Did you know that water is critical for your child to learn and to use his brain effectively? That goes for adults, too. In the book, "Brain Gym," the author offers some startling statistics:
-75% of Americans are "chronically dehydrated" (compared to 50% of world)
-70% of preschoolers drink no water during school day
-Here is a website with a neat list of conditions that are related to, caused or exacerbated by dehydration: http://www.healthy-water-best-filters.com/symptoms-dehydration.html.
-Up to 70 percent of our body is water but @85% of the Brain is Water, needed for electrical current.
Muscle is made up of about 75 percent water.
Fat is made up of about 50 percent water.
Bones, too, are about 50 percent water.
Brain is made up of about 85 percent water
-A website commentary by BJ Madewell with insights on our young children’s learning & dehydration:
http://www.addchoices.com/water_for_your_brain.htm
I will be sharing more about "Brain Gym" and offering some practical ways to Maximize Your Child's Learning Potential during our first Mom's Night Out on Wednesday, March 25th. It's all part of our March Music Madness with Kathy's Music.
Special thanks to Betsy Flanagan for these website resources! Betsy is a dear friend who runs a "model" Kindermusik program in Wisconsin. See http://www.musicalpathways.net for more info on her program.
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