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"Parents' Language: 30 Million Words to Shape a Stronger Learning Brain" Author: Dana Suskind Publisher: Machinery Industry Press
"Parents' Language: 30 Million Words to Shape a Stronger Learning Brain" Author: Dana Suskind Publisher: Machinery Industry Press
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86% to 98% of the words children use every day are the same as their parents. Every word of the parents gradually becomes the future of the child.
Based on the 52 weeks in a year, before children enter kindergarten at the age of 4, there is already a 32 million vocabulary learning difference between children from high-income families and low-income families. On this basis, the vocabulary of children from low-income families is only half of that of children from high-income families.
The average number of sentences heard per hour by children aged 13 to 36 months
Children from families with intellectual workers: 487 words/hour
Children from working class families 301 sentences/hour
Children from welfare families: 178 words/hour
The total number of words heard by 3-year-old children
Children from families with intellectual workers know 45 million words
Children from welfare families 13 million words
That’s a difference of 32 million words!
The vocabulary of a 3-year-old child
Children from families with intellectual workers 1116 words
Children from welfare families 525 words
That’s a difference of 591 words!
After a child is born, 700 to 1,000 neural connections are created every second. Parents’ language is the best educational resource to stimulate brain development. A vocabulary gap of 30 million words will greatly affect children’s performance in math concepts, reading and writing skills, self-management, executive function, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, creativity, and perseverance.
By the third grade, there will be a significant "achievement gap" or "academic gap" between children. Numerous studies have shown that children's early language environment can predict their future learning ability and personality traits.
More expensive is not necessarily better. Neuroscience experts tell us that the best education is free. It exists in every word, every sentence, every conversation and every interaction of parents. I hope that all parents who open this book can bring unlimited potential and a happy life to their children.
About the Author
Dana Suskind, Ph.D.
Professor of Gynecology and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, Director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, and Founder and Director of the 30 Million Words Initiative at the University of Chicago Medical School. The reason for this initiative is that scientific research shows that the amount of language a developing child is exposed to early in life will have a very different impact on the structure and development of their brain, which will directly affect the shaping of children's personality and differences in learning ability.
She received the "Leader of Outstanding Project Innovation" award from the University of Chicago Medical School. She is a consultant for the "Too Small to Fail initiative" organized by the Hillary Foundation, one of the initiators of the White House's "Ending the Achievement Gap" initiative, and one of the authors of the American white paper "Early Language Gaps: Sources And Solutions". This book is the result of her 30 years of scientific research and has caused a huge response in the American academic and educational circles.
