The Power of Active Learning

There are numerous ways for us to learn.

Many studies have been conducted that prove this, but unfortunately, not all learning environments can incorporate the methodology in which perhaps your child learns most effectively.  That's where you come in!

http://changingminds.org/explanations/learning/active_learning.htm

The above link takes you to one such study that shows a variety of ways we retain information.  As you help your child study, or review homework, help reinforce the principles with DOING - active learning!  Figure out a way to let them have some hands-on experience.  Practice multiplication and division with a roll of pennies.  Have them look up an unknown word in a physical dictionary then write it in a sentence using it appropriately.  Talk about condensation when you boil water and droplets collect on the lid of the pot.  Visit museums or zoos - anywhere that has something pertinent to the subjects they are studying!

Let them learn that all these things go on in their lives every day and help them recognize them and apply them.