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So, who wouldn’t want to get the most out of their child’s brain — who wouldn’t want to have little child prodigy? In fact, this desire is so strong it’s considered a multi-million dollar industry in the US. The only problem is that most of these ideas are junk.
Einstein didn’t spend his early years in early learning classes practising mathematics and learning three foreign languages before the age of 5. In fact, he did what most kids did at that time — stay at home playing with a few toys (not educational ones) and didn’t start school until 6, as was, and still is, usual in Germany — and even there had troubles initially.
That is insightful for what is considered, rightly, or wrongly, one of the greatest minds of the 20th Century. Research is showing what conditions the brain needs for optimal development and learning — and it isn’t a lot of what is sold to you…and most of it is free and easy!
So, let’s look at some of these things and what they can do for your child’s brain — then we have to have a little, and honest, look at ourselves the parents.
