How babies and young children learn
Your young child learns through everyday play and exploration in a safe and stimulating environment.
Your child’s relationships with you, other family members and carers – for example, early childhood educators – are the foundation for your child’s healthy learning and development. Plenty of time spent playing and interacting with you and others helps your child learn skills they need for life – like communicating, thinking, problem-solving, and being with other people.
Your child learns best by actively engaging with their environment. This includes:
observing things, watching faces and responding to voices
listening to sounds, making sounds and singing
exploring – for example, putting things in their mouth, shaking things and turning things around
asking questions – for example, ‘But why?’
experimenting with textures, objects and materials like water, sand or dirt
building things from objects like cardboard boxes or toy blocks
doing things that stimulate their senses – touch, taste, smell, vision and hearing.
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