subject: Child Development Through Repetition [print this page] Child development is always on parents' mind. It is important to put your baby through a series of activities to stimulate his or her development. Activities with repetition can stimulate the senses to encourage mental and physical development.
Repetition of experiences causes the connections between brain cells, the synapses, to strengthen, become stable and build baby's brain. When a baby is engaged in an activity, you will need to repeat it many times - perhaps more than you would like! Repetition is essential for the development of neural connections in baby's brain.
Baby can enjoy an activity for many repetitions. With this "practice", new connections are made in baby's brain, actually helping it grow, and baby experiences the satisfaction of intentionally causing an effect in his world. In one study on this subject, an eleven-month-old joyfully rolled a ball to a willing adult playmate 180 times before losing interest! Sounds familiar? This is how fascinating repetition is in the mind of a baby. It is nature's way to ensure the baby gets the necessary brain building.
Through exposure to variety of objects, musical instruments, people, movements, songs, rhymes, books, games etc, an array of important motor skills, aptitudes, and perceptions are stimulated in the form of new neural connections, or pathways. But not all these pathways will remain intact. It is only through repetition (such as with this activity) that neural connections are strengthened and that possibility becomes ability. Also worthy of mention is that neural scientists have determined a connection between positive experiences and negatives ones on the stability and strength of the neural pathways. Experiences coupled with stress will result in erosion of healthy neural pathways.
The child from birth to seven years learns primarily through her body experiences. Growth and development are shaped by the impressions of the world around her. What she learns at this age are foundational skills to support her ongoing education. Repetition of such skill building provides her with what it takes to help her succeed later in life's more complex demands and should therefore not be ignored.
So if you are looking for programs for your child, do look for one with meaningful activities rich with repetition.
by: Cheow Yu Yuan
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