One effective way for both parents and educators to help a child’s learning is through connecting new situations to ones already understood by the child.
The following examples are excerpted from How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School.
Every child is unique, and how they play is influenced by both their immediate surroundings and their culture.
Close, trusting relationships with parents, teachers and caregivers is the key that unlocks the learning process for many children.
From babyhood, environment, biology and experience set the stage for language development.
Even very young children can participate in their own learning and problem solving when it comes to some mathematical concepts such as quantity.
From tiny babies to chatterboxes brimming with daily discoveries, it’s incredible to see how much children learn during the first few years of their lives.
