13 Nov Hands-on Learning is a Trending Learning Experience

Hands-on learning is particularly important for young children, as it helps young children develop skills informally before starting formal education. Children learn from observing, copying, and experimenting with their hands and body as soon as they are born, and play continues to be the most important way of learning new skills until they reach school and beyond. Through practical handling of objects, they begin to experience the world around them.



At The Clay House, Hands on Learning is trending:

It’s More Fun and Engaging – Children can develop skills much faster when they’re having fun. At TCH, for example, to teach them the alphabet and basic letter forming skills, we give them a tray of sand or shaving foam to trace out letters with their fingers, or provide them play-dough or clay to form the letters which is so much fun.

Allow Learning from Real Experiences – Toddlers love to copy their teachers & parents with basic tasks around the classroom & home like cleaning up and folding clothes, and while their initial attempts may not be exactly helpful, they’ll be learning important physical and behavioural skills to use in later life.

At TCH, we use actual experiences to make them learn concepts and skills which is much more effective than simply being told about them, as in the proverb: “Tell me, I’ll forget; show me, I’ll remember; involve me, I’ll understand.”

Encourage Interaction with Nature –Spending time outdoors engaging with nature and exploring activities such as nature walk and gardening are wonderful types of hands-on learning for the early years. At TCH, we encourage a love of the outdoors from a young age and encourage natural experimentation and interaction with the world outside the classroom.

Allow Exploration of all Five Senses – At TCH, we encourage activities such as messy and sensory play which allow children to make their own discoveries about materials and carry out their own mini experiments to learn about the world.

Messy play can be a multi-sensory experience, involving sight, touch, smell, sound, and even taste. Engaging multiple senses has been shown to help children learn and remember more effectively.

Engage Multiple Areas of the Brain –During early childhood the brain is developing fast.

The right side of the brain, most active during early childhood, is engaged by visual and spatial activities, as well as anything involving creativity and the imagination. The more analytical left side that deals with skills like logic and mathematics does not start to develop in most children until the age of 10 or 11.

At TCH, multiple activities such as talking, listening, and using the hands are combined, it activates more areas of the brain than a single activity. This helps to aid learning and recollection in the same way that multi-sensory play does.

Builds Fine Motor Skills – Hands-on activities helps children to strengthen the muscles of the hand, improve accuracy, and learn functional skills that they will use for the rest of their lives.

At TCH, we engage them in activities that involves the hands such as cutting, sticking, sorting, moulding, or manipulating, which helps to develop the fine precision that is needed for important real-world tasks like tying shoe laces and writing with a pen.

Importance of Hands-On Learning in Early Education

Hands-on learning is important for children. The Montessori way Favors having children learning through tangible lessons with examples. This way, the children can put their practicing into action. These methods explore the importance of hands-on learning in early education.

Through hands-on learning, kindergarten students can develop new skills, make memories, and make connections in their early education. Even better, the nature of hands-on learning lends itself to better learning outcomes, such as student engagement and problem solving. These are essential skills for early childhood and beyond when in the real world. Furthermore, including hands-on experiences in your classroom can have many benefits for young children (as well as students of all ages). The best part is that their learning experience can help them navigate real-world experience and will last long after kindergarten is over.