Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Children spend twice as much time at home as in school

Home is the first school of the child. It is believed that the first 5 years of the child are very crucial. Right from the day the child is born he observes and picks ups things that he/she sees or hears at his home. He imitates what he sees and hears from his parents. This is the time when he picks ups values from his home. So set a good example for your child.
So parents be very careful ……..
Did you know…
· Before your child starts kindergarten, he would have spent about 17,500 waking hours with you at home already?[4 years x 365 x 12 hours = 17,520]
· During a typical school day each child receives approximately 11 minutes of individual attention?[40 minutes ÷ 30 children x 8 classes = 10.66]
The relaxed surroundings of your home provide a more suitable environment for your child to learn?
Make the most of your child’s time and provide him proper environment for learning

Some of the key attributes of highly successful individuals are:

• Job skills - knowledge and skills of the particular field
• Analytical skills - imagination, creative thinking, reasoning, decision making, etc.
• Social skills - interacting, managing and motivating others
• Personal attitudes - self discipline, will power, ambition, optimism, etc.
• Values - integrity, honesty, respect, tolerance, empathy, etc.
Most of these skills and values are not formally taught in schools and colleges!
These are skills children learn at home from their children so be your childs first and best teacher......

Monday, July 27, 2009

Some amazing facts about your babies brain development

Early years are the most critical learning period, and kindergarten is too late to start learning,
Some amazing facts about your babies brain development

Brain Development:
By 8 months, a baby’s brain has about 1,000 trillion nerve connections. By the age of 10, that number is reduced to about 500 trillion. As the brain operates on a ‘use it or lose it’ basis, early experiences are the defining factor affecting the rate of reduction in nerve connections. Studies on neglected children, who had been deprived of physical and mental stimulation, found that parts of their brain were underdeveloped and 20-30% smaller than most children their age.

So its important to provide stimulus to your baby for his proper physical and mental development. Stimulus should be provided to babies five senses in various ways, to fasten the babies development.
Some of the ways are mentioned below.

· Nowadays there are many creative toys available in the market, which are specially made
for babies of different age groups.
· Different textures , different sizes should be given for holding.
· Babies enjoy music.
· Talking to the baby is great stimulus.
· Taking him to different surrounding, introducing to new people.
· Babies love to listen to stories and songs.
· Simple house hold items can be used creatively to stimulate him.
Its very important to keep the baby going by providing proper stimulus.