Bruner

One point from Bruner's theory that fits will with my definition of learning is the idea that, regardless of age, a person can learn any material as long as the instruction is designed an organized in an appropriate way. I've tried with my own young children to attempt to help them learn when they come to me with a question of curiosity.  A lot of the time when they ask "why" about something that I feel is a little advanced for them I'm tempted to say, "just because", give an oversimplified answer, or explain that they will learn as they get older.  The thing is, there are a lot of great resources available on the internet to help satisfy their curiosity in an interesting and accurate way. For example we were outdoors the other night and my six year old asked, "how come the moon moves and changes shapes"  I gave her the basic answer but when we visited  http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/moon/phases.html together, we learned a lot more, and even printed off a moon calendar to track the phases of the moon for the month.  We also watched a funky, hip-hop music video about the moon’s phases http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXK63GpwUqs.  The song got stuck in our head, it was fun, and we learned something in the process.  What's more is this type of experience increases my children’s desire for knowledge and understanding much more than "just because".