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Help Your Child to Learn with Mike Gershon
Introduction: Helping Your Child to Learn
Welcome to the Course
What is learning? (6:04)
The Golden Rules (5:31)
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation (3:44)
Introduction: Helping Your Child to Learn: Practical Strategies
Helping Your Child to Learn: Cheat Sheet
Course Workbook - Print at Home Version
Course Workbook - Editable Version
Bonus Resource: The What If Box
Fostering Learning
How can you help learning to happen? (3:37)
Experience and Stimulation (4:35)
Scaffolding Learning (3:53)
Modelling Learning (4:21)
Fostering Learning: Practical Strategies
Fostering Learning: Cheat Sheet
Thinking Tools and Techniques
What are thinking tools? (4:00)
The Limits of Working Memory (4:17)
Minds in Society (4:58)
Signs and Symbols in Everyday Life (4:09)
Thinking Tools and Techniques: Practical Strategies
Thinking Tools and Techniques: Cheat Sheet
Speaking and Listening
How important are speaking and listening? (3:27)
Talking, Talking, Talking (3:39)
Verbal Rehearsal (4:05)
Asking Questions (3:56)
Speaking and Listening: Practical Strategies
Speaking and Listening: Cheat Sheet
Bonus Resource: The Movement Games Collection
Language
Do we live in a world of words? (3:19)
The Role of Reading (3:26)
The Relationship Between Speech and Writing (3:30)
Owning Language (3:20)
Language: Practical Strategies
Language: Cheat Sheet
Playing
Why is play important? (3:43)
Learning Through Play (4:25)
The Development of Imagination (3:54)
Exploring This World and Other Worlds (3:46)
Playing: Practical Strategies
Playing: Cheat Sheet
Mental Maps
How do we know things? (3:53)
Concepts and Categories (4:23)
Different Maps of the Same World (4:42)
Thought Spectacles (4:27)
Mental Maps: Practical Strategies
Mental Maps: Cheat Sheet
Telling Stories
Can you tell me a story? (3:41)
Using Stories to Make Sense (4:10)
Stories and Remembering (3:50)
Ideas Within Stories (3:54)
Telling Stories: Practical Strategies
Telling Stories: Cheat Sheet
Creative Thinking
Can creativity be taught? (4:05)
Playing Around with Things (3:46)
Making the World Anew (3:44)
Creativity Across Subjects (3:09)
Creative Thinking: Practical Strategies
Creative Thinking: Cheat Sheet
Bonus Resource: Build it, Make it, Draw it
Learning Together: You and Your Child
Learning Together: You and Your Child (3:46)
Learning Together: You and Your Child: Practical Strategies
Learning Together: You and Your Child: Cheat Sheet
The Golden Rules
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