There’s no better start to each child’s life — Central TV News Report Spring 2005
A Central TV News report about Baby College Oxford began with the introduction: “If you thought education started at the age of five, think again.
Reporter Gillian Kelly told viewers that the classes were for children from one week to 18 months. She said: “Simple tasks serve a purpose to establish connections in the brain, for example, the quicker a child’s balance is developed, the quicker the reflexes are sharpened; sitting still and listening to Mozart helps to develop a good attention span; and mums talking using colourful aids helps develop linguistic skills.”
She added that parents in the class were impressed at the way the programme was helping their children. Mum Gill Darlow said: “My daughter’s settled into nursery fantastically, she has great concentration skills and is well advanced for her age with her communication skills.”
Fiona Gell, said: “There’s a lot of singing and interacting with other babies — it’s more about the way to stimulate them.” And dad, Emilos Lemoniatas, added: “It seems based on stuff that me, as a psychiatrist, will understand and recognise.”
Gillian Kelly continued: “Who knows, because of these classes, Barney may learn how to speak four languages fluently after his linguistic synapses have been fired and Tom could be a premiership footballer. There’s no guarantee but there is no better start to each child’s life.”