The Importance of Early Childhood Cognitive Development

Early childhood generally refers to the period from birth through age 5. A child's cognitive development during early childhood, which includes building skills such as pre-reading, language, vocabulary, and numeracy, begins from the moment a child is born. Developmental scientists have found that the brain acquires a tremendous amount of information about language in the first year of life even before infants can speak. By the time babies utter or understand their first words, they know which particular sounds their language uses, what sounds can be combined to create words, and the tempo and rhythm of words and phrases.

There is a strong connection between the development a child undergoes early in life and the level of success that the child will experience later in life. For example, infants who are better at distinguishing the building blocks of speech at 6 months are better at other more complex language skills at 2 and 3 years of age and better at acquiring the skills for learning to read at 4 and 5 years of age. Not surprisingly, a child's knowledge of the alphabet in kindergarten is one of the most significant predictors of what that child's tenth grade reading ability will be.

Overcoming Slothfulness

By Benny Hinn

Moving forward cannot happen in a world of inaction. Slothfulness is a deadly sin to fall into. Those who are spiritually inactive cannot obtain what belongs to them. The Word of God gives many references to this state which reveal a clear picture of the hindrance to faithful pursuit.

Proverbs 26:13 describes a man who is fearful to move out because of the enemy, "The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets." Some individuals say, "The devil is out there," and they fear that if they try to do anything he will come after them. You must not live in fear, but in faith. It is important that you get this into your spirit, because slothfulness is a disease that will devastate your life if you allow it to.

Proverbs 12:24 declares, "The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute." In other words, the negligent individual is always in bondage.

You must not live in fear, but in faith. Likewise, Proverbs 15:19 states, "The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain." In other words, the person who is lax and listless is walking in a cursed land with cursed ground.

Is Your Family Prepared for a Natural Disaster?

By By Heather Sells, CBN News Reporter

CBNNews.com - Despite all the warnings, a lot of folks wait until the last minute to get ready for hurricanes.

What about you?

What would you do if you had just 10 minutes to get out?

Here are the experiences of two families. Same drill, but with one difference.

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