Why are the First 6 Years the Most Important for a Child’s Development?

“The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six. For that is the time when man’s intelligence itself, his greatest implement, is being formed. But not only his intelligence; the full totality of his psychic powers.”

-Dr. Maria Montessori

Rapid Brain Development

A child’s brain has reached about 95% of the adult size by age 6 [1].
A child develops 50% of the mature intelligence by age 4, and 80% by age 8 [2].

Sensitive Periods

A young child has periods of intense fascination for developing various skills. During these sensitive periods, it is easier for the child to acquire particular skills than at any other time in their life.

Absorbent Mind

From birth to age 6 is the age of the “absorbent mind”. If the environment and educational materials are orderly and readily accessible and if the children are free to learn at their own pace, they can absorb knowledge from their surroundings without any conscious, tedious effort, and learn to read, write and calculate in the same natural way that they learn to walk and talk.

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