Contents

1 Understand how children learn best: Various aspects of learning, approaches and how to design learning opportunities and how to make it happen. Specifically you understand how the following yield to wholesome learning for child:
>> Child Initiated learning - thinking skills
>> Active, Experiential and integrated Learning
>> Multiple Intelligences framework
>> Learning Styles and how to use them
>> Developing and using Habits of Mind, study skills and other learning techniques

2 How to create an exciting, stimulating, learning environment?
>> Activity, classroom and learning flow design
>> Effective ways to stimulate the child's thinking, leading to motivation to learn.
>> Creating an environment that is stress free, cooperative and conducive for child to excel
>> Methods like circle time, group working and other peer to peer learning approaches.
>> Effective design and usage of resources like Books, stories and story telling, music, theater, puppetry, materials and mediums like art, craft, clay, sand, computers etc. in learning.

3 How to be an effective facilitator of learning?
>> Effective ways of challenging and inspiring children's thinking, doing and learning.
>> Building rapport and a meaningful relationship - offering sensitive counseling and guiding.
>> Effective ways of making them self disciplined, independent and responsible learners.