Schools in Gurgaon - The BlueBells School

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All you need to know about Cognitive Development
in Children - The Blue Bells School
The early years of a childs life are very
important. The things happening around the child
shape his/her personality and thinking. The
development of a childs brain is very critical
in his/her overall development because as a human
grows, the ability to adapt reduces. The
parents, at this stage, need to be extra cautious
and vigilant in making sure their child develops
the cognitive abilities they need in the early
years. At this stage, a child makes approx.
1,000 neural connections every second.
Cognitive development helps the brain to think,
read, learn, reason, pay attention and remember.
These skills help process incoming information
and distribute it to the appropriate areas of
the brain. It provides children the means of
paying attention to thinking about the world and
activities around them. Whatever happens, every
day impacts a childs cognitive development.
Cognitive development encompasses a childs
working memory, and attention, as well as a
childs ability to manage and respond to the
experiences and information they experience on a
daily basis.
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Early childhood means the period from birth to
age 5. A childs cognitive development, during
early childhood, which has fluid memory, includes
skill development such as pre-reading, language,
vocabulary, and numbers. Though learning is
lifelong yet it is the fastest during the early
childhood years! As a child grows, this
development means the ability to think and
reason. Children ages 6 to 12, usually think in
concrete ways. This can include things like how
to combine, separate, order, and transform
objects and actions, logical thinking and
reasoning. Other complex activities like
evaluation and analyzing skills, ability to make
comparisons, explore and understand cause and
effect, Critical thinking, and higher level
thinking etc. also develop during these formative
years.

• Therefore, we must keep the following points in
  mind to help children develop cognitive skills
• Encourage them to be curious by offering
  materials/situations in new ways
• Offer opportunities challenging enough to be
  interesting and ignite curiosity.
• Introduce techniques that help children increase
  their focus and avoid distractions.
• Encourage problem-solving habits in your children
  and encourage them to make their own decisions.
• Provide opportunities to learn, categorize,
  match, sort, compare, and contrast so that the
  child develops their cognitive skills.

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• At The Blue Bells School, Gurugram, we emphasize
  on the interconnected nature of different
  subject areas and believe that integrated
  learning becomes a positive influence for
  cognitive development. Here are some of the ways
  by which a meticulously designed integrated
  learning curriculum aids cognitive development
• Integrated Learning Methodology The ability to
  find an interconnect thread between all taught
  subjects at school, while being faced with
  multiple challenges that every subject brings
  forth, enhances critical thinking.
• Globally acclaimed learning methods The
  Integrated Learning curriculum picks the best
  features from the highly acclaimed global
  learning methods and uses them to promote
  exploration, inquisitive thinking, and
  application among children.
• Comprehensive Health Wellness program Learning
  can not only be about absorbing information, but
  also include a structured and holistic approach
  for mental and physical well-being of the
  learners
• Scientifically informed school infrastructure
  Children are introduced to conducive learning
  ambience with well-equipped classrooms/learning
  pods and community spaces to enable learning

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The Integrated Learning curriculum strives to
impart knowledge to children in an engaging
manner through the use of phenomenon-based
lessons, brainstorming, and self and peer
evaluation. This methodology of learning
encourages an interconnected understanding of
the world and helps the bright minds of tomorrow
to boost their cognitive development.