Tony and George were painting freely. Each of them had a bottle of blue paint(油漆) and a bottle of yellow paint.
Suddenly George said, "Look, Tony, I made green! "
"How did you do it?" asked Tony.
"I put yellow paint on top of my blue paint — yellow and blue put together make green!" shouted George. Other children came around to watch and wanted to do it themselves.
This is an example of discovery learning or hands-on learning.
People remember things better when they learn them by doing. Here is an example. How will you learn to play football?
Buy a book and read about how to play football or buy a video about football? Or go to the playground and ask a person to teach you?
Which way will help you learn the game best? Learning on the playground is the best way for most people because they try the game and learn the rules as they play. They learn in a hands-on way.
Hands-on learning is good for children. The learner takes an active part in it instead of just sitting and listening. This is the way that we want our children to learn. In order to learn best, children must take an active part in hands-on activities every day. Some good examples of hands-on activities are working puzzles, painting, playing simple board games together and so on.
