Experiential Learning Activities for Children: Learning Through Everyday Experiences

Child planting seeds in a pot during an experiential learning activity

Experiential learning activities for children involve learning through doing, exploring and taking part in real experiences. Everyday activities such as cooking, shopping, gardening, visiting a park or completing a simple project can create opportunities to build communication, language, problem-solving and everyday skills.

These experiences can make learning more meaningful because children can connect new words, ideas and skills with something they have actually seen, touched or done. Parents and carers can use familiar activities to support learning without turning everyday life into a formal lesson.

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Using Comments to Support Children’s Communication and Language

Child pointing to numbers during a learning and communication activity

Talking with children does not always need to involve asking questions. Making simple comments about what a child is doing, seeing or experiencing can create natural opportunities for communication and language development.

Commenting can reduce the pressure on a child to provide an answer while still giving them useful language to hear and respond to. Parents, carers and educators can use comments during play, everyday routines, books and shared activities to support back-and-forth interaction.

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