Basically all authors of methods for developing children physical and intellectual potential agree that the most productive time for developing child is till he gets 3 y.o. as this is the time when brains are in their fastest growing stage. Of course that doesn’t mean that one should stop educating kid when he gets older, but the early stage is crucial for further development.
In my blog I will try to cover all most popular methods for developing a child, posting my opinion on each. Together with Maria we probably would try to implement some elements into practice and later share our experience with you.
However, I’m very cautious with all these development techniques for some reasons. First, they all have been created relatively recently and, therefore, haven’t been tested properly yet, the lifelong influence on the child seems to be not well researched yet. Second, some of these methods make child think in categories (letters, words, figures etc.) not images. Imaginative thinking is crucial for the child till he is at least 6-7 y.o. Besides, my personal belief is that, in future, economics would need people with creative thinking (advertising industry, design, web programming, entertainment etc.). Third, the ultimate goal of each parent is to make his baby happy. I really doubt that these techniques are able to make a person happy. Simple example: a really developed child goes to school – he is too clever for the current program, becomes bored and gets lazy in the end, having no any wish to study further or he becomes an outcast and cannot properly communicate with his mates.
I believe that the best way to proceed is to adopt some development techniques, and to go our own way: e.g.reading fairy tales and poems, playing together, studying the surrounding world when being ocutside, and doing other fun things for development. What is more, it is commonly believed and I fully support opinion that the best teacher is Mum, who absolutely feels the needs of her child for development.
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