Early Childhood Development

What is Birth to Three?

Watch and listen to see real world examples of parents building their children's cognitive capacity before age five, with a special emphasis on the first three years. This powerful video explains in more detail the incredible early childhood training principles.

Why is 0 to 5 training so important?

From a Scientific Perspective

The science is clear: the first three to five years of life set the tone for a child's future, making it a time of huge opportunity...or great risk.

In the first three years of life, more than one million neural connections are formed each second.
70-80% of a child's cognitive capacity is set by the age of three.
80% of those living below the poverty level failed to reach age appropriate reading proficiency by the 3rd grade.
By age 3 Infants and toddlers have the most rapid physical, cognitive and emotional development of their lives.
Research has proven that early child- hood development programs implemented from ages 0 to 5 do more to improve a child's capacity than at any other time in life.

From a Societal Perspective

A lack of early childhood education in underserved communities is causing a dramatic increase in poverty, incarceration, and the lack of a qualified workforce.

"By the third birthday, a baby needs to be spoken to, sung to, or read to, 25 to 30 million words. At least half an hour a day. By the third birthday, 70% to 80% of the baby’s cognitive capacity is set. That largely defines the child’s ability to succeed in school and career earning levels."

What Can Parents Do

Speak To
Talk To Your Baby All The Time
Getting up
When Cooking And Eating
At the grocery store
At Bedtime.

Play With
Virtually anything can be a learning toy
Build Puzzles
Stack books, boxes and cans
Play hide and seek

Sing To
It's The Emotion And Joy That Counts.
Don't Worry About Your Voice.
Love And Singing Build Emotional Connection, Self-Confidence, And Compassion.

Count With
Count everything you see
Count blades of grass
Count the birds in the trees
Count the clouds in the sky

Read To
Build Joy Of Learning & Books
Read labels on boxes and cans
Read signs on streets
Read signs buildings

Serve & Return
Peak A Boo
Name Games
Follow the leader
Sharing toys back and forth

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