For a mother, her child is the best, most capable and smartest. On the other hand, if he has the makings of a genius, it is important not to miss the moment and engage in its development.
Now there are schools for gifted children, which teach according to special programs. An experienced child psychologist will be able to determine how your child develops, whether his development meets the norm or is he slightly ahead of his peers. Brilliant children have similarities that distinguish them from the rest.
10. There are a lot of books in the house
Scientists from the Australian National University, along with their colleagues from the United States, established an interesting pattern. It turns out that there is a relationship between the number of books in a child’s house and his abilities.
Interestingly, it is not so important whether he reads these books or not. The study was conducted over four years, examined people living in 31 countries. First, scientists found out how many books the teenager had in his apartment when he was sixteen years old. Then everyone went through a series of tests.
Researchers were struck by the results: the more books, the better the test results. Scientists say that it’s worth buying books, even if the income in the family is small, because It is useful for the development of the child.
9. The child does sports
Some parents still believe in myths that playing sports dulls their children. This is not true. Of course, if a child devotes all his free time to training, forgets about studying, self-education, this will affect his development. But the alternation of mental exercises and physical exercises helps children learn well.
German scientists found that after playing sports, the child’s memory improves, he remembers words 20% faster. And all because the flow of blood to the areas of the brain responsible for memory and learning is increasing.
8. Prone to activities that develop fine motor skills
Scientists have long been able to prove that the development of fine motor skills of a child affects his mental development. G. Hildert and N. Mann examined children at the age of 6 months. They shot an encephalogram. Then for months they were engaged with children: they unbent and bent their fingers, did a brush massage.
A new examination showed that such training accelerated brain maturation. Scientists have suggested that the development of fine motor skills contributes to the development of "centers of speech", and they are associated with thinking. Maria Montessori, a well-known teacher, also believed that the talents of children are at their fingertips.
7. A child goes to music school
The IQ of children playing musical instruments is slightly higher than the rest. The differences are not very noticeable, but they are. Most likely, this is due to the fact that classes help to train the fingers, develop fine motor skills, and this affects the logical thinking and mental activity of the child.
So, playing the piano, the child uses all the fingers, not only the right, but also the left hand. The study of musical notation contributes to the development of logical thinking. It was once considered an exact science. To play well, you need the ability to concentrate and attention, and all this develops in a music school.
6. Likes to soar in the clouds
Gifted children grab everything on the fly, so they can be bored in the usual lessons at school. They are busy with their thoughts and often do not hear what the teacher is talking about. In this case, you should talk about individual lessons.
Maybe the child should pick up additional puzzles or examples that he can solve, instead of counting the raven. Or you can transfer him to another school, with in-depth study of subjects.
5. Likes to talk with adults
Usually, children become constrained in the presence of adults, not so much communicate with them. Smart children are interested in discussing with their older ones what interests them. Sometimes they choose friends not among their peers, but among older children. But they also need to communicate with peers, so you should sometimes invite classmates to visit.
4. You have an impressionable and emotional child.
People with similar traits often have creative abilities. But this gift also has a flip side, as the psyche of the child is very "fragile." Children can be moody, often cry. To cope with this, the child needs a close person nearby who can calm down.
3. The child learns a foreign language
Scientists, having carried out a number of examinations, were able to establish that after 3 months of learning a foreign language, a person has an increase in the amount of gray matter, i.e. the brain is growing, and not in a figurative, but in the literal sense. It was also possible to establish that children who grew up in a multilingual environment have better memory than their peers. They better remember the sequence of events and objects.
This difference begins to appear in 5-7 years and remains for life. In addition, bilinguals (those who know 2 languages or more) read better, think in their mind, etc. They know how to concentrate and literally grab everything on the fly.
2. The child has a young father
Now many men become fathers after 40 years. And this is understandable. At this age, they manage to make a good career, earn money for an apartment and everything they need, are able to provide a family. But later paternity does not have a very good effect on the health of the child. Mutations appear in sperm with age.
In Sweden, a study was conducted that analyzed the health of 2.6 million people. As it turned out, the IQ of children of men who became fathers after 45 years, on average, is much lower than that of those who came from young men. They were 2.5 times more likely to be unable to graduate even from high school. In addition, they increase the risk of hyperactivity disorder by 13 times, the occurrence of mental illness by 13 times, they often become drug addicts.
But it is impossible to name the exact age at which it is desirable to give birth to a child, however, experts advise not to delay this, the critical threshold is 40 years.
1. He has a smart mom
Scientists were able to prove that the child’s mental abilities depend on the genes that he receives from his mother. It is the X chromosome that determines those parts of the brain on which the child’s thinking, memory and perception of the world depend. And from his father, he inherits instincts, as well as mechanisms responsible for mood.
However, scientists warn that this is about basic abilities, i.e. a child alone is not born intelligent, even from genius parents. The baby's brain needs to be developed, and it is precisely on this that his abilities depend.