To sharpen and smarten your child's mind, you must teach your baby or toddler to read and do math using brain training techniques. You must also teach your child to write and use grammar and punctuation. However, writing, grammar, and punctuation should start later than reading and math.  

I will share the story of a woman I read about, whom I will call Wei. Wei's son Nate was reading books by 3 years.   Nate could count from 1-100 and could do addition and subtraction at 3 years. He could also spell simple words. Nate could do these things because Wei took the time to teach Nate.  Wei didn't start teaching Nate at 3 years old; she would have started when he was much younger. Of course, I don't know Wei, and I cannot verify this. But I can almost certainly guarantee that Nate will be a top performer when he gets to primary school.  

He will be able to learn things quickly, so he won't fall behind. He will already be ahead, so he will be able to cope with large amounts of work at primary school. He also won't be held back by a poor public school system.  It is not just about Nate knowing how to read and do simple math. Teaching Nate these disciplines at his age has a secondary effect. It has the effect of developing strong mental, academic abilities in him. He would not have had these abilities if his mom had waited for the school to teach him when he reached school age.   

I am not a scientist or a doctor, but this is my understanding of what happens in a baby's or toddler's brain. Synaptic pathways develop in their brain. These pathways are responsible for processing and transmitting information in the brain. The more you teach your child using brain training techniques, the more you develop synaptic pathways in their brain.   The more synaptic pathways, the better and faster a child can process information.   

Again, I am no scientist or doctor. I have no way to guarantee that this is the exact reason. But I can share my personal experience, which supports this.   

"What!" was my reaction when my third child told me he had just finished reading a 600-page book I had bought him. He was just 10 years old. He started the book in the morning, read it in bursts, and finished it by the evening. I couldn't believe it.

"Are you sure you read the book properly?" "Let me test you on it." I shouldn't have been that surprised. His two older brothers read just as quickly and retained as much of what they read as he did. I was surprised that I now saw the same result in all three of the eldest children. They weren't trying to read quickly and didn't know they were reading quickly. They were just reading. I identified it as quick because I compared it to myself and my husband.   

Why can neither my husband nor I read that quickly, although we are educated? Why is it that friends' children of the same age can't read that quickly? Why could the eldest 3 of my children read so quickly at such a young age? Why am I starting to see the same results in my fourth child, who is now 8 years old? I put it down to the training they had when they were babies/toddlers. I was further convinced when I heard about similar abilities in other children whose parents had taught them as babies/toddlers.

So, after seeing the same thing happen with my third child, I could now, with assurance, state that the brains of all three children had increased capacity. They had an increased capacity to process and understand information faster. In my opinion, this increased capacity came from the brain training they received when they were babies/toddlers. 

I cannot overstress the academic and general life benefits of being able to read and comprehend material at such high speeds. My children and the children of other parents who have taken similar steps can devour a book a day. Most children, at best, read a book every few weeks, if they read at all.   

If you want your child to have the same results that Wei's son Nate is having. And my children and the children of other parents I consulted for have. Then, copy what we have all done.  Start sharpening and smartening your child's mind by teaching them to read and do math from the baby/ toddler stage.   

But make sure that you don't rely on what Tian relied on. 

Don't Rely On What Tian Relied On