How To Encourage Brain Development In Children

By Tanisha Berg


The emphasis of science is on the growth of mental and physical structures and the role each of these play in influencing the other through different life stages. Brain development in children has contributed to significant research with regards to the interplay between genetics and environmental factors in growth. Studies have shown that young kids enter into a number of life stages whereby such developmental milestones will have a significant impact on the overall neurons and strengthening of connections.

Newborns will possess billions of neurons that continue to develop over a period of time and in response to environmental events and stimulation. All parents are encouraged to introduce structured methods of learning and stimuli that will aid in forming the necessary auditory, visual, and motor skills. These particular techniques are most effective in tending to the future requirements that young ones will experience with an increase in age.

To stimulate optimum growth for infant brains, it is important to introduce specific learning processes at an age appropriate level. This will involve the strengthening and the lengthening of connections between the neurons that assist in aid in better grasping of information. It further assists in the support of autonomic function for breathing, sleeping, and cardiovascular activity.

Caregivers should understand that children between the ages of 0 to 3 will develop synapses at a rapid rate. These connections form in relation to the experiences that young ones go through and therefore it is important that safe and structured forms of stimulation are provided for such developing minds. It is when kids reach adolescence that a great number of synapses are reduced and settles around the number that will be possessed throughout adulthood.

To learn, retain, and adapt the brain continues development in adulthood, but the majority of neuron formation takes place in earliest parts of childhood. Very young infants have not developed a myelin sheath referred to as the white layer that forms around the cortex. This occurs with higher order sensory and motor function including the ability to control thoughts, feelings, and memories.

It is at age 3 that the brains of babies will have achieved its adult size. It is imperative that kids are provided the necessary educational stimulation that will aid in enhancing the formation of sensory neurons for stronger connections and maximum growth as they become older. Due to the fact that development is largely dependent on stimulation, it is important for all young ones to be provided the right levels of education and support.

When it comes to the environment within which children grow, supportive measures can encourage further growth. The process of plasticity is a measure in which the brain changes and adjusts to the external demands that are placed on it. It is important to consider the fact that higher measures will form as children become older.

Once should consider the importance of educational measures in tending to and supporting optimum operation. When methods of learning are introduced at a younger stage involving overall auditory and visual stimulation, it facilitates future mental and physical function. Investing in such processes will aid in facilitating the overall health of young ones.




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