Hello everyone This is an article I am writing. Tell me how what you think of it, please. Thanks. The Importance of Teaching Foreign Languages at an Early Age This article will shed light on the the importance of an early start. It will also give insights into the benefits of teaching children starting at an early age, and demonstrate that such an education provides a solid foundation in grammar, phonetics and vocabulary in the target language. While the importance and benefits of an early start are often ignored, its importance cannot be overstated. An early start allows children to master the four necessary skills: listening, reading, writing, as well as the most challenging one: speaking. According to R. Mosiman, author of the book "The Smarter Preschooler: Unlocking Your Child's Intellectual Potential", and other cognitive development scientists, a child's brain is like a kitchen sponge which sucks water in quickly and retains it until it is squeezed. A child's brain works similarly. Children are always listening, observing, and absorbing their surroundings. What seems like a problem that one often chooses to turn a blind eye to is the health benefits of our kids and also a better IQ score. [I don't understand what the perceived problem is supposed to be with this; it sounds like a benefit, not a problem.] Parents are often unaware that their children might have hearing or vision problems. In early education, teachers can detect and warn parents of such problems that their children may face. Also, children who start learning languages early tend to achieve fluency in their target language and do better on IQ tests. Regarding the benefits that starting at a young age brings, they are as follows: Fluency Lexicology [not a common word; I had to look it up. Maybe "literacy" is better?] Phonetics Sentence construction And the ability to think in the foreign language that they are learning.