In the last 10 years the subject of early development of children became one of the most discussed at parents, teachers in psychologists. Someone considers that what earlier the child will begin to learn to read, write and consider, further he will be that more successful. And someone is sure that earlier development - speculating on love of children and a gadfly to get into a purse of parents once again. But where truth?
The loving and careful parents want their children to be happy, healthy and successful. And for this purpose they are ready to make every effort. Someone drives the children "from the cradle" on classes in development of intelligence, fast reading, mental arithmetics, someone since the birth teaches the kid to float and carry out gymnastic tricks. There is also other category of parents, teachers and psychologists who are sure that the best way to develop the child is to give it much to play enough before revenues to training in school. Which of them is right? And in what pluses and minuses of early development?Minuses of early development of children
- It is less than time for spontaneous games. Spontaneous game is often called the mirror reflecting internal perception of the world by the child. In a game he learns to interact with other people, to regulate the behavior, to imagine. The child sees this world from the point of view, but assuming a new role in a game, he begins to look at the world in a different way. And it is an important stage in its development. To you it is not necessary and neglect the fact that in a game at the child the informative motive on the basis of which educational activity is based arises.
- Negative impact of early intellectual development on the emotional sphere of the child. At children whose parents from early age place emphasis on knowledge of the world by means of intelligence problems in the emotional sphere (frustration of mood, disorder of behavior) and sensual development are often observed.
- Decrease in plasticity of a brain. The neurophysiologist succeeded to prove that with age the human brain changes the neural networks, that is in the course of growth the child solves the same problem, using different zones. The child who received a task, difficult and not relevant for his development, solves it by means of those sites of a brain which at it already ripened, that is not the most effective way. And at advanced age he would solve in its other, more effective way. And it will be already more difficult to be retrained to it.
- Excessive loadings. At the children, from early age overloaded with various developing classes such symptoms as a bad dream, enuresis and a set of other somatic diseases are often observed. It is important to parents and teachers to see result of occupation which often is imaginary. For example, the child in a year by means of cards and mechanical storing can know 100 animals and 100 plants, names of all great governors and the multiplication table. Here only why to it and to apply this knowledge if he is not able to systematize them yet? And if these classes lead to a nerve strain — that why they are necessary?
Pluses of early development
- John Protsko, the psychologist from the University of California, by means of a research found out that children to 3kh years, the attending classes on early development, show more good results of development of intelligence.
- The children able to read, write and consider well having some knowledge of the world around, of course, often are more successful in school, than their unprepared peers. They with ease seize the school curriculum of elementary school, please teachers with the correct answers, and parents — good marks. And the success at school often influences the child's self-assessment.
What to do? Often a problem of many parents — not knowledge of a measure therefore they simply go into extremes. Or the child is simply provided to himself, or visits 5 circles and classes a day. It is important to consider the interests of the child, to listen to his desires and to consider his specific features of development. Early development has to include not only an intellectual component, but also the emotional sphere, a physical condition of the child.