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The effects of this emotional and intellectual development will not be seen, in many cases, until your child reaches the third or fourth grade.

But what you do now will greatly affect whether your child is ready to learn when he or she enters school.

Consider this:

• A child who is held and nurtured in a time of stress is less likely to respond with violence later.
  
• A child who is read to has a much better chance of becoming a reader.
  
• A child whose curiosity is encouraged has a better chance to become a lifetime learner.

Even before your child is born, all the nerve cells he will ever possess have been formed. These nerve cells are like a mass of unconnected electrical wires. From the time your child is born, his brain will constantly strive to connect the wires.

But what makes the wires connect and what does the connection mean to a growing child?

Every time a infant is held, read to, or plays with a toy, these nerves make a connection.

During the early years of life, these wires are connecting at an amazing pace, and once-in-a-lifetime windows of opportunity are opening to learn certain tasks. The wiring for sight, for example, is developed during the third and fourth month of life. If the visual system is not stimulated during this time, the ability to form the connections for sight are lost. The same concept is true of intellectual connections in the developing brain.

Until about 8 months of age, many things a child can do will be initiated by his own interest. First, he becomes looker. He shows his curiosity in many ways-interest in your face, in his hands, in feeling his clothing and blankets.

During the period after 8 months and until the age of 2 , every one of the four educational foundations-language, curiosity, intelligence and sociability-is developing.

It is important to establish the basic brain wiring during this very early age.

We are not suggesting a program to develop genius, rather, we advocate activities you can initiate to help your child be ready for school and exited to learn.

The following list includes some basic ideas.

• Hold your baby.
  
• Rock your baby.
  
• Talk to your baby.
  
• Sing to your baby.
  
• Most especially, enjoy and respect your child as an individual.

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