Magnificent educational opportunities can be discovered inside a building that, from the outside, wouldn’t seem to captivate a child’s imagination. Some of the FasTracKids staff visited the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to gain perspective on how kids are staying engaged outside the classroom. While museums wouldn’t necessarily be the first place you would think of for a day of discovery and education for a child, those museums geared toward children accomplish exactly that.

Public speaking can be one of the biggest challenges in a person’s life. The ability to stand in front of a crowd while talking confidently about a subject can leave the speaker feeling rattled and insecure. This fear of public speaking, called glossophobia, is affecting an estimated 75% of the population. Many of these people that feel some level of anxiety while speaking in front of others can learn to manage it. In order to manage it, there needs to be constant practice and repetition in how to get your point across in a clear manner.

There has been research done on the benefits of playing classical music for young children, even for children in-utero. This is called the “Mozart effect”. Although some evidence of this effect is controversial, there have been findings in the past year that even further support music for children.

Several weeks ago, we blogged about how tech savvy young children in this millennium have become.  Many 2-year-old children know how to navigate an IPad to find their favorite cartoons and videos without assistance.  We know our children are growing up in a technological age, but the precision and agility they show in mastering their techno world is truly amazing.

At FasTracKids, we continue to focus our efforts in providing quality early childhood education to the world. In 2011, progress and growth with our programs and locations remains a top priority. Entrepreneur magazine recognized FasTracKids as being one of the top 500 franchises with at least one franchise located in the United States. The magazine ranks franchises based on a number of factors, including “financial strength and stability, growth rate and size of the system.”

FasTrackids has been changing the way children learn, both inside and outside of school. Since opening our first center in 1999, we have incorporated multi-sensory learning methods enhanced by interactive technology for over 75,000 children from more than 50 countries.

Many of our FasTracKids students come from stable and privileged households. Their parents are able to provide great opportunities such as a quality education, extracurricular activities and being a FasTracKid!  Unfortunately, many children in underdeveloped countries are not able to receive the proper nutrition or basic medical care that they need to live, let alone an education.