我们每个做父母的都希望使自己的孩子聪明一些,但究竟怎样才能使他们聪明一些呢?一个重要问题就是要抓好早期教育,特别是要注意几个关键时期的教育。一些科学家的研究告诉我们,一般来说,人体的感觉发育的关键时期在四岁以前;口语发育的关键时期在二至三岁期间;掌握数概念的关键时期是在五至五岁半。如果幼儿在各个关键时期内得不到相应的教育,大脑得不到恰当的刺激,相应的能力便会得不到快速的经济有效的发展。 Each of us parents wants to make our children smarter, but exactly how can we make them smart? An important issue is to grasp early education, especially paying attention to the education in a few critical periods. Research by some scientists tells us that, in general, the critical period of human sensory development is before the age of four; the critical period for oral development is between two and three years; and the critical period for grasping the concept of numbers is between five and five years and a half. If young children do not receive appropriate education in all key periods and their brains are not properly stimulated, their corresponding abilities will not be rapidly and economically developed.