A child's life from birth right through childhood and adolescence into early adulthood is a constant cycle of learning new things. From learning to hold a cup to tying shoelaces and learning to read, the brain of a child is in constant 'learning' mode. From the age at which a child starts to go to school, they are learning new things each day from adding numbers together to basic science and possibly a second or even third language.
A child has a naturally more porous brain for absorbing information than an adult does. If a process or information is shown to a child often enough, they will remember it much easily than an adult who effectively 'forgets' how to learn new things as they get older.
When learning of something new starts at the same time for an adult and a child, the child is in a better position to actually benefit from the learning process. If the adult and child are given the same lessons, for the same length of time on the same subject, starting with the same knowledge, one year later the child is likely to much more knowledgeable on the subject than the adult.
Learning to play a musical instrument like the piano is best started ay a young age. A child is in a position that their mind is primed for learning and understands the process of taking in information and using it achieve a goal, like being able to play the piano.
While an adult has many distractions in their life that may prevent them from becoming proficient in playing the piano, whereas a child can dedicate more time to developing a talent. Adults will focus on the end result of taking lessons and assume that being taught is enough but a child realises the importance of taking small steps to achieve a desired outcome.
A child has a naturally more porous brain for absorbing information than an adult does. If a process or information is shown to a child often enough, they will remember it much easily than an adult who effectively 'forgets' how to learn new things as they get older.
When learning of something new starts at the same time for an adult and a child, the child is in a better position to actually benefit from the learning process. If the adult and child are given the same lessons, for the same length of time on the same subject, starting with the same knowledge, one year later the child is likely to much more knowledgeable on the subject than the adult.
Learning to play a musical instrument like the piano is best started ay a young age. A child is in a position that their mind is primed for learning and understands the process of taking in information and using it achieve a goal, like being able to play the piano.
While an adult has many distractions in their life that may prevent them from becoming proficient in playing the piano, whereas a child can dedicate more time to developing a talent. Adults will focus on the end result of taking lessons and assume that being taught is enough but a child realises the importance of taking small steps to achieve a desired outcome.
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