However only a fraction of its power is ever used. Besides glucose and oxygen, the brain feeds on activity and information. The brain functions best when it is free from fear and anxiety. The ability to assimilate, accommodate and apply experiences and information may be termed as learning. Learning is far more than memorizing, fact finding, information gathering or fluency acquiring.
Intelligence is the capacity for learning and constructive problem solving.
Children's minds have a natural urge to learn. Every child is a gift, complete and whole, with its place in the great scheme of the universe, as well as in the family. Parents make the first teaching contacts with their children. Psychologists agree that parents and family are the most important teachers in all stages of the child's development, even after the child starts school. It is the parent's responsibility to help their children develop religiously, intellectually, physically, emotionally, and socially.