Unlock a Lifelong Love of Learning by Nurturing Curiosity and Discovery
How can educators and caregivers in early child care environments nurture children’s curiosity and preserve their love of learning? They can do so by focusing on appreciation, attention, and intentionality.
Children are full of excitement and energy about exploring the world around them, and have a limitless potential to learn. Because learning is a process of constructing meaning, every experience is a building block to a child’s development. Those collective experiences can build curiosity and joy – or stifle it.
When young learners have opportunities to actively wonder, question, and connect knowledge broadly, they will view learning as an exploratory process. Recommendations provided in this article center on intentional design of units, purposeful activities, and meaningful play-based learning to cultivate an environment of curiosity and invite exploration.
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