Do all children learn the same way?
Do children all learn the same – of course not! but when are we going to change our behavior as teachers, parents, mentors?
Children learn by doing, touching, seeing, listening, feeling, tasting, etc…. there are opportunities to learn all day long… society is so wrapped up in the financial end of everything that we are leaving the children behind. We are leaving them behind because we are focusing on the wrong things – teaching to the test, funding issues, best practices, etc…
We need to get our hands dirty and teach children skills, how to use those skills and then let them practice! Then they will learn when to use the skills, how to use them and what the consequences of the skill are. Take the little opportunities that exist to teach …. I know that my son loved it when we were talking about gravity and I poured a glass of water on the floor! He won’t forget what gravity is!
Below is a good article on the issue of prompting – and identifying the teaching procedures that work.
