Children are naturally curious, they love to explore and discover knew things. A child feels more reward when they learn/chose to do something themselves. From these two points it makes me realise I need to make a book/illustrations which really catch the eye of the child, making them want to reach for it. Not have it be forced onto them by a parent/teacher. Although if it is given to them by a teacher/parent, I want the child to obviously have some interest/desire/curiosity for the book/illustrations.
'A child is more likely to learn and retain information when he is intrinsically motivated - when he believes he is pleasing himself.' [nasponline]
Children learn through their senses, tasting, touching, seeing, hearing and smelling. Obviously with my project I can only use the seeing sense, with my illustrations. Which again makes me want to make sure they are eye catching and exciting to the child viewing them. A big part of children's learning, is playing. So perhaps if the child is excited to engage in the book and have fun reading the book and viewing the illustrations, it should be a 'fun playing' experience.
Considering the story/message
Different types of play help the child learn different things, I perhaps want to include these types of play into my story. Conveying a message/lesson to the child but in a fun/engaging way.
Dressing up/painting/dolls/play dough - creativity.
Water/sand - science.
Building blocks/jigsaw - logic.
Games help with sharing.
When creating my story I want to include at least a couple of these play/exercise throughout my story, perhaps the main character faces a problem and has a play scenario to deal with and work through.
http://www.familylives.org.uk/advice/toddler-preschool/learning-play/how-children-learn-through-play/
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/home_school/earlychildmotiv_ho.aspx
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