Science Supports Talknology Tips

Your child's cumulative experience up to age three has a huge impact on later achievement. Start early and continue 5 habits of success.

1. SPEAK TO AND READ TO YOUR CHILD EARLY AND OFTEN A study revealed that children in professional homes were exposed to an average of more than 1500 more spoken words per hour than children from low socioeconomic homes. Over a year, that equals to 8 million words more and by age four, it will be 32 million more words, with a huge gap in the compexity of the words.  
2. SPEAK IN POSITIVE TONES of ENCOURAGEMENT Up to age 4, the average child from a professional family receives 560,000 more instances of encouraging feedback than discouraging feedback; a working class child receives merely 100,000 more encouragements than discouragements; a low socioeconomic child receives 125,000 more discouragements than encouragements.  
3. SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS Children develop only as the environment demands development.  
4. HELP THEM EMBRACE FAILURE In the process of attaining high standards, setbacks must be seen as learning. This gives each child "built-in resiliance," protecting them from a defeating sense of failure.(Stop saving them from failure.)  
5. ENCOURAGE SELF-RELIANCE Help them understand they are the directors of their own life through a series of choices. *Surveys from The Genius in All of Us