Which encourages better learning, understanding and relationships?

ocording to me understanding is more easy way for, encourages ,if u would understand well,so u would be having desire to know more about that particular thing ,u will be able to rise the question

I believe that you have to find the happy balance between discipline and creative play. It is important for a child to learn right from wrong but it is just as important for them to learn who they are. When it comes to actual learning I have found that a more creative way of learning can do more for a child then the normal reaidng it in a book or getting lectures on it. For example I am dyslexic and found it hard to learn anything buy just reading it or hearing it from my teachers. But when I took it home and added my own little song or other creative way to it I did much better, the same has been true for my son as well.

I think they learn better through creative play as well. My husband is all about the strict discipline but even I learn better through being creative. Like instead of just plain reading for a test I would make flash cards or make a game out of it. Same concept, I think a child can carry that through their whole life. But I also don't have a lot of common sense. I heard once that you are book smart you have no common sense and vice versa. I suppose some kids would learn better through discipline maybe. Everyone's different.

I think it is a mixture of both. Creative play has been shown to do wonders for the learning process. I have a 5 year old daughter. She does amazing things with her imaginative play. The things she can recall and do at this age is amazing. I believe also though that kids need a certain measure of routine and discipline. It teaches that there are limits in everything. That there are rules that need to be followed. The trick is finding the right balance of both techniques.

I am a firm believer in allowing children the freedom to be creative, explore and discover things on their own. It is the best way for them to learn most things, including taking initiative, cause and effect and math skills, provided an adult helps guide them from time to time and provides materials and experiences that allow children to experiment with a wide variety of concepts. That said, routine and discipline do have their place. Children are most comfortable when they know what to expect. That is where routines come in. They also need to learn skills like waiting for a turn and self control. That is where the discipline comes in. Ideally, a child's day should be a combination of structured, adult- directed activity and unstructured, child- directed activity. This type of balance will provide children with opportunities to learn all of the things they need to be successful.

I think that you pose a good question to ponder. I kind of feel as a mother of a five year old that some of the methods you mentioned can work every now and again. I think that strict discipline can help a child tolerate routine a little better. Of course I don't believe in being very harsh toward my son. I would rather try to work things out through talking with him. The idea of creativity is also another method in which I feel seems to work. Children that are also left to learn things and be independent can make for great educational future.

This is a good discussion, Faye and I agree with you there. Children can grow from this creative interactivities and lean faster through games and unconventional study procedure instead of methodical square and circle kind of education. Thanks.

In my opinion, creativity is the mother of learning. We learn many things only because we want to create something with them. But all these must be guided by real discipline as wel as a definite routine. Another thing that we all must keep in mind always that making the task a burden is not at all advisable. This reduces creativity as well as understanding for the task! In case of children, they learn more through play, freedom and fun. Of course, a little care for discipline and routine must be followed for them to deveop punctuality as well as sense of responsibility in them. Above all, good understanding promotes good relationship and this in turn promotes for good learning irrespective of age and educational level! Thanks for this nice topic and have a good day!

I do think that allowing a child to be creative is the best way for a child to learn. I call it play learning. They have such enjoyment and get so much out of playing that it is a good way to teach a child. I think learning should be fun because if it isn't a child will get tired of the learning quickly. I do think that a moderate amount of discipline is fine but not strict.

That is an excellent question. I am a primary school teacher and a parent of 2 boys. I suggest that creating clear but reasonable boundaries to begin with is really important. Exploration is important in a child's education. Children should be given exciting things to do like messing around with play dough to develop fine motor skills. With good quality picture books children hopefully get interested in learning to read. He or she will listen to stories and in doing so develop their imagination. Funnily enough less able children can be amazing with poetry after blowing bubbles in the playground. A parent should have a caring attitude and explain with reasoning appropriate to the child's age any rules. Children could have targets and then a reward when they reach their goal. Creative activities are so important for young minds. A child should feel comfortable and cared for in a rich learning environment.

I am not a parent yet but I guess i agree w/ what you were stating. However, let it be clear that "strict" discipline doesn't mean literally punishment or very strict and unattainable roles and expectations.

I think you need a combination of the two. Traditionally, education followed the disciplined approached and now we are seeing a trend towards the more creative approach. Here's the problem, (in the U.S.) education levels are dropping at astronomical levels. Could this be because of the departure from the disciplined approach? I think it does have something to do with it. Unfortunately, a lot of knowledge is rote. You have to memorize boring, dry, facts. If you don't do that, you won't have the tools to employ your creativity to solve future problems. However, stifling a child's innate sense of exploration will also cause their learning to stagnate. They'll be good at reciting things, but not applying them. If you want people to be well-rounded, you want both. So, being creative in how you get kids to memorize their multiplication tables, making it a game or trying to bring some fun to it, is great. But, they have to memorize them. End of story. Learning is a process, you build on what has been learned before. If the structure isn't there then there is a greater likelihood that children will skip important steps and create gaps in their own education. In the end, that will hurt everyone.

I think it has to be both. I grew up with rote learning, and boring as it was, I will never have problems with simple mathematics or spelling. But that system, unless through exceptional teachers, allowed little creative room. For that we have to wait for university. My partner is trained as a teacher, and she says that primary school teaches basic skills, high shool teachs social norms, and university teaches you how to think and research. Of the three, only tertiary has the potential for creativity. We need that rote learning (discipline) at an early stage to set the knowledge, and we need to learn the social skills and social norms so that we can make a choice about conforming or deviating from the norm, and we need the ability to think for ourselves and do our own research. I would like to see a combination of all three right from the start, but first you have to train the teachers at those three levels how to teach that way, which isn't easy, because they have been taught the old way. I have worked in so-called "free schools", and while those kids learned a lot of things other kids didn't, they missed out on a lot of basic skills. Combinig an element of that freedom with rote teavhing might well work. Lash

I agree with you mostly. I hope my son can learn in a happy and creative way. But in fact most children are not self-command and sometimes our experiences really are helpful to them. So I hope most time he can learn by himself and occasionally I'll direct him which may be conflict with him.