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Early childhood education parent classroom enters New Oriental (picture) First Things First, supported by special funds from the state government, Arizona...

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Early childhood education parent class enters New Oriental (picture) First Things First, supported by special funds from the state government, early childhood education in Arizona now very specifically covers the Chinese community. Starting from October 19, a course to help parents learn early childhood education was launched at New Oriental Art School. New Oriental became the state government’s first early childhood education school for Chinese Americans. This project targets the brain development of children from pregnancy to 5 years old. The famous contemporary American early childhood education expert Dr. Jill Stamm and her assistant ASU doctoral candidate Rachel Lam gave lectures. Rachel gave a wonderful introduction to more than a dozen Asian families that night. Many parents always hope to teach their children to learn things from the time they are sensible. Rachel introduced that in fact, children’s learning and brain development begin from birth. For a 1-year-old child, 75% of the brain's connections have completed development. By the age of 3, a child's brain is already twice the size it was at birth. For example, the first six months of a child's life is the time when a child's vision develops the fastest. How to communicate with children is usually done visually. For children aged 0-5, the physical contact between parents and the baby and the facial expressions communicated with the baby are all recorded by the children's brains. When they are silent, they have already begun to learn a lot from the world they are exposed to. Early education research experts have found that children who grow up in orphanages, because there is no physical contact, one-on-one care and attention, their brain development is different from that of children from normal families. Paying attention to children in early education, physical contact, and communication with verbal expressions are very important. In the next ten weeks, two early education experts will give professional introductions to new parents on how to promote children's brain development, such as how to use music to develop children's brains, the differences in brain development between different genders, and how to communicate with children to promote brain development. State government-funded early childhood education classes will start every Thursday evening at New Oriental.

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