell you that the number one problem with kids today is that their parents spend very little time trying to foster their education. Sure, they may be intensely interested in what is going on in the classroom. They may be on the phone every other day to tell the school that the teacher is not protecting little Johnny from the other distractions in the classroom. But when it comes to home-based learning? Itīs practically non-existent. Unfortunately, numerous studies have concluded that this home based learning is often what separates successful students from the ones who fail out or simply flounder.
While teaching your child at home remains important throughout their entire school career, it is perhaps never more important than in the years before they set foot in a classroom. Your baby can learn things at a rate that most adults would find impossible. Did you know that some children can read before they begin kindergarten? Itīs true. And itīs usually not because they are exceptionally gifted. Itīs because their parents spent the time teaching them how to do it. They read books to them and encouraged them to start trying to do some of the reading themselves. They bought educational materials and put them to use. Too many parents see the five or six years in between birth and school as a time for endless play and television for their child. They go into school without the slightest conception of the difference between an A and an R, much less the ability to read a simple book. Those children have the capabilities to read, however, and your baby can as well.
Is this type of pre-school learning important? Most experts say it is. Anything you can do to give your child a head start on their school career is unbelievably helpful. Any children start falling behind as early as their first year of school. This can have implications that follow them throughout all 12 years, and well beyond. If you thought you could give your child a better chance of going to college and succeeding in life simply by spending more time providing them with education in their early years, would you not do just that? Your baby can learn much more than you might think. But you have to give them the chance.
You will be amazed at what your baby can do! Click here to learn more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6LH2WKdVVg.
If you ever get a kindergarten teacher to talk to you "off the record", they will probably tell you that the number one problem with kids today is that their parents spend very little time trying to foster their education. Sure, they may be intensely interested in what is going on in the classroom. They may be on the phone every other day to tell the school that the teacher is not protecting little Johnny from the other distractions in the classroom. But when it comes to home-based learning? Itīs practically non-existent. Unfortunately, numerous studies have concluded that this home based learning is often what separates successful students from the ones who fail out or simply flounder.
While teaching your child at home remains important throughout their entire school career, it is perhaps never more important than in the years before they set foot in a classroom. Your baby can learn things at a rate that most adults would find impossible. Did you know that some children can read before they begin kindergarten? Itīs true. And itīs usually not because they are exceptionally gifted. Itīs because their parents spent the time teaching them how to do it. They read books to them and encouraged them to start trying to do some of the reading themselves. They bought educational materials and put them to use. Too many parents see the five or six years in between birth and school as a time for endless play and television for their child. They go into school without the slightest conception of the difference between an A and an R, much less the ability to read a simple book. Those children have the capabilities to read, however, and your baby can as well.
Is this type of pre-school learning important? Most experts say it is. Anything you can do to give your child a head start on their school career is unbelievably helpful. Any children start falling behind as early as their first year of school. This can have implications that follow them throughout all 12 years, and well beyond. If you thought you could give your child a better chance of going to college and succeeding in life simply by spending more time providing them with education in their early years, would you not do just that? Your baby can learn much more than you might think. But you have to give them the chance.
You will be amazed at what your baby can do! Click here to learn more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6LH2WKdVVg.
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