PreNatal Education
By Paul Novak

The average human brain weighs only three pounds and is 85% water, yet it is the most complex and least understood computer on earth. Dozens of studies are being conducted to determine how the brain develops from conception and how it controls every bodily function, emotion and thought.

Traditionally, a child’s education began shortly after he or she learned to talk and comprehend language. As our knowledge of the brain increases, scientists and educators are in agreement that a child’s invaluable information about brain growth, development and neuron activity. The brain activity of analytical thinkers (left brainers) creative thinkers (right brainers) and individuals with abnormal behavior has been studied and mapped with precision and has shown consistent and predictable patterns.

An accomplished pianist uses both hands to play as many as eight notes simultaneously. Hearing, sight and touch are all stimulated and functioning together. Both hemispheres are extremely active at the same time. The area of the brain that connects the left and right hemispheres is consistently larger than subjects with no musical ability. (were they born that way or did their brain develop to accommodate the added stimulus? – more definitive research is needed).

While a fetus or young child cannot comprehend language, the brain activity is stimulated by all types of music and soothing speech. Tests have shown that a room containing pre-school chi8ldren at play will act aggressively and demonstrate stressful behavior if two adults are arguing aloud in the same room. While the children may not understand what is being said, they are reacting to the tone and stress levels of the adult voices. Conversely, soothing music calms children and adults of all ages (a study known as the Mozart Effect).

The purpose of PreNatal tm is to stimulate brain activity from early pregnancy to the age of language comprehension in order to give each child a “Fast Start” in brain growth and development. Any advancement hat is gained early in life will be maintained through adulthood.

“Is intelligence a function of nature or nurture”? – has been asked for years. The answer is probably both. But science is providing new information at a escalating rate to show that the internal connections within the brain can be controlled and developed through external stimuli, much like any computer programmed.
The importance of music in a child’s life cannot be stressed enough, either by passively listening or actively playing. Children who are engaged in musical activities are better adjusted socially, less troublesome and less aggressive. By starting from the point of earliest brain development your child can be exposed to all of the stimuli that have been shown to produce a higher level of brain functions.

For more information visit www.prenatalpreschool.com or call 407-283-9411.