Thursday, March 26, 2009

What We Know About How Children Learn

What We Know About How Children Learn

30 comments:

Anonymous said...

It just makes you think of what you do day to day with a child while they are in your care.
carolyn

Joey said...

I liked the chart at the bottem of the page that gave simple ideas for parents to use.

Anonymous said...

I am still amazed at this information. In all the years I've read up on children I've never come across such indepth explanations of babies brain development. I like the simple, yet very solid and effective points it gives for us to feed our baies brains effectively and corectly. I think as a caregiver it would be important for us to pass on information we have learnt to benifet the parents , which will in turn benifet the babies.

sharon s said...

Very informative, and makes you want to help, help children learn. I wished their parents could read this and it would help them with their children's learning. It could be passed on to them, then they may do it.

Dove Roberts said...

Interesting that a child's brain develops in layers. Emotional development comes quickly. I noted the comments about cortisol production killing off brain cells under long durations of stress without a loving adult to provide relief. I guess this is why behavior and intelligence of adults who were submitted to abuse is always in question.

Nicole Tabales said...

The part of this article that was most interesting to me was Day-to-Day Care of Young Children’s Brains. I actually copied and posted in my facility.

Gwenevere said...

Trust & how we interact with kids make such a difference in how they are able to develop. It's nice to know there are so many things we can do to develop that.

Anonymous said...

I am opening my eyes more and more on how to act around the kids. It is crazy how much reading information has come out about their little brains.

**anna** said...

**anna**
its hard to believe that newborn babies have so much going on in their brains. they are so small and tiny that its mind blowing that they have so much going on and so many different things all happening at once.

Anonymous said...

I've always known that everyone learns in their own way and at their own pace, this just validated that point. That every child learns differently today even when they were learning even 10 years ago.

Cristina Lejardi said...

It's interesting that reflection of one's choices and performance is being taught more in schools these days. I think this is a critical skill that all children (and adults!) should have, and I wish this was emphasized more when I was in school!

Unknown said...

i love how in depth this information i just read is. it makes me wonder how my friends will influence my kids when i have them. how will my friends actions be comprehended into my childs brain?

Anonymous said...

i feel like everyone learns different and that one event can change how a child thinks or feels. But the fact that they are teaching kids how to deal with things like that now is something they should have had all along

Unknown said...

i believe that they should have been teaching kids how to reflect on there choices when i was in school more that was something we had to learn through almost a trial and error growing up. the face that they teach it now will be able to help them in alot of different situations going through their life.

Connie said...

Teaching and learning have changed so much over the years. Learning through play, problem solving, exploration,interests, etc. I think has helped children love to learn because they think they are just playing. It is very exciting to be a part of their fast developing minds.

Anonymous said...

Catalina Rodriguez said:

This video explain how children learn from the Learning Early Series perspective. It is important to considerer some elements for learning such as: to consider learning time,to help children to investigate, to help children practicing in the real situation, to take into consideration their learning styles, and to help them to reflect into themselves.
Thanks,
Catalina

kristie said...

As a child care provider I get a little upset when parents think that children are "just playing". Play is just as important for brain, motor, and sensory development as sitting down doing learning activities in school. Play allows the child to learn through curiosity, exploration, and problem solving. It develops their critical thinking skills and they can learn in their own way. Play also allows much more social development than sitting doing ABCs and 123s.

Anonymous said...

most people don't realize especially parents is that when your child is playing he/she is actually leaning about the environment around them.

Unknown said...

I learned that if you do a lot of hands on activities that teaches children lots of sensory skills.

Heather Ford said...

teaching children how to think critically is very important. It helps them later when they are in situations like taking a test or making decisions later in life.

Unknown said...

Great article, it sort of pulls all of the information from the other videos and puts them in bullet points.
I understand what stress can do to brain development, but I am still unclear about when I should become concerned about it. How much is too much? There is a little boy who comes to the center two times each week, he cries almost nonstop. He has been coming here for six months and This article made me wonder if this type of stress or anxiety is unhealthy for him.

Unknown said...

The way we interact with children makes such a diffrence in their development. Its amazing how fast their little brains grow

jason f said...

i like the idea of giving a kid a pet and letting them learn responsibility and even some parenting skills

Andrea R said...

The way we are teaching is very hands on and eploring their enviornment around them. Learning through play, and problem solving, and thinking of new ways of how thing work instead of being told how to. Its much more exciting to learn this was then just be told facts on top of facts.

James Hudlin said...

This made me Kind of re-think the way i'm going to let my kids have learning experiences, I want them to think about why they are doing it instead of just "monkey seeing" it with me. Great video - James Hudlin

Unknown said...

Great validation that child's play has so much learning involved.

Unknown said...

I like my preschoolers to be independent - I def. teach it.

Unknown said...

Do children really crtically think when their at play? Is it like desicion making that makes it crtical thinking?

Raichael Nelson said...

I love how they encourage self-directed learning. It's not just all directed learning.

Mytch Gaddi said...

I remember as a preschooler, I really loved play time. During play time, I feel like I learned how to communicate with kids my age and we definitely used those wooden blocks as replacement for real things in life when we role-played a grocery store or a house. Looking back at it now, it definitely does the honing of early critical thinking skills and creativity,