Loving Relationships Build Great Children

Relationships play a major role in early childhood education and development which will have lasting affects on the outcome of every child. They will strengthen and build up a child’s ability to learn and control their emotions or they will weaken and hinder their ability to learn and control their emotions.

The first three years of a child’s life are very critical years. In their first year, their brain doubles in size and by age three it is twice as active as a mature adult’s brain. This is important for parents and caregivers to know because it is during this time frame that brain development is most active which will have a great impact on a child’s future.

Researchers have discovered that children who have been exposed to neglect, prolong stress and or abusive relationships at an early age have more difficulty coping with life situations. Studies reveal that children raised in this type of environment tend to be antisocial and have behavioral problems. These are the result of deficits in critical areas of brain development.

Raising a child can be a difficult task at times and parents as well as caregivers will make mistakes, but there is never an excuse for neglect and abuse. Let’s face it, a child will scrape a knee, hear their parents or caregivers argue and experience the ups and downs of life, but it is all a process which helps their brain to mature. So be positive, loving and caring, introduce educational toys into their daily play time and you will be helping them achieve greatness.

Positive Mean Plus

Over 4 million children are born each year in the USA. From the moment that a child is born their brain begins to grow and develop to help them interact with the world around them. Although infants have a long way to go in both the physical and mental realm, their brain already has the capacity to let you know they have a need, it’s called crying.

Studies reveal that a parents/caregivers positive and quick response to meet an infant’s needs stimulates the brains neuronal connections and influences their behavior. Studies further indicate that the higher the quality of childcare, the greater a child’s educational and developmental skills will become and the fewer behavioral problems that occur in the future. Basically, children who have developed secure attachments with loving and caring parents and or caregivers early in life will be better students and be able to make positive social adjustments as adults.

Introducing educational toys to your child during crucial brain development periods gives your child's brain a "head start". Through educational play parents can connect on many developmental levels and allow their child to have many positive experiences while having fun. Investing in your child today will open the door for him or her to become a successful and productive adult tomorrow.

Your Child is Unique

No matter what environment or experiences that parents provide for their children, there remains a constant variable in the life of every child. Children are unique and the way they relate to the world around them reflects their individualism. Although parents desire to see their children become productive and successful, not one parent can predict the type of adult their child will become. However, it is still critical for parents to provide numerous, positive and loving experiences for their children.

Children are more dependent upon parents and or caregivers for a longer period of time than another species on earth. Every species on earth within the first year of life becomes independent and no longer turns to another of its species for nurturing. However, children are quite dependent and look to parents and or caregivers for assistance, reassurance and help for many years. They need to experience security and have trust built in their lives beginning at infancy. They need to have a sense that they are loved, protected and provided for. It is within this type of relationship that their development flourishes.

So parents keep this thought in mind, early intervention in your child’s educational and developmental growth provides the stimulation their brain needs now for future productivity and success. There is great power released for brain development through positive daily interaction with your child. Provide them with vigorous physical activities as well as social and emotional contact. Create opportunities that will challenge their imaginations and cause their creative juices to flow. Introducing educational toys into your child's daily play provides and avenue for positive growth and development. Although you may not be able to predict how your child will turn out, your early intervention can open the door to endless opportunities for your child.

Challenging Your Child's Brain Development

Your child began learning the moment he or she was born. Research reveals that a child’s brain develops up to 90% during the first six years of life but the first three years are the most important. In fact the first year of life a child’s brain more than doubles in size and by age three it is twice as active as an adult’s brain meaning that it has twice the amount of brain connections.

This is very important to grasp because parents, grandparents and or caregivers play an important role in early brain development which will have a great impact upon a child’s future. This applies to both positive and negative experiences that a child is exposed to. An environment for healthy brain development is created simply through daily play and personal interaction. Challenging a child’s sensory skills, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting, balancing, and body awareness, supplies the brain with information so that a child can explore and interact with the world around them. One way to accomplish this is to introduce educational toys into your child's daily play.

There are no special tricks or formulas for helping children to become successful, productive adults. Just keep these simple but powerful developmental tools in mind, keep on playing, talking, reading and interacting with your child because activity, experiences and stimulation have a great deal to do with how the brain is “Wired”. Parents, grandparents and or caregivers can make a significant difference in a child’s early development. Don’t think you can, know you can!