week 8
How children learn
'Children learn best wen the leaning experience is pleasant and free' John Holt - Author & Educator.
Different ways of learning for different ages
babies learning: non nutritive sucking (baby sucking dummy to make picture more in focus baby realising that they had control over picture focusing
Habituation showing pics three times left and twice and right, the baby then anticipated the pics due to arrive on right.
Babies learning through 5 senses: taste, touch, sight, sound and smell.
Seeing and hearing are the main senses adults use. If more senses are used greater learning can happen.
Three different styles of learning:
Auditory,
Visual and
Kinesthetic learning
Auditory learners listen and pick up pace and rhythm.
Visual people may talk quickly and use visuals to help them learn.
Auditory people often musical modulated tones, poetry,
Kinesthetic learners need to be physically active when learning.
Senses can affect learning
Learning across genres
Added features can enhance the learning experience
I hear, i forget,
I see, i remember,
I do, I understand.
Ancient Chinese Proverb.
The best learning occurs when the child is self motivated and self directed learning.
Building on pre-existing knowledge
taking familiar in order to explain the unfamiliar. A common approach in reference and information titles.
Familiar next to the unexpected cars and horses with different weights on it horse with rabbit on back, dog on back etc..
Transferring knowledge
Applying learned information into other tasks.
Children may feel an affinity with character (they can identify with them)
Hungry caterpillar counting , life cycle, different sized pages, repetition, rhythm.
Memory strategies for children to remember learning
added features:
Learning styles quiz
I am a Kinesthetic learner.
'Children learn best wen the leaning experience is pleasant and free' John Holt - Author & Educator.
Different ways of learning for different ages
babies learning: non nutritive sucking (baby sucking dummy to make picture more in focus baby realising that they had control over picture focusing
Habituation showing pics three times left and twice and right, the baby then anticipated the pics due to arrive on right.
Babies learning through 5 senses: taste, touch, sight, sound and smell.
Seeing and hearing are the main senses adults use. If more senses are used greater learning can happen.
Three different styles of learning:
Auditory,
Visual and
Kinesthetic learning
Auditory learners listen and pick up pace and rhythm.
Visual people may talk quickly and use visuals to help them learn.
Auditory people often musical modulated tones, poetry,
Kinesthetic learners need to be physically active when learning.
Senses can affect learning
Learning across genres
Added features can enhance the learning experience
I hear, i forget,
I see, i remember,
I do, I understand.
Ancient Chinese Proverb.
The best learning occurs when the child is self motivated and self directed learning.
Building on pre-existing knowledge
taking familiar in order to explain the unfamiliar. A common approach in reference and information titles.
Familiar next to the unexpected cars and horses with different weights on it horse with rabbit on back, dog on back etc..
Transferring knowledge
Applying learned information into other tasks.
Children may feel an affinity with character (they can identify with them)
Hungry caterpillar counting , life cycle, different sized pages, repetition, rhythm.
Memory strategies for children to remember learning
added features:
- pull tabs
- flaps/fold outs
- pop ups
- die-cuts
- textures
- specialised inks (glow in dark)
- digitised (cd's, sound chips)
- stickers
- crayons
- wipe clean/blackboard
- puppets (plush toy)
Learning styles quiz
I am a Kinesthetic learner.
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