Did you know that....
*At about seven months, a baby's neocortex develops to the point that their long-term memory starts working. This is the beginning of what psycholinguists and neurologists call a child's critical period. During this stage, and until the brain begins losing its plasticity around age 12 or 13, children have their greatest potential to absorb and retain language skills.
*Many English words share Latin roots with Spanish, French and other languages. Learning the meaning of a foreign word enhances a student's chance of knowing the meaning of an English word.
*Language is stored in the brain's left hemisphere, with pronunciation and grammar in the Brocas area. If we learn a word after puberty we will always pronounce it differently than if we learned it before our critical period ends. This is because by age 13, newly learned words are channeled to a completely different place in the Brocas area.
Easton is approaching 7 months and with all the research we have done NO ONE said that starting early would "hurt" a child. So what did we do? We went out and bought him a computer that speaks not only English but Spanish.
Take a look at a future bi-lingual child
| Your looking at a genius |
| Umm, excuse me what is this lady saying? |
| Hmm, if I press this button it starts to sing |
| Okay, I'm getting the hang of this. Not quite sure what she keeps saying but I'm liking it |
| Let me get down on the floor and explore this a little better |
TRANSLATION: Don't mind the band aids on my legs, I just got home from getting my shots. And no Mommy did not know how to write this in Spanish, she used freetranslation.com
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