George Kaiser Quotes

Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten.

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

The human brain is by no means fully formed at birth. It continues to shape itself through life, with the most intense growth occurring during childhood.

My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.

For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play.

I don't think I have ever done anything for this age of children before, a pre-school audience. Generally speaking, we don't have vivid memories of that age and what influenced us, yet clearly they are hugely formative years and it's really important that we can create television of a high quality for that audience.

It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.

Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis.

Developmental scientists like me explore the basic science of learning by designing controlled experiments.

The first decade of your life is really important; it's formative.

Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week.

It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5.

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights.

Early childhood education packs a real wallop in terms of the return on the investment.

I think much of what you learn as a kid comes before age seven.

No matter what age you are, there's a lot of room for learning.

I believe education is much more important than we assume.

To achieve our goals of educating bold and ambitious children, we must invest in enriching, quality early child care and learning.

Physical development fosters learning.

If you really want to change the world, change kids when they're two.

Most of us fully expect that we're going to learn things we didn't know about.