The research on the importance of early childhood education is becoming more and more convincing with each research study conducted around the world. It is now a safe assumption to make that the earlier we can expose children to language, the better their long term academic achievement will be. That is not to say that pre-kindergarten programs must become so highly structured with academic learning that we forget that young kids need to play, socialize, and learn the many natural facets of growing up. Rather, the more we learn about children and their brain development, the more we know that there are critical windows of opportunity for children to learn language that unlocks learning puzzles in a child’s future…

Ron Ferguson, of the Minority Student Achievement Network, claims through his research that infants as early as 9 months of age are capable of cognitive development. Ferguson also says that the family environment and exposure to language are the biggest factors in cognitive development, which translates into achievement success in later years.

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