Keep Learning Active

07/14/2015

Creativity doesn’t wait for the perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones.
Artist, Bruce Garrabrandt

In her article in the Beginnings Workshop curriculum unit, "The Intentional Teacher," Pam Schiller offers this advice:

"Children have short attention spans. They do most of their learning on their feet. Research suggests that when learning is interactive and active, retention of information increases significantly. When children teach skills to their peers, they have a 90 percent chance of retaining the information. Hands-on learning increases retention by 75 percent.

"When children are moving they are increasing their oxygen levels, which in turn fuels their neurotransmitters, which in turn increases their alertness. Sitting for long periods of time decreases oxygen and therefore inhibits alertness."

Zeager Brothers - The Look of Grass Without the Upkeep

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