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Early education refers to how old a child is.
Early education refers to education from birth to preschool stage. The default early education period in the early education industry is 0-6 years old.

Early childhood is a critical period for the development of life intelligence. Grasping early education can improve the learning effect. The best age for children to learn spoken English is 2-3 years old; Foreign language learning should not be over 4-5 years old at the latest, because at this time, children will not be confused with their own language; 5-5 and a half years old is the best age to master the concept of numbers; 6 years old is the best age to develop size and orientation perception.

Bloom, a famous psychologist at the University of Chicago, published the book "Stability and Change of Human Characteristics" in 1964, and put forward the famous hypothesis that children's intelligence develops fastest before the age of 5. Teacher Hao Bin, a famous psychologist in China, once said: "Early childhood education is the starting point of the whole education of life, and its educational goal should be to ensure the healthy development of children's body and mind and lay a good foundation for further education." Therefore, in the early education industry, the best period for early education by default is 0-6 years old.

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The Significance of Early Education

1, 0-6 years old is a rapid growth period, and it is basically mature at the age of 6. Rich material nutrition in this period is the basis and material condition for brain development. And all kinds of strong and effective information stimulation will activate brain cells, make them have the function of storing memories and processing information, and make the brain really active and developed.

2. The sensitive period of human development of various information and abilities is concentrated in the first few years of life. This period is a unique and important development stage in human life, an opportunity window for children's development and the best opportunity for babies to gain wisdom.

Whether a child has rich experiences in the first three years of his life greatly affects his brain development. This is a very important discovery, because a person's life-long study, thinking and emotional response are based on the early development of the brain.

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