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HOW DOES A CHILD LEARN IN THE WOMB ?
The child is sentient and observes right from the time of conception. It takes in inputs through the mother, father, environment in the womb and outside environment.
The Mother carries the Baby in her Uterus or the womb. The baby is physically connected to the mother through mechanism of Placenta/Umblical cord. This enables the two way movement of food, fluids, blood, hormones, chemicals and such other matter. These are well known to us and it is easy to comprehend that this exchange between the baby and mother is physical - however the signals and communications exchanged may be electrical, chemical, magnetic etc. A huge and continuous knowledge transfer is thus happening between the two.
What is less known that the Father continues to remain connected to the child when it is growing in the womb. The signals which are exchanged between the baby and father are not physical. They are in more subtle forms of waves and frequencies. In fact this is the way other family members , members of society and the Universe at large connects with the baby. The baby receives and also gives back signals to them. It is a two way process here also.
We all know the Gross or Physical - Science now helps us understand and appreciate the Subtle or Non Physical forces and energies.
BASICS 3 - PRENATAL LEARNING
As a baby grows in the womb through the embryonic and foetal phases, the physical growth is a well known and understood fact.
However, many other aspects also grow along with the body. Some of these are the Feelings, Attitudes, Thoughts , Emotions, Intelligence, Memory, Immunity and the like. Some of these could be due to Hereditary factors or Genes. The effect of Heredity is also subject to outside influences - this is the revolutionary progress achieved through the Epigenetic Sciences.
What is more important is that not everything is predetermined. There are many things which are observed, learned and inculcated into itself by a child, as it grows. A true miracle of nature is that as cells divide and specialise, they also begin to work and do their duty. Heart cells start working very early even before the full heart is made ! And such active work state helps in better formation of the final product !
The learning at the Prenatal Stage is the Fundamental or Formative Learning of a child. This will mould its physical, mental and emotional characteristics upon birth, growth and the full course of life.
BASICS 2 - LEARNER BABY
When a Zygote is formed by the union of a Sperm and Egg, a new Human Being is made ! This being develops to become a society or colony of about 50 trillion cells ( 50 lakh crore cells ) !!!
As the cells divide and multiply over 9 months, they also acquire many capabilities. They become organs, tissues and components . This is specialisation !
How do they acquire these capabilities ? Where does this knowledge come from ?
This was presumed to be a God given thing or a natural process. With the progress in science, particularly Genetics, for many years it was believed that the Genes from the Parents decided everything . Hence, it was thought that the process is predetermined and cannot be changed or reversed.
Today there is ample evidence that this is not the case. The baby takes inputs from many sources. Genes are one. The Genes themselves could be changed due to other inputs ! So who controls this ? Epigenetics seems to answer - this is above or beyond the genes !
The baby is a leaner - it can and does take inputs / stimuli from the genes and from other things . The learning of babies therefore happens in many ways- and it is not linear or simplistic !
BASICS 1 - WHEN DO BABIES LEARN ?
A Child grows in the mothers womb over 9+ months. It develops not just physically and but also emotionally, intellectually and mentally.
Did you know that a prenatal baby can use its sensorial faculties while in the womb ? It can hear, smell, taste and do many more things ! How does it learn these ?
A child is a fully functional being from the date of Conception ! The process of development goes on through the course Pregnancy, Infancy and Early Childhood. In fact, over the full life of that individual.
Question - Do parents have to wait for the date of delivery and three years thereafter to begin Educating their Child ?
Answer - No . The process of educating a child can begin right in the womb ! That is Prenatal Education.
