Every parent hopes that their children will be smart, high IQ and likable!
However, how many parents are really working hard for their children's brain development?
Stanford University has found through experimental research that letting children learn to read and learn mathematics early before school does not improve their intelligence. What really promotes children’s brain development is some environmental stimuli received by brain cells before the age of 6, and these stimuli mostly come from For these 4 things. If parents can persist for a long time, it will be of great help to promote children's brain development.
The formation of the neural network of the brain
According to the research of brain scientists, there are already tens of billions of brain cells in the brain when a child is born, but because the fetus receives less environmental stimulation, the newborn’s brain cells There are fewer connections (number of synapses).
During the period of 0-2 years, as the child is born with the external environment, the brain cells are stimulated to start the synapse formation phase (synapses are the interconnected structures between cells), forming a brain neural network.
After the age of 2, the brain will enter a stage of "synaptic pruning", removing unnecessary nerve cells, allowing the child's brain to complete tasks more efficiently.
And why does synaptic pruning start at around 2 years old? Because after the age of 2 the child can run, jump, and talk, the opportunities for the child to be exposed to external stimuli are increased, and the brain can distinguish which functions are not used by the child and which have faster connection methods, thereby making these "useless" "The synapses are trimmed away.
Therefore, only when children are exposed to enough environmental stimuli, can the brain's synapse pruning work be more accurate and the brain development will be better!
1. Exercise
Harvard University clinical medicine associate professor John Reddy mentioned in "Sports Transforms the Brain" that the brain secretes BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) during exercise, which can directly enhance the vitality of brain cells. Promote the growth and development of the nervous system.
Neurologists have also found that children who exercise enough from an early age have better brain cognitive ability and better development of brain regions that coordinate movements, process information and respond to decision-making.
So proper exercise can not only help children exercise, but also help children exercise their intelligence!
2. Reading
The former Soviet Union educator Sukhomlinsky once said: The way to make students smarter is not to make up lessons, not to increase the amount of homework, but to read, read, and read again.
The Guardian in the United Kingdom once published a study in which an organization conducted a 10-year follow-up survey of 17,000 children with the same socioeconomic background. Researchers found that children with reading habits were tested on cognitive tests. The results are generally higher at the time. The final research results of
prove that the influence of reading on children's intellectual development is four times that of higher education.
3. Games
The games mentioned here are not computer games, mobile games and other electronic games, but paper games, toy games, parent-child games and other games that require hands-on, brainstorming, or interaction.
Appropriate games can help children exercise their brain abilities such as reaction ability and judgment ability. At the same time, there are modes of losing, losing, and difficulty in the game, which can also cultivate children's mentality and exercise their anti-frustration ability.
4. Singing
The Institute of Brain and Creativity of the University of Southern California found in a study that children’s experience of learning music can promote brain development, especially in learning language and reading skills.
The easiest way to learn music is actually singing. Parents can sing some simple nursery rhymes to their children every day from the time the child learns words. Through this musical and linguistic activity, it can bring auditory stimulation to the child and promote the child. The development of the brain.
Montessori is a well-known Italian early childhood educator and founder of Montessori Education. This set of books is based on Montessori education theory and uses a large number of related puzzle games as supplements to train children in mathematics, language, intelligence, Sensation, social life, art, left-brain and right-brain abilities.
is a set of 8 volumes. Through the inspiration of games, it stimulates children's interest in mathematics, language, art, etc., thereby inspiring children's learning self-discipline. And use puzzle gamesExercise children's various abilities.
This set of early education books is suitable for children aged 0-6. The games in the book are of moderate difficulty and the theme is clear. For example, the theme of this "circle" is graphics, which exercises children's understanding of circles and the combination of logarithms. Next to the
game, there will be a sign indicating the degree of difficulty and a "Montessori guide" that can remind children. The
game will also have an expansion part, and parents can follow the guidance and use other methods or materials to guide their children to make new game methods, by analogy.
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