Nutrition is integral to a child’s life. More essentially, the benefits it affords during the 1st 1000 days of life – from conception into the first 2+ years of childhood – are many.
Several researchers have found evidence to support the notion that the quality of mathematical experiences in the early years is a chief contributor to subsequent individual achievement – academic and otherwise.
Some of the individual consequences of childhood adversity with which we tend to be more familiar are within the realm of psycho-social disorders and cognitive impairment. But how often do we consider the impact on the very structure of the brain itself?
Play is an activity that helps children develop skills, knowledge and values that lay the foundation for later learning and development.
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JAMAICAN FATHERS’ INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT
More than a third of our nation’s children have no father figure and over 90% of households have the parenting role being performed by the birth mother or a grandmother.
Reading to children during the early years has been linked to increased interest in reading and learning, as well as greater levels of phonological awareness, reading comprehension, school readiness and performance, regardless of socio-economic status.
