Children from 0 to 6 years old go through a process of growth and development, where, apart from strengthening their organs and bone structure, the brain is also forming. It is here, where early stimulation takes advantage of brain plasticity to boost the child’s cognitive, social and emotional development. Applying playful techniques, where you learn by playing, to enhance skills.
In addition, in this way it is possible to evaluate at a young age some type of deficit, whether intellectual or motor, correcting or compensating; so that your personal development is not truncated. At the same time, the interest in learning, socializing and communicating is promoted, in a different way, where the physical and mental part are in balance.
Early stimulation improves skills
- In fact, early stimulation applies educational processes based on principles of neurology, psychology and pedagogy, seeking to train and stimulate the brain. So that children develop skills in areas such as reading, writing, mathematics and languages. But, they also improve the capacity for resilience, assertiveness and creative thinking, very useful for making decisions and carrying out everything that is proposed in life.1
- Thus, as early stimulation, it also facilitates psychomotor development in children, allowing movement and interaction with their environment. Hence, children through playful activities manage to strengthen their bones and muscles, allowing them to hold their heads in the first months, but in less than a year they can take the first steps and begin to assume a correct posture.2
- Likewise, aids such as audiobooks, reading stories and children’s movies, will make the development of language and communication more fluid. Above all, because through repetition speech and listening are stimulated. What makes the young infant able to put words together, understand, memorize and express his thoughts with ease. Facilitating the learning of any language.3
- At the same time, early stimulation works on affective and emotional development. Since, in this way, the baby will begin to distinguish, express and channel, the feelings and their reactions to joy, sadness, anger or frustration. Thus, an independent adult will be gradually forged, who measures the risks and makes the right decisions in the face of day-to-day circumstances.
In summary
It is observed that early stimulation can be applied from the moment of birth, mainly involving parents and caregivers. Above all, because with the guidance of the pediatrician and the wide range of books that are available in the market, simple techniques can be learned that enhance the intellectual capacities and abilities of the child.
Likewise, the educational sector, giving importance to children’s progress, has created centers for early childhood education and early stimulation. Where, expert personnel apply techniques such as painting, dance, music and swimming, to improve psychomotor development. In addition to facilitating creativity, language and intellectual and social capacities. But in turn, language or motor alterations are detected, which in most cases can be corrected.
References:
1.Domínguez Dieppa Fernando. Neurodevelopment and early stimulation. Rev. Cubana Pediatr [Internet]. 2019 Jun [citado 2021 Jul 06]; 91 (2): e819. Available in:
http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-75312019000200001&lng=es.
2.Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Antonio Rizzoli-Córdoba, Aranzazú Alonso-Cuevas, Hortensia Reyes-Morales. Advances in early childhood development: from neurons to large-scale programs. Bulletin. Hosp. Infan. Mex. [internet]2017. [ consultado 6 jul 2021]; 74 (2); 86-97. Available in:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665114616301617.
3.Alejandro Medina Chambers. Early stimulation. Rev. Mex. Medic. Fis. Rehab. [internet] 2002 [Consultado 6 jul 2021]; 14: 63-64. Available in:
https://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/fisica/mf-2002/mf02-2_4i.pdf.