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Without education it is difficult to find a good job, to secure a decent life. This is understood by parents. Often they demand that the children study well, scold schoolchildren for poor grades, and make them sit for hours at home.
But in order to achieve success in learning, it is not enough to hire tutors or to punish a child for mistakes. It is important to create an educational environment in the home, to keep the child interested in everything new.
Psychologists are sure that the following symptoms can speak about the future successes of the child in school.
10. Baby learns new faces for a long time
In the 80s, psychologist Joseph F. Fagan came up with special tests for children. Babies under 6 months old were shown several photos. At first it was 2 faces, then one photo was replaced with another, and the second was left. Scientists spotted the time that children spent on studying new faces.
When the children grew up and were about to go to school, they measured their IQ level. It turned out that babies who looked at unfamiliar faces for the longest time showed the best results.
Scientists explained it this way: the more inquiring the mind of the baby, the more interesting it is. Therefore, an intelligent child will learn new things.
9. The child has developed speech
The more words children used at an early age, the more complex the grammatical constructions in a child’s speech, the more likely it will be to succeed in many scientific fields over time.
This was confirmed by scientists. Firstly, he will be literate. Researchers at Florida State University worked with 9 children who were between 9 months and 2.5 years old. They listened to their babble. Later, these same children were tested at 6 years old.
They managed to prove that there is a connection between children's muttering and literacy: the more difficult the babble was, the more confident the children felt among the letters at 6 years old.
Another study, which scientists from the University of Washington worked on, showed that those who had a good command of speech received good marks at school.
8. The kid is curious
Previously, specialists were sure that children who are engaged much more diligently than their peers achieve tremendous success.
But they did not take into account that simply forcing oneself to do something, one cannot make a breakthrough in science. There must be real interest.
And it was able to prove scientists from the University of Texas. They analyzed data relating to 1 thousand twins from 8 to 14 years. And they were able to discover that a penchant for mathematics and an interest in literature were in no way connected with zeal, but were based on a more prosaic feeling - curiosity.
7. The child has early motor skills
All children develop in different ways, and therefore pediatricians warn that they can stand on their feet, roll over for the first time or crawl either a little earlier or a little later. But, as it turned out, early formation of motor skills is a good sign.
In 2016, a group of American scientists observed the development of 600 children. Their mothers gave a detailed account of all the achievements of the babies: when they sat down, stood on their legs, etc.
When the children were 4 years old, cognitive tests were conducted. And the researchers could not fail to notice one pattern: the earlier the child was able to bring himself upright, the better he passed the test.
6. The house has many educational toys and books
Now many parents are buying up mountains of toys and books, hoping that this will help the further development of the child. And studies have confirmed that this is true.
Scientists from the University of New York constantly visited 2 thousand families with children. When the first visits took place, the babies were only 1 year and 2 months old. They were watched for 10 years, and then their vocabulary, problem solving skills and cognitive skills were checked.
Children who grew up among books, designers, materials for creativity, showed the best results. This means that it is not worth saving, and it is necessary to create a developing environment for the baby.
But there is another important subitem. It’s not enough just to buy toys. You need to deal with the child, constantly tell him something, answer his questions.
5. Strong faith in yourself and your strength
Many parents do not understand why they need preparation for school, because it is the teacher who must teach the child to read and count. But in kindergartens, children are engaged in for a reason.
If a child comes to school prepared, in the role of a student, he will feel confident. This feeling of confidence will determine how he will relate to his studies. When he succeeds, he will have a desire to study, and poor preparation for school can forever discourage his desire to attend classes.
4. You praise the child for his efforts
American experts are constantly promoting a positive attitude towards children. In America, it is customary to praise them, and this really gives results. Kids who constantly hear kind words from their parents show better reading and math performance.
But Dr. Carol Duque from Stanford University warns that praising babies must be done right, not for the mind, but for the effort. Then they improve their performance.
So, in one experiment, some children were constantly told how smart they were, and others were praised for the fact that they did a great job. Those who were praised for their efforts became 30% better at doing things, and those who were praised for their minds, on the contrary, worsened their results by 20%.
If the child is praised incorrectly, he ceases to try, relying on his natural abilities, and it is difficult to survive failures.
3. Develops emotional intelligence
There is a lot of talk about emotional intelligence. Recently, scientists are convinced that it is no less important than IQ.
The ability to build relationships with peers, social skills also affect his mental abilities. If he has developed emotional intelligence, he can easily work in a team.
Communicating with other people, the baby expands his horizons. If from childhood he was taught to listen to his feelings, he will be able to understand which profession is close to him, in which direction he would like to develop.
It is no secret that those who do what they love most achieve the greatest success.
2. A child before school tried to read and write
If a child attended preparatory classes, even before school he began to count and read, this was reflected in his academic performance. This was confirmed by scientists from Northwestern University in 2007. They tested 5-year-old children, and then monitored their progress at school from 7 to 14 years old. Those who read and counted well at an early age later also got good grades.
1. The child is engaged in creativity
Scientists from George Mason University have found that if a child is involved in music, dancing, painting, etc., then he improves academic performance.
The team of Professor Adam Winsler studied the performance data of 31 thousand students aged 11 to 14 years. About 40% of them were engaged in various types of art.
Scientists were able to establish that those children who devoted their free time to these classes received higher grades in mathematics and reading, they had higher cognitive skills. As soon as a child began to master a certain type of art, in the same year his academic performance increased.