Interactive learning is a hands-on approach to education for children. It gives them real-world experience with their school subjects as opposed to listening to lectures and memorizing facts (this is called passive learning, and it’s how many of us adults learned in school!).
Interactive learning encourages children to learn with all of their senses and their entire bodies. When they learn by doing, they learn more comprehensively. Some studies have found that children learn six times more from interactive activities than from traditional passive learning!
Interactive learning isn’t just for the classroom either. Incorporating interactive learning at home has lifelong benefits.
Here are a few ways that your child could benefit from interactive learning at home. I’ve also included some fun suggestions for parents!
It Boosts Critical Thinking
Interactive learning is much more flexible and open-ended than traditional learning. Just like in life, not all questions posed by interactive activities have simple answers. Children have to explore and experiment, and they have to consider that there are multiple ways to accomplish tasks.
This builds critical thinking and analytical skills. These skills directly influence intelligence, so children who build them are likely to be
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