The above stated quote indeed has a lot of relevance when we talk about âExperiential Learningâ, especially in preschools. With experiential learning we mean that we can learn something by doing it. The same is the case with children. Â It revolves around exploring, discovering, creating, relating and interacting with the world and thus establishing meaningful connections with different objects. Â Basically, experiential learning is an unstructured form of learning, not guided by hard and fast rules, where kids are given the opportunity to learn naturally.
Experiential learning has two meanings attached to it. Â According to the first version, a child learns everything on his own without the influence or guidance of any external entity, for example, parents or teachers. In the second, a child learns with the help of some basic concepts and tools of experiential leaning defined by the curriculum or teaching programs of a preschool.
In the first version, a child learns through nature. Nature plays a vital role in assisting the child to gain experiences by doing something on their own. This type of learning is informal and occurs in the form of a natural event in the life of a child. Read more..