What kind of parent wouldn't want to give her child the best possibilities in life? Wouldn't want to catch her child’s critical window of time for proper brain development? Continuing our discussion from the last blog:
Did you know that the key years for developing IQ are birth to 5 years old? Give your child the chance early to reach his/her best potential (zenith). There may be children who could have had so much greater capabilities, but were not exposed to the right stimuli at the right time to map the necessary brain neurons properly. Don’t let that happen to your child.
There is plenty of scientific proof why parents should not wait to start teaching reading-readiness to their toddlers and preschoolers. Quoting from Dr. Michael Merzenich in the book, The Brain that Changes Itself, by Dr. Norman Doidge, it is obvious that parents must not delay teaching their children to read until school age. They should never leave it up to the teachers. Purposeful parenting requires parents to get involved much earlier. Here's why:
“They [scientists] discovered that there was a ‘critical period’... when the brain had to receive visual stimulation in order to develop [vision] normally. The discovery of the critical period became one of the most famous in biology in the second half of the Twentieth Century. Scientists soon showed that other brain systems required environmental stimuli to develop, too.”
“It also seemed that each neural system had a different critical period, or window of time, during which it was especially plastic [changeable] and sensitive to the environment, and during which it had rapid, formative growth. After this critical period closes, a person's ability to learn... is limited. In fact, second languages learned after the critical period for language (birth to 8 years) are not processed in the same part of the brain as is the native tongue.”
Some experts mistakenly believe that problems with a genetic root are incurable. This is not necessarily true. A child's brain can be re-wired with phonics to cure dyslexia and speech problems, to name a couple. Doctor Glenn Doman's methods have cured many kinds of brain 'damage', including autism. However, the most healing (or prevention) occurs the earlier you start.
The brain's ‘real estate’ for mapping neurons is under constant competition. The old adage, "Use it or lose it," is especially true for brain development and critical periods for learning specific things.
Other neural systems will take over the brain space that isn't stimulated properly during its formative window of time. So, a child's best time to learn reading-readiness and reading (by phonics, of course) is between infancy and 5 years old.
If you missed this window, don't lose heart. Start now! The brain is somewhat changeable, and late is better than never. Besides - with TGM phonics - you may be able to reverse the problems caused by many schools' teaching methods. Start now!
Phonics - the right way - can even reverse trauma-induced learning disabilities in children. Some learning disabilities have emotional roots and missed windows of opportunity. The good news is, these can be helped! All foster parents should use TGM.
Some teachers don't like bright and gifted children. So what? If early-readers give teachers a problem because they're bored, good! The teachers need to adjust their methods to accommodate bright and gifted children better. Do NOT hold your child back to convenience the school system, yourself, or anyone else.
It is absolutely mortifying that many parenting magazines have jumped on the "delay-reading" band wagon with the public educational system, as I found out at the National Publicity Summit in April 2009.
And remember to expose your toddlers and preschoolers to phonics, never to sight-reading. The Godfrey Method is the best out there. It's simple and very effective.
A mother's heart yearns for the best for her children. Knowledge is power, so now you are empowered to give your child the self-confidence and accomplishment s/he needs to navigate through this world well - early reading the right way.
Without these preventatives, the cracks in your child may be dyslexia, speech problems, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, low self-esteem, insecurity, childhood depression, low self-confidence, lack of imagination, lower IQ, slower learning capacity, poor decision-making skills, low self-confidence, math incompetency and/or caught in the downward educational trend. They all may be preventable or curable when caught early. You, mom and dad, are the key. It’s not rocket surgery!
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