Learning
What defines and creates learning have always been topics for debate and probably always will be debated. It is known that learning is a personalised response of the individual, yet the presentation of most information and the resultant learning that takes place is in group settings. The capacity to learn and assimilate information is mankind’s greatest asset. Learning begins in the womb and continues to the end of life.
Play Is a Primary Form of Learning
In play, children are experiencing many things at a very quick rate of speed. Children may be learning from formal games created to enact the learning, but to them it is still play. When kids are having fun is when an opportunity for immense learning is possible. They attach meaning to the world through the act of play. They learn socialisation skills and develop socially by playing with parents, siblings and friends. So many activities can create vast amounts of learning, and product manufacturers are constantly in search of the next educational toy. Children of today have great opportunities to learn a great deal of information and evolve many skills through the discovery of and advancement from educational toys. Yesterday’s child learned more by way of imagination. Creative skills may have been greater, because there were far fewer products available for learning. Children needed to create their own toys and their own personal interaction with others. They even designed and developed a set of rules for their own games.
In Conclusion
Learning is a complicated process. Many factors come into play and affect that process. The more parents and educators learn about the process as applied to the individual child, they as teachers of society’s children can become more brilliant and create a more learned future generation. The future of the planet depends upon people learning, changing and growing.