How Young Children Learn?
THE BASICS
Brain cells, or neurons, communicate with one another through connections called synapses. Strings of neurons and synapses form roads or pathways through which information flows. In infancy and early childhood, these neural pathways - similar to highway systems - become highly developed. As the child matures, information highways that are well traveled expand, mapping the way for the individual to become more proficient in those skills. Information highways less traveled make communication between neurons more difficult. On those less-traveled roads of information and experience, the individual is less able.
