The development of a child from the first days of life only at first glance seems useless. Still, they fed them, put them to bed and exhaled with relief - that's what irresponsible mothers think. And those who want to raise a comprehensively developed baby should understand that it is necessary to develop a child from the very cradle, because it is at this moment that the first skills of the baby are formed, it gradually adapts to life in a new, more aggressive world than the mother's womb.

How to develop a child from birth:

The first month of a baby's life is considered a period of adaptation to the conditions of the new world, while in the second month the child begins to explore the world with the help of sight, hearing and even some movements. It is in motor activity that the development of the child lies.

Parents should not only rely on the baby's natural growth process and the habits that follow from it, but they must also help the child develop new movements. For example, in the development of a child in the 2nd month, it is imperative to lay out the baby on a hard, flat surface so that he raises his head. Thus, parents develop physical activity and motor functions in the child. Developing the child in this way, make sure that he does not hit, because such crumbs cannot yet hold the head for a long time.

You need to start such training with a few minutes, gradually increasing the time. If the baby does not want to raise his head in any way (children can be lazy from birth), the task of parents in the development of the child is to attract his attention, so it is necessary to talk with the baby, waiting for a reaction to the sound of the voice, or show him bright toys.

In the first month of a child's life, it is customary to swaddle so that he does not wake himself up, does not take the wrong position, or does not inadvertently scratch himself. However, from the second month it is important to accustom the baby to loose clothing that will not hinder his movements. Gradually, the child should get used to his own gestures and not be afraid of them. You can swaddle your baby at night to ensure a more restful sleep, but during the waking period it is better to give preference to loose vests and sliders. Remember, tight swaddling can have a bad effect on the development of the child, this can manifest itself in poor coordination of movements.

It is necessary to develop the child comprehensively, we are talking about motor, visual, auditory activities, as well as the ability to make sounds. At the age of 1 month, the child already begins to focus on bright and large objects. To help develop this skill, toys suspended above the crib will help. It is good if the rattles above the crib will spin, so the baby will be able to follow them with his eyes and focus his eyes.

Mobiles above the crib help to develop the child not only in terms of vision, but also in terms of movements. After all, watching moving toys, there is an active training of the neck muscles. A child at 2 months already begins not only to raise his head, but also to rotate it. From the age of 3 months, the baby begins not only to follow the carousel with a toy with his eyes, but also for the first time reaches for it with his hands.

Human speech is something that a child, and in the future an adult, will encounter from the first days of life. Therefore, it is recommended to develop the child with the help of his speech while still in the womb. After birth, the sound of mother's and father's voices should also be heard by the baby on a daily basis. At the same time, intonation is very important, in no case do not shout at the child, your voice should be gentle and affectionate.

You can train your child's hearing not only with your own voice, but also with toys. A child at 2-3 months is very sensitive to the sound of rattles. And soothing music in the carousel above the bed can not only captivate the baby, but also help him fall asleep.

Usually the sounds that the baby makes are obtained involuntarily. It doesn't need to be taught specifically. But earlier, frequent conversations of mom and dad with the baby will help to hear the baby's cooing. Mom's "agu" will provoke the child to repeat this sound, and the child will begin to please you not only with crying, but also with other sounds that are more pleasant for the mother's hearing.

To develop a child from the first days of life, you do not need to acquire a huge arsenal of various toys. Better save money for the future. Educational toys for a child should be as simple as possible, without unnecessary details, light in weight. The toy helps the kid to train motor skills of handles and fingers. It is important that the rattle for the development of the child is not too massive, otherwise he simply will not be able to wrap his arms around it. Choose toys based on the age of the baby. Remember that rattles must be boiled before use to remove the remnants of factory dust and germs.

Developing rattles for children should not make too harsh sounds. Toys that imitate natural noises are ideal.

Rattles in the development of a child in the first months of life are used, of course, to attract attention and train the eyes. Then the function of the toy becomes more significant, because the baby begins to touch it, hold it in his hands, move it and even taste it.

At first, the child will most likely only look at the toy, but gradually he needs to be taught to touch it. To do this, you can put the rattle in the baby’s hand on its own, the grasping reflex inherent in the baby will do its job, and then the child, having become accustomed to the sound coming from the rattle, will learn to take it in his hands.

As mentioned above, when buying toys for the development of a child, try not to ignore the musical carousels above the crib and garlands for the stroller. Remember that toys are designed not so much for the leisure of the baby, but for the development of the child. It is with their help that he receives initial information about the world. With them, he gradually begins to learn sounds, tactile sensations, visual information. The use of rattles in the development of a child is also an exercise in independence for the crumbs.

The appearance of a child in the family changes a lot, but at the same time it is a great joy. In most cases, babies go through certain stages in their development. They learn to hold their heads, roll over, sit, stand, walk, and then begin to speak their first words. However, in approximately one case in a million, the baby begins to speak already in the first months of life. If a child develops mentally by leaps and bounds, hundreds of times ahead of his peers, then they talk about him as a child prodigy.

Who are geeks?

Many parents strive to raise a genius. At the same time, they often use various methods of early development. According to psychologists, such a development is dangerous for the child's psyche. If the brain is overloaded, then children become nervous and unbalanced. However, the authors of developing methods do not agree with this statement.

Parents can develop their child with the help of Montessori, Steiner, Doman, Nikitin, Zaitsev and others systems.

The creators of these methods claim that if the baby studies them, then he will not only be able to write, read and at a young age, but also learn to creatively, creatively approach problem solving, think figuratively, he will develop the ability to memorize.

For example, children from the Nikitin family, where the educational methods developed by their parents for the first time, really grew up as educated people, but did not become geniuses. And they are in no hurry to apply this technique to their children.

There are people who already in childhood show genius, but there are only a few of them. Their thinking is atypical, they are able to make non-standard and much more effective decisions at an early age than adults. Out of a million children, only one is a genius., gifted kids are much more common. Theoretically, in the average cell of society, a baby with an unusual gift can appear in one case out of several tens of thousands. The gift is unusual abilities, and only by working hard and improving them, the child will be able to develop talent in himself. And only a talent tested for more than a dozen years, which is inclined to create, can be called a genius.

Good to know: there is a special science that studies the phenomenon of child prodigies - eugenics, but scientists cannot answer the question why some children have bright manifestations of giftedness, while others do not.

On the one hand, it is believed that a violation of the ratio of hormone levels in children is responsible for the manifestation of giftedness. And it is precisely in connection with this that the pace of mental development accelerates, and, accordingly, nervous system matures earlier, various skills are mastered at an accelerated pace. On the other hand, there is a hypothesis that talent is inherited. That is, in the past generations of the family, there should be ancestors with creative inclinations or high IQ.

Another theory says that a group of genes is responsible for talent and high intelligence. Each of them corresponds to a certain thought process. So, for example, there is a gene that is responsible for phenomenal memory. That is, children with it are able to remember much more than others, it is easier for them to study foreign languages, because they can hold dozens of times more words in memory. A DNA test should help draw up a gene map of a child's talents. Theoretically, diagnostics reveals a child's inclinations towards music, sports, language or mathematics, which in turn helps parents determine how to develop a child. If we consider this theory correct, then this discovery can completely change the education system. Perhaps such tests will become publicly available in the near future. However, in order for society to feel protected, it is necessary a large number of performers, not leaders and people with claims, so gifted children are treated with caution. One can observe a certain conflict, an analogue of a social neurosis.

Geeks are gifted children whose level of intellectual development exceeds that of their peers. Literally from German, this word is translated as a wonderful child. The abilities of such children are manifested in various fields of activity, some can graduate from school and defend a dissertation at the age of 11-12, others write paintings or operas, others become chess champions. Among geeks there are so-called savants(wise men). These children may reach heights rarely achieved by others in some narrow area, but usually have problems with elementary skills. Most often, geeks are first-born. Already at the age of four, their intellectual abilities are manifested by 50%, and at eight - by 90%.

As mentioned, the abilities of child prodigies are revealed, since their mental and mental development is ahead of the physical. Many systems have been developed to assess the degree of giftedness of a child, but they are all based on formal features. For example, testIQ. The average person scores a maximum of 90 points in it, one out of six people scores 120, and they speak of such a person as a bright, enlightened personality. And if the intelligence coefficient exceeds 160, then they speak of the presence of extraordinary abilities. So, children who score from 130 to 145 points are considered moderately gifted (the number of such children is 1 in 50 people), from 145 to 160 - highly gifted (1 out of 1000), from 160 to 175 - exceptionally gifted (1 out of 30 thousand). and from 175 and more - extraordinarily gifted (1 out of 3 million).

Important: gifted children, passing classical tests, often show disgusting results. That is, the modern education system is capable of killing a genius in a child.

At the same time, revealing a child's talent is far from being recognized. Around the age of 10-12, when physical development catches up with mental development, child prodigies can become quite ordinary. Only a few manage to become geniuses. About 8% of super-gifted children achieve success, but they are the driving force of humanity towards progress.

It is known that a person uses only 1% of the possibilities of his brain, but the children of each next generation use them much more actively than their parents. This is due to the fact that with each new decade, the amount of information that needs to be learned doubles. Even the time frame when the physical development of the human body stops has changed for girls from 18-20 to 22-25, and for boys from 23-25 ​​to 27-30. Thus, it is likely that someday genius will become the norm.

Special child in the family

Children who differed from the bulk of their peers in their abilities always amaze the townsfolk, admire them, envy them. But what is it like to be the parent of a child prodigy and is there any difficulty in the children themselves?

Undoubtedly, gifted children have to face certain difficulties in life. How difficult it will be for a child to carry the burden of his gift depends largely on his parents. For some of them, the manifested abilities of the child will only cause pride, they will only try to direct the development of his talent, but will not forcefully load the baby with unnecessary information from an early age, torture him with endless training, others will want to realize their ambitions, depriving the baby of simple childhood joys, and still others will they will try to take advantage of the situation, to make money on their own baby.

Good to know: undoubtedly, children who have truly loving and sensitive parents are incomparably more advantageous, they can reach extraordinary heights, but if their gift fades without developing into a talent, they will easily survive the loss.

The same children, whose parents place too high hopes on them, to whom excessive demands are made, often lose their childhood. They have to spend days on end poring over textbooks, deriving formulas, playing the violin and so on, they hardly communicate with their peers. Due to psychological pressure, only three out of a hundred of these children succeed, they manage to develop their talent.

Usually, gifted children should not be forced to work, but on the contrary, they should be asked to change their occupation. A caring parent will try to send the child outside to run and play with peers. Although such babies experience communication difficulties, due to the fact that disproportionately high rates of mental development prevent them from finding mutual language with peers, they need to learn to communicate. The fact that a child has surpassed peers in intellectual development does not mean that he has outgrown them emotionally and sensually. It is very important that parents pay attention to this aspect of their offspring's life, as it has been observed that most geeks are socially unprepared, become withdrawn people, sociopaths.

Often, children, complete with extraordinary abilities, come with poor health, both mental and physical. For example, there are many autistic children among these children, who are characterized by a lack of social interaction, isolation from reality, the percentage of severe allergies and asthma among them is incomparably higher than among ordinary children, such children often suffer from insomnia and nervous disorders.

On the other hand, there are many hyperactive children among gifted children. Parents should be prepared for the fact that there are several features that cannot be ignored.

It is difficult to cope with such kids, in the old days they were diagnosed with schizophrenia.

The glory of a little child prodigy is very short-lived. As mentioned earlier, over time, mental development in most cases begins to match physical development, and miracle children become ordinary adults whose abilities do not stand out much. This happens either for natural reasons, since a certain resource of opportunities has been exhausted, or under the pressure of impatient adults who, taking care of their own selfish interests and vanity, force the little genius to work in an increased load mode, hoping to further develop his talent. This attitude is detrimental to the child. Moreover, both for the development of his personality and talent. As powerful as this talent is, it is not unlimited.
Each individual child prodigy has a limit of possibilities, and if they are mercilessly exploited, they will exhaust themselves much faster.

A disservice is done to their children by parents who exalt them over others at the expense of their talent. If he disappears for the reasons described and the child, accustomed to fame and a halo of genius, is forgotten, then he experiences this very difficultly, he begins to have health problems, mostly of a psychological nature. The self-esteem of the former child prodigy inevitably falls, difficulties with adaptation in society cause conflicts with people around them, such children constantly try to demonstrate their lost abilities, constantly feel their inferiority, against the background of constant depression, even insanity can develop. Such a state in psychology even received the name former child prodigy syndrome. In addition, it has been established that the life expectancy of geniuses is on average 10-15 years less. They either die from congenital or acquired diseases, or commit suicide.

Important: psychologists and educators agree that, first of all, parents need to love and perceive their child as he is, and everything else will follow.

It is necessary to give him the opportunity to lead a normal life, to live his childhood the way all ordinary children live it, with all the joys and sorrows. Often, problems for such children begin with the school bench, as many parents try to bring the school curriculum into line and intellectual development his child, transferring him to high school. Leaving the environment of peers, the child is deprived of full-fledged communication, which is an integral and very important part of growing up. No one knows what the consequences will be of studying in a classroom where all the boys are stronger and girls are taller, or going to college for a twelve-year-old teenager who is not yet averse to playing games, and his classmates are already smoking, drinking beer and having sex.

From what has been said, it follows that the parents of a child prodigy should think carefully before presenting the possibilities of their child to the public. Genius does not tolerate fuss, it must develop itself. If a child is destined to become a genius, then he will become one. So let him manage his abilities himself, the task of parents is only to guide, and not force him.

Is it hard to raise a genius?

In order to contribute to the development of a child prodigy and not ruin his talent, it is useful for parents to follow some rules.

Environment

First of all, a favorable environment is necessary for its development. The child needs choice. The house should have free access to as many books as possible, but not novels and detective stories, but on relevant topics from different areas and spheres of life. Since it is impossible to predict what the child will be interested in, it is desirable to have musical instruments, various devices for practicing fine arts, and free access to the Internet. This, of course, does not mean that a child can visit sites for adults or play shooting games for days on end, there are special programs that limit such access. It is much more important to create an intellectual environment, free access to information about various figures, events, concepts.

It should also contribute to the all-round development of the child. The walls of the children's room can be decorated with geographical maps, reproductions or simply pictures of paintings by famous artists.

Freedom of movement

The foundations of intelligence are laid before the age of five, when the brain grows most intensively. At this time, the main type of cognition of the child is sensory-motor. Children who are not forbidden to run, jump, pick up everything that interests them, that is, allow them to experience risk, are given freedom to explore the world, the opportunity to gain new experience, overtake in mental development those kids who are constantly pulled up, afraid, as if of something neither broke nor formed another bruise or bump. Of course, in order for the baby not to harm his health, his activities must be monitored, avoiding a catastrophe.

Communication

Adults for young children are the most authoritative source of knowledge. Everything that is said by the parents is perceived by them as the truth, and is very easy to remember, so they have to tell their kids a lot, answer their questions. Curiosity leads to knowledge, and knowledge breeds enthusiasm.

Important: subsequently, it will be possible and necessary to push the child to make independent decisions, which means that more and more often answer a question with a question so that the baby learns not just to follow ready-made instructions, but to think independently.

When he answers, then it is necessary to discuss the correctness of this answer. You also need to be able to listen to the baby, even if he gets confused and formulates what he is trying to say for a very long time. It is very important for a child to be heard, to listen to his opinion, so you can involve him in discussing the simplest things like a lunch or dinner menu.

The game

Playing activities play a leading role in the lives of children preschool age, it teaches solving abstract problems, understanding the world, develops Creative skills, and intuition for a genius is very, very important.

Good to know: a child's toys should be beautiful and educational to a certain extent. The best choice there will be a constructor, a mosaic, a puzzle.

For the sake of the development of your child, you do not need to regret the painted wallpaper, although you can first stick drawing paper on them. But it is precisely the games of gifted children that parents often deprive, forcing these small and obedient creatures to perfect their gift for many hours. Few of them think that coercion to learn can cause a completely opposite effect, make the child passive, slow down his development, close to the perception of information. The ideal option is to combine gaming and learning activities.

walks

The developing brain needs not only useful and new information, but also oxygen, which is why it is so important to walk with the child in the fresh air. You can go to the park, to the river, to the forest. During such walks, the baby gets acquainted with hitherto unfamiliar objects, phenomena, or simply satisfies the need for communication with loved ones. In addition, on a walk you can run, jump, climb, in a word, be physically active, and physical activity is known to stimulate the development of mental abilities.

developed imagination

This is a special quality that true geniuses possess. They know no boundaries in their imagination, so things that are completely unbelievable at first glance come to their mind, but then solutions are found. The key to success is often books and an insatiable desire to read them.

The main thing is that in the life of the parents of geeks there is no place for negativism and rationalism. Their main quality should be optimism. He will help you see in your child and develop strengths, not paying attention to weaknesses.

gifted children of today

It takes most people decades to become an expert in one area or another, to achieve perfection. Brilliant kids don't have to go to university for five years to get a degree. They can become scientists, programmers, artists, musicians and professionals in other fields already at tender childhood. Among modern children, the most striking examples of genius include a seven-year-old surgeon child, a two-year-old artist, a three-year-old singer, and others. Their stories and abilities are amazing and may be of interest to the reader.

Nick D'Alosio.

This kid is a self-taught erudite who studies in his spare time by reading, listening and watching. At the age of 16, the young man has already earned his first million, is the CEO of the company and the developer of the popular Summly mobile application, which allows you to analyze the content of a web page even before it starts loading and creates something like an outline of it. At the same time, this material, although brief, is very readable. He came up with the idea for this app because he couldn't afford to wait for pages to fully load due to constant time pressure, slow internet connection, and the need to work on the go. There are several other interesting applications in its arsenal, but Summly brought fame.

Babar Ali. In modern India, there is a very low level of literacy, a third of the population can neither write nor read, therefore, being a nine-year-old boy, Babar Ali decided to act as a teacher and organized a volunteer educational institution, starting to teach neighboring children. When he realized that his knowledge was not enough, he tried to attract other volunteer teachers, among whom were both adults and children. Thus, he became at the same time the founder, teacher and student in his educational institution. When Babar turned sixteen, the country's authorities granted the school official status, and he became its de jure director, becoming the youngest person in the world to hold such a position.

Akrit Yaswal. Akrita Yasvala was glorified by the surgical operation he performed at the age of seven. The boy was always interested in medicine and showed remarkable abilities for it, among his acquaintances he was even considered a medical genius. One day, a neighbor's child got burned on his hand and could not use his fingers, and Akrit helped by performing an operation and returning mobility to the fingers of his little patient. It is not surprising that after the incident he entered medical institute. Currently, Akrit's goal in life is to find a cure for cancer.

Michael Kevin Kearney. The child started talking when he was only four months old, and at six months he told the pediatrician that he had an ear infection. Surprisingly, the diagnosis turned out to be correct. Michael learned to read at the age of ten months, at the age of six he already graduated from high school, and at 10 - college. He easily won the game "Who wants to be a millionaire?".

Aelita Andre. A girl at seven years old is the youngest professional artist in the world. Her parents are also artists, so there were always brushes and paints in the house. She painted her first painting as a nine-month-old baby. When Aelita was two, dad showed her work to a familiar gallery director. He liked them very much, he decided to include them in the exhibition and was shocked when he found out that the author of the paintings was a two-year-old girl, because they were distinguished by professionalism. Already at the age of four, a personal exhibition of the artist took place. The genre in which Aelita draws is abstraction.

Cleopatra Stratan. The baby became a singer at the age of three. The girl's father, the singer, once took her with him to the studio, where he was going to record the song "Mom". The daughter knew the words and asked to be allowed to sing too. Thus, a young talent was discovered, and her father was seriously engaged in her musical development. Several of her albums have already been recorded.

Kim Ung-young. As a four-year-old child, he solved differential equations, and at five he already knew four languages. The eight-year-old boy was invited to study at the National University of Colorado, and at 15 he became a doctor of physical sciences. He is currently the smartest person in the world with an IQ of 210.

Saul Aaron Kripke. As a very young boy, he created a large number of works that changed the usual ideas about the teaching of formal logic. young philosopher in school age was invited to work at Harvard, but he refused, arguing that he had not yet graduated from high school. However, after graduation, he became a teacher at this university.

Onafujiri Remet. The boy became a professional photographer at the age of three. His abilities were discovered by chance when his parents gave him a simple camera for his birthday. After that, they had to buy a professional apparatus for their son. The unique author's view of Onafujiri could be appreciated at his exhibition, recognized critics noted his considerable talent.

Jonathan Lebed. The young man became a computer hacker and the youngest stock scammer in the world. At the age of thirteen, the boy became a successful stock trader, but then he decided that the prices of low-liquid stocks could be artificially regulated in order to earn even more. To do this, he wrote fake news and then sold his assets, earning more than half a million dollars. Law enforcement agencies became interested in his activities, but they failed to put him in jail. He organized a powerful information support for himself, forcing him to sign a settlement agreement with him. The investigation proved 11 facts of fraud and, according to the signed document, he had to return the money earned on these transactions, but he could keep the rest.

Outstanding minds of our time are also:

• Taylor Wilson, who developed a compact nuclear reactor and invented a special device for carrying out nuclear fusion reactions;
• Cameron Thomson is a young mathematical genius who, despite learning difficulties associated with Asperger's disease, already received a degree in mathematics at the age of eleven from the Open University in the UK;
• Jacob Barnet, who was diagnosed with severe autism by doctors at the age of two and was assured that he would not even be able to speak. In refutation of this, a year later he spoke the alphabet in forward and reverse order, and at the age of 10 he entered Indiana University. Barnet is currently working on a PhD in quantum physics;
• Priyanshi Somani, capable of performing the most complex mathematical calculations in her mind, the world record holder in extracting square roots without the help of computers;
• Akim Kamara is a boy with an exceptional ability for music. At the age of two he learned to play the violin virtuoso, and he mastered this science in just six months, and at the age of three he already gave his first concert;

Gifted children of a bygone era

Talented children were born at all times. So, everyone knows the personality of the musical genius Mozart, who at the age of five already became a composer and masterfully played several musical instruments from the age of three. Also notable are Griboedov, who entered the university at the age of 11, and Lermontov, who began writing poetry at the age of six.

The burden of fame for many gifted children turned out to be too heavy, and their stories have a tragic end.

Pavel Konoplev. The boy showed mathematical abilities at the age of three, and at five he already taught his mother, who, by the way, was a physicist by education, to calculate logarithms. Since he was interested in musical literacy, he studied it on his own. He was denied admission to a school for gifted children, because they did not believe that he was able to solve the most difficult physical problem and he had to go to the usual one. He immediately moved to the fourth grade, which led to problems in communication, since classmates were older than him. The young child prodigy became a student at the age of 15, and at 18 he entered graduate school and was elected a deputy of the district council. However, all his life he experienced a lack of communication, misunderstanding, which resulted in mental illness. Pavel Konoplev passed away at the age of 29.

Nadia Rusheva. A talented artist who passed away at the age of 17. She left behind more than 10 thousand light and elegant illustrations and drawings. She started drawing at the age of five, as she said, just trace with a pencil what appeared on paper. Nadia's first personal exhibition was held when she was 12 years old, and then there were 15 more in Russia , Poland, Czechoslovakia, India, Romania. The girl was never seriously ill. Her life was cut short due to an undetected congenital defect in the brain vessel, as a result of which a brain hemorrhage occurred as a result of the rupture. The artist was buried in an Artek uniform to the music of the Beatles, because during her lifetime she did not like that during such a tragic event in the life of every family as a funeral, such depressing music plays.

Sasha Putra. Another gifted little artist for whom drawing was the meaning of life. She began to draw at the age of three and did not let go of pencils and felt-tip pens from her hands for almost a second. The life of a little girl was taken away by a disease - acute leukemia. Sasha struggled with the disease for six years, but in the twelfth year her life was cut short. After her death, exhibitions of her work were held in ten countries, and even a postal envelope was issued in Austria.

Nika Turbina. A poetess whose talent manifested itself at the age of four. At first, she asked adults to write down lines that seemed to be dictated to her. She worked mostly when she was hurt or scared. Her talent became public when Nike was nine. A collection of her poems was published, performances were organized at poetry evenings throughout the country. At the age of 12, Turbina became the second Russian poetess (after Akhmatova) to be awarded the prestigious Golden Lion award in the field of art. In adolescence, Nika overtook the first creative crisis, they began to forget about her. Unable to bear oblivion and fearing loneliness, she tried several times to commit suicide, ended up in a psychiatric hospital. Men appeared and disappeared in her life, but it was especially difficult for her to endure a break with a man whom she sincerely loved. At 22, she made another suicide attempt - she jumped off the balcony of the fifth floor. She was severely injured, but did not die. After twelve surgeries and a difficult recovery period, she learned to walk again. At this time, she briefly became popular again, but oblivion returned, and there was no close person nearby who could support. As a result, at the age of 27, she once again threw herself from the balcony. This incident ended the life of the poetess. And even after death, she remained alone. Her body lay in the mortuary unidentified for eight days, and then she was cremated. There were no friends or relatives at the cremation, only angry that they have to do extra work, crematorium workers.

As it became clear from the above examples, child prodigies are often poorly adapted to everyday life, but their creations open up new opportunities for ordinary people, give aesthetic pleasure and joy.

How to raise a child prodigy? Video

Of course, many loving mothers have asked themselves this question. We are happy to announce that we know the answer to it.

Today, there are many different methods for developing your baby, but there is one unique technique that has stood the test of time. For more than half a century, the developing cards of the American scientist Glenn Doman have been winning the hearts of parents all over the world and helping kids develop faster.

What is the secret of such popularity?

This is a very simple method. To deal with a baby, you do not need to have a special pedagogical education. Training can be carried out by any mother who has developing educational cards "Wunderkind from the cradle" .

You can start developing a child from the first months, and the sooner you start, the faster your baby will recognize the objects around him, distinguish emotions and delight you with other successes.

This method saves you time. It is enough to devote only 5-10 minutes a day to training and see positive results.

The place of employment does not matter. Training can be carried out both at home and on a walk or on a trip, because the cards are very compact and do not require long preparation: you just take them out of your purse and the classes have already begun.

The pictures on the cards are varied and colorful, and looking at them with your child will always be an exciting game and a pleasure for you and your baby.

With the help of this technique, the child will develop visual memory, spatial and associative thinking, imagination, and expand his horizons. All this will be useful to your baby in the first years of life, and in the future will facilitate the assimilation of school material.

Where to start?

You need to start with the simplest. Show the child images of objects that surround him in everyday life. For example, cards from sets "Food", "Utensils". "Vegetables", "Fruits", "Pets", "Wild Animals". Concepts can be gradually introduced "Geometric shapes", "Flowers", "Numbers" and "Letters". Over time, the learning process can become more difficult. For example, not just voicing the object that is shown on the card, but also saying some interesting facts about it. For example, "The fox eats mice, hares, birds, fish, insects, and plants." Double-sided card sets will help you with this. Additional information will be written on the back, and you will not need to invent anything yourself.

With Glenn Doman's Baby Prodigy Learning Cards, your child can also learn English language, learn to read, count, get an idea about space, transport, musical instruments, professions, countries and their sights, and much, much more.

I recently watched a film about such children and realized ... that I did not understand anything. Judging by the conclusions of the author, such children are continuous problems. They do not want to learn, they are disobedient, touchy, but, of course, they are talented and, moreover, philosophical.

I had the opportunity to meet a family that is raising such a child. True, parents categorically disagree with this definition.

“For that matter, all newborn babies are indigo!” the head of the family objected loudly. - But let's leave aside this term, which, by the way, was born by psychics. Whoever believes in them, let him use this name.

Every child, if he is physically healthy, is exceptionally talented in his potential from the moment of his birth. To be even more precise, it is impossible to be born untalented. It is we, adults, who do everything to ruin the talents in the child, to turn him into an ordinary, mediocre person.

Let's get it right, I suggested. And that's what I heard.

THEY DID SOMETHING

“Our son was born,” the parents say, “with the usual weight, height and cries, like any other child. The only thing I remember was the remark of the nurse: “Look, what an egghead, he will be a scientist!”

Went on his own legs after a year, spoke at two. In other words, there is nothing special about him and, as the parents assure, there was not.

And then one day dad (mother insists that it was her) showed him the letter "A" and asked his son to repeat. He, of course, ignored his father, but a few hours later, at dinner, he suddenly said: “Ah.” Is it a coincidence or did he actually understand what his parents want from him - it remained unclear, but the parents (dad thinks that it occurred to him, with which mom categorically disagrees) had an idea.

They began to teach the child letters. Just don't take it literally. Teaching does not mean that a poor two-year-old kid was seated at a desk and “rubbed” new knowledge into his head. Not at all. This was done during the game. We constantly play with our kids, hoot, lisp, make other fantastic sounds. They tried to play with letters, without a clear goal, without any system, without striving for a specific result. Dad showed letters in newspapers, and mom on store signs. Be that as it may, but by the age of three the child knew all the letters and could count up to ten.

Then they did something that made them work hard, without injuring the baby (they unanimously attribute this merit to the mother). They taught the kid to put letters into syllables. How?

“As always, at dinner,” Mom replies, surprised at the strange question. “And I don’t have any more time. Where will I take it, after all, three men in my arms, including the eldest son.

Then, unexpectedly for themselves, they discovered that primers and alphabets, picture books and large colorful letters turned out to be both at the right time and at the right place. The kid with great interest - with the help, of course, of his parents - took up their development.

TO BE YOURSELF OR LIKE EVERYONE?

Further, as the parents assure, a combination of circumstances. Their child is incredibly lucky! They did not send him to a preschool institution, because the baby's grandmother settled in the house. This is the greatest blessing for any child - to be brought up by his native azheshka. The parents are absolutely convinced of this. After all, she, without knowing it, transfers to the baby a huge layer of experience, culture and, most importantly, love. Naturally, this should happen under the supervision of parents, otherwise the child is spoiled to the point of insanity.

And besides, they managed to save the child from kindergarten.

“No, no, we have no complaints about kindergartens,” parents say, for whom it is important to be correctly understood. “We simply have nothing to do with them after we were exhausted with the constant illnesses of our elder. Now we don't even go there. But that's not even the point. Kindergarten teaches children to collectivism, to obedience, to being not themselves, but like everyone else. This is what we managed to avoid.

Yes, collectivism and discipline are good, but later, later, when we become older. We can't get away from this. Life, and not only it, will teach and force. In the meantime, we want to give the child the right to independent, individual development.

And my grandmother helped me with that. She, being an ardent fan of TV shows, did not allow the baby to sit in front of the TV, considering this invention of civilization an enemy of children's eyes. The kid was languishing from idleness until he came across a book ... in geography for the 7th grade, forgotten by his niece who came to visit.

CAN THE EARTH BE ROUND?

The child began to read and ... did not understand anything. He poked his finger into the book and demanded an explanation from his parents. They must be given their due - they were not taken aback. Now, fortunately, in bookstores there is a huge selection of popular science literature, including for children. Dad bought him a book on geography - a colorful large and accessible. After some time, the baby (now with the help of his father) knew the continents and continents, cities and countries. All this, of course, was discussed in the evenings at a family dinner, and the game "to the cities" became the main family entertainment.

It would seem that the exceptional manifestations of the baby would have ended on this, if not for his own uncle, who doubted (naturally, in jest) that the pope was right.

– Can the Earth be round? In this case, all the water should roll down, that is, drain. Your dad is on to something.

The uncle's remark confused the little one. And offended, he went to his father.

“Really,” said Dad. Why doesn't she run? It is necessary to buy a children's encyclopedia on astronomy!

Then there were books on mathematics, zoology, chemistry, anatomy. The walls of the kitchen were decorated with a periodic table, a map of the world, and mathematical formulas. By the age of six, the boy began to study the history of religions, mechanics, and a textbook of the Old Slavonic language that accidentally fell into the hands. And later came programming languages ​​and philosophy.

When it was time to go to school, the parents had a serious dilemma. They turned to the competent authorities for advice. There, the child was checked, the IQ was determined at a level of 150 points and recommended to go ... to the fifth grade, warning the parents that he had nothing special to do there, but the student was too small in age.

- Wunderkind! I concluded.

- In no case! Dad objected.

He continues to insist that his child is the most ordinary: “Understand, every child, if he is physically healthy, should and can be like that. It is enough to follow the simplest rules.

NO UNTALENTED CHILDREN!

With the permission of the pope, I state these rules in my own edition.

1. There are no untalented children. Their brains have colossal capabilities that we do not yet know properly. Our task is not to teach, not to train, not to force the child. Create conditions for self-development for him, do not interfere with him to explore the world, become his partner in this.

2. Every child is an individualist, let him make decisions on his own, then a thirst for new knowledge will develop in him. Any violence, even with good intentions, suppresses the initiative of the child. Kindergarten, they believe, teaches the child to follow commands, and therefore, wean them to think.

Look closely at him, listen, help him satisfy his childish curiosity. Forget our standard phrase: “You are still young to know this!” If your child asks the question, "Why is the car moving?" - you are obliged to explain to him the principle of operation of the internal combustion engine. Even if it seems to you that he didn’t understand you, it’s not scary. The main thing is that he will have a strong desire to understand this. In general, communicate with him on an equal footing (naturally, with some adjustment for age).

3. Teach your child to read. Just please do it carefully. Do not scare away the child, have the usual parental patience, do not beat off the desire to learn. Do it while playing, laughing and enjoying communication, a new achievement.

4. Leave fairy tales aside for a while (of course, if you want a child with a scientific mind). They are disorienting. The time for fairy tales will come, the day will come when the child himself will demand fairy tales and tell you: “Folk wisdom, folklore, philosophy are embedded in fairy tales. And you won't be able to prove otherwise!"

But buy him scientific, beautiful and colorful children's, and then adult books, encyclopedias. Any pastime that is not based on idleness is boring. Only a book is able to occupy the baby, if you take into account your total employment. Even the difficult topic for parents, “Where do children come from?” was solved with the help of a book - published especially for children - simply, accessible and correct.

5. Limit TV, computer games and things that demoralize the child. The TV, according to the father of the baby, gives a picture, information, but does not explain what is happening (with the exception of scientific and educational channels).

TV forces us to take everything on faith, flashing pictures do not give us the opportunity to comprehend and discuss what is happening, it turns us into a consumer and nothing more. The same remark can be applied to the computer (meaning computer games). The Internet is acceptable and even useful, but only under the control of parents.

6. Of course, any parent should be prepared for the fact that such a child will not be "like everyone else." It will not be easy for him in the team, especially at first. They won't understand him, he won't understand them. The problem of mutual understanding will be constant, because the level and scale of their thinking will be different.

The problem of respect, a worthy place in the school team, was solved, in principle, simply: the boy laid out his notebooks on the desk and allowed anyone who wanted to write off “homework”, solved control questions, prompted. Because he was kind and because he was a real philosopher. Being three years younger than his classmates (his parents did not dare to send him to the fifth grade right away), he could not compete with them in strength. But no one dared to offend him, since even the inveterate school hooligans respected him.

Not everything will go smoothly in his life. It is quite possible that it will be more difficult for him than for others, dad concludes. “But we had no right to limit his need for knowledge. What to do next is up to him. We can only help in any way we can. After all, he has long outgrown us in knowledge, in understanding the world. It remains to learn to live with it.

Hello dear readers! Every parent, looking at the successes of famous little personalities, dreams of raising a genius out of their baby. But, is it possible to do this with any crumb and is there a real need for this?

Please note that a few gifted children retain their super abilities in the future, even if their talents were very bright. History is filled with the names of successful kids and adult scientists, but there are almost no cases of skill development from small to great.

All this leads to the question: why don't geeks develop further? Why don't kids who are the best in the world between the ages of 5 and 15 end up being the best at 25 and 30? Because, logically speaking, geeks achieve high results very quickly, they have a great handicap, but they often relax because of it and, in the end, do not use it.

The traditional world and thinking in it leaves an imprint on the development of the child, because of which a great responsibility is imposed on him, as a result, he burns out and loses his passion. Often the greatest blame for stopping the development of abilities lies with the parents, who inadvertently curtail them.

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When a child prodigy enters the family, most parents feel three powerful instincts:

1. There is an irresistible desire to celebrate such "uniqueness" and brag to all the familiar and close achievements of your child;
2. Raise your baby above the rest and place it in special institutions for gifted children, because they have a special child, not like everyone else;
3. The abilities of a child prodigy must be confirmed, this requires competition with other talented children.

The parental desire to celebrate, uplift, and validate a child's talent is powerful and almost irresistible. At this point, the many institutions that stand out in the education of geeks are taken into account.

Children are identified in a network of specialized, often distant institutions. Various schemes and methods of early development of children are used, moms and dads grab on to all sorts of ways, if only to further develop the talent of their child.

How to raise a child prodigy: a real life case

Scientists investigated an interesting case of one American family. Mother Debbie Phleps had three children - Michael, Whitney and Hilary.

Growing up in suburban Baltimore, Whitney and Hilary were successful swimmers. Whitney was national champion at age 14. According to one of their trainers, Whitney and Hilary had more talent than Michael. Debbie was amazed by the success of her daughters - she celebrated every victory of Whitney and Hilary with great enthusiasm.

And one day the same thing happened that happens to many successful children - their development stopped at one level and could not overcome further difficulties.

Then Michael went swimming. He was really good - almost as talented as his sisters. And when Michael was 15, he set a new American swimming record at one of the regional competitions.

When Michael returned to Baltimore, Debbie's mother took an instinctive action - she decorated the house with balloons, banners and posters commemorating his great victory.

But something unusual happened. A few hours before Michael's arrival, his coach Bob Bowman arrived, he went into the house and removed all the decorations. He took down all the balloons. He pulled down the posters. And threw it all in the trash.

When Debbie Phleps saw what Bowman had done, she was understandably upset - why is he doing this? Doesn't he understand that this was a great moment, the perfect time to celebrate?

Bowman listened to her protest. Then he said to her, “This is a journey of a thousand steps. If we celebrate the first one, does it mean that we have nowhere else to go?”

Today, Bowman sees that day as a vital turning point in Michael's development. Debbie remained as attentive to the success of the young athlete, but she let her son and his coach go their own way, which she did not do with her daughters.

How to be loving parents?

When it comes to geeks, I think we should remember Bowman's quote and always take his advice.

No need to loudly celebrate every victory of a child prodigy, because the awards he received speak for themselves. The true reward for winning lies in the act of conquering oneself. (Let's be honest - the posters and banners in the yard are not really for a child!). Without them, the baby is free to independently control his desires and achievements, as well as set himself the dominant goals.

There is no need to single out and celebrate the achievements of a child prodigy against the background of other children, comparison is generally an unnecessary action in raising children. Remind your child that he may be stronger or smarter than others right now, but in the long run, he will have a lot in common with everyone else.

There is no need to give the fragile psyche a sense of superiority over society, let the baby learn to compete only with yesterday's self and improve only by looking back at their past achievements. This makes it easier to endure the ups and downs along the way.

Instead of focusing on new levels of external competition, find innovative ways to increase internal levels of competition in your daily practice. This keeps the focus inward, on a controlled internal process of development and goal achievement, and not on the results of one scoreboard or opponent.

In order for you to understand what I am talking about, it should be clarified a little - I do not call for a cold, indifferent perception of all the achievements of the baby. Raising children is fun, having a child prodigy in the family brings even more happiness and pride.

But I am against the excessive allocation of geeks in society. Because I think it makes it easy to forget that being a kid is pretty scary. Being gifted is triply terrifying, and isolation only adds to the horror of that feeling. Geeks don't need to be separated—rather, they need to stay connected to the people and forces that help them grow.

Finally, I propose to watch an interesting video on the topic, I am sure that it will answer many of your questions:

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