New Delhi, Nov. 7 --

Children before the age of five find themselves at a very important stage of their growing up that has a crucial impact not only on the coming years and school but on their whole life. A study by the Rauch Foundation shows that 85% of our brain is developed by the time we reach the age of five! To help track this incredible and vitally important process scientists use the word 'milestones'. This term is usually used to describe the physical and mental abilities that a child possesses at every developmental step. They help characterize a child's overall improvement, as well as determine an educational approach that has to be taken at every age.

Pediatricians unanimously claim that cognitive development and learning ...