How Children Learn....

Children learn best when they can control and interact with their environment. Thus, many opportunities should be available for active learning - seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, self-expression and problem solving. Children need an inviting environment with an abundance of hands-on, minds-on, and feelings-on learning experiences. They also beed materials, equipment and choices. To construct knowledge, they need to actively manipulate their environment. To provide these opportunities, the teacher's primary role is first to assess the children's needs, interests, abilities, experiences and learning styles.