Active learning takes advantage of children's natural desire to move and touch.
Young children love to manipulate items and explore new ideas.
They enjoy the opportunity to see how things work and to test their own theories. Active learning takes advantage of children's natural motivations, abilities, and interests. Kids get lots of opportunities to investigate what interests them - to solve problems, discover relationships, and make comparisons. Using their hands, eyes, nose, and mouth to explore an item, children gather more information and remember what they learn. As they interact directly with the environment, children not only gather sensory information, they also refine their senses and motor skills.