Laurel Schmidt

“After decades of research about how children learn best, here’s what we’ve discovered:
Children learn through play. It’s the work of childhood.
Children learn through hands-on experiences. Seeing, touching, tasting, smelling are the strongest modes for early learning.
Children master communication by having conversations.
Children learn by trying to solve real problems.
Children find exploration and investigation intrinsically rewarding. The driving force is “What if . . .?” and “I wonder. . . .”
― Laurel Schmidt, Seven Times Smarter: 50 Activities, Games, and Projects to Develop the Seven Intelligences of Your Child