So, to develop into successful students, young children need to have experiences with such things as drawing, painting, music, having conversations, cooking and active play with other children. Reading should be a part of the daily schedule. As babies and toddler, this will mean being read to. But, as children become preschoolers, they can begin doing pretend reading and pretend writing which allows them to tell a story. On the other hand, one of the worst ways to help a child's brain development is to expose him or her to large amounts of television.
TV actually sedates the brain.
It does not stimulate it. Television viewing is a very passive activity and doesn't require much engagement on the part of the person's brain. In other words, the higher the percentage of time children watch TV, the lower the percentage of children who get good grades, finish high school and go onto higher education. There are actual instances where students who had difficulty reading, voluntarily gave up watching television for 12 weeks and read books instead. Reading grades went up, some dramatically.