Singing, playing, reading, and talking are all very necessary “brain exercises” that strengthen the brain development of young children, ages 0 to 5 years old. In fact, by the age of 5, a child’s brain will have grown to 90% of its adult size. But even earlier than that, by age 3, it’s already reached 82% of its size.
Those were facts that troublesome to a small group of people. It started with Beth Ragsdale, the Founder and Executive Director of Words on Wheels. She started to do some research and found out these facts. She began to volunteer at community shelters and other facilities that had children who were not receiving the proper “brain exercises” to put them in a position to succeed. It’s not the children’s fault that they are in the situation they are in. Beth felt for them. She wanted to make a difference. So, she began to recruit some of her family, friends and colleagues.
A small group formed. They began doing more research and volunteering to see how they could make an impact. The decision came down to forming Words on Wheels, an organization that bring volunteers to the children of at-risk families to read, play, talk, and sing with them. By doing so, the volunteers are helping the children develop all the necessary brain power to have equality opportunities as the rest of the children in our society.
