Learning is essential to our survival! If you think of a newborn baby, it has needs for food, warmth and sleep. Babies are pretty good at letting us know when they need something – determining what exactly they need can sometimes be difficult! However, the baby quickly learns how to get attention in order to have needs met. As the baby grows, he or she will start exploring the environment and through daily experiences will learn about how to survive and enjoy the surrounding world. Children are naturally curious and will quickly learn what to do in order to have good experiences rather than bad. Touching a hot pan will result in a hasty recoil and a learning experience which says beware of pans! Finding that it is fun to knock a tower of bricks down encourages the child to build.
The following principles, put together by Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Support Service (1992) are fundamental statements about learning and are true for all children.....read more