psychology life facts.

Children.

1) Children can organize information in their memory starting at age 7.Your younger child will be able to remember things, but starting at age 6 she can use strategies for learning to memorize. At age 7, she can then use patterns and other tricks to help her even more.

2) Music and movement augment children’s language capabilities during the preschool years.The younger the child, the more important music becomes.For example, when children learn nursery rhymes that are set to a steady beat; they learn to appreciate the pacing of words and how to speak more clearly.

3) A 2 year old has twice as many neural pathways as an adult proved by research.

4) According to a study by Boston Children's Hospital , children with musical training have enhanced executive functioning.

5) An average baby will triple his birth weight in his first year.

6) At birth, a baby’s vision is very blurry.When your baby is born, her eyesight is somewhere around 20/2400. She can only see clearly about a foot away and it’s very important for his visual development, but they need to be near her. By the time she is 6 months, she should be able to see at 20/20.

7) At preschool age, your child begins to see themselves as an individual.

8) Boys engage more in exploratory play while girls engage more in dramatic play.

9) Chess makes kids smart.It forces students to slow down, concentrate, use precise thinking, active both inductive and deductive reasoning, as well as recognizing difficult and complex patterns.

10) Children are not blank slates on which adults imprint knowledge

11) Children behave better when parents are involved in their education at home and at school.

12) Children learn more when they initiate an activity and are actively engaged in it.

13) Children should never be allowed to drink tea and it should be avoided by the young. It may be indulged in by the aged, as it proves a valuable stimulant as the functional activities of the stomach become weakened.

14) Children who are encouraged to talk to themselves aloud have increased probability of learning.

15) Children who participate in laughing activities experience increase in memory retention.

16) Children who watch more than three hours of television, videos, or DVDs a day have a higher chance of conduct problems, emotional symptoms, and relationship problems by the time they are 7 than children who do not.

17) Children’s brains are far more powerful and intuitive than we ever imagined.Impact of early education on children gives a surprising conclusion; when children are given a rich environment to explore, they naturally use scientific processes to discover the world around them.

18) Drama and comedy in the classroom encourage children to listen and participate.

19) Engaging children in planning and reflection enhance their predictive and analytic capabilities.

20) Gardening improves children’s desire to learn and boosts their confidence.Gardening helped use up surplus energy in active kids by teachers or parents.

21) Getting in Music rhythms helps children grasp fractions.

22) Kids are more highly strung today, with high school students showing the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the 1950’s according to data survey.

23) Laughter not only increases a child’s capacity to remember the humor, but it also gives a feeling of security and contentment.

24) Phonemic awareness and alphabet recognition increase children’s chances of reading achievement.

25) Play-based learning activities increases a child’s attention span.

26) Studies have shown that severely deprived children,such as those raised in institutions, may lack the ability to clarify identity any emotions at all.

27) Studies show that child’s attractiveness increases with age from birth up to age of 9-11 months and then decreases again.  children having large eyes, small mouths and noses and a large forehead are assessed as cute.

28) Supplementation with vitamins can reduce risk of child mortality from all causes by 23 percent. (2009 UNICEF report: Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition)

29) The first five—and especially the first three years—of a child’s life are the most important. They shape the brain’s organization, development, and functioning throughout life.

30) The most common type of developmental delay in children is language and speech problems. Speech refers to verbal expression, such as the way words are formed. Language is more broad and includes expressing and receiving information, such as understanding gestures.

31) Young children learn about prejudice by instruction, older children by experience.

32) Your child probably won’t remember anything before the age of 3.

33) Your child understands what you are saying before they begin to speak.