Childhood Care and Education
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Running head: CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CAREChildhood Education and CareName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CAREEarly development stageThe comprehensive development of brain is a long process this is because theanatomy of the brain keeps on changing up to the early stages of adulthood. According toreports a baby is born with 100 billion of neurons. Neurons are the synapses that connects thebrain cells and enables to swift passage of the electrical impulses or neurotransmitters fromone cell to another and this in turn aid in normal functioning of the brain. These neuronalsynapses are also popularly known as neuronal pathways. Certain neuronal pathways areformed during the foetal stage of the baby at the time of pregnancy and this enables a baby tosurvive inside the womb o the mother. These neuronal pathways aid in normal breathing andfeeding of the fetes. However, after the birth and as the baby progress towards the earlychildhood, the total number of the neuronal pathways increases. It is believed that theneuronal pathways are formed in response to certain stimulus like love and attachment.Although early years of childhood are regarded as one of the determining stage towards thesignificant brain development, the mechanism via new connections are formed is acontinuous process and occur throughout the life. This continuous neuronal developmentmainly occurs in response to taste, sounds and motor movements. Neural PruningAfter 18 months of birth, the neural pathways that are no longer used by the body are“pruned” by the brain. This may however, sound to be negative but is regarded as healthy forthe brain. This is because this enables brain to properly control and coordinate the activeneuronal pathways in a proficient manner and thereby helping to faster propagation of thestimuli. Thus the young children are faster in responding to the neuronal impulses and thattoo in a co-ordinated manner. The concept of neural pruning is often cited as a reason behind
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