We believe that learning starts with an experience. This leads to reflection,
incorporating new ideas, evaluation and/or application. Different people
go about this process in different ways.
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•Some like to gather information and solve problems through
discussions. They like working in groups.
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•Others like a logical approach. They like to work with ideas, and
demand clear explanations and straight answers. They like to do research and to analyse.
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•Some like to solve problems, apply theories, and find and test solutions to practical problems.
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•And some rely on intuition rather than logic. They like a practical,
hands-on approach as well as new challenges and experiences.
In addition, children have preferred ways of learning. Visual learners
prefer learning through concrete shapes, pictures and words on paper.
Kinesthetic learners learn best by using movement and working with
real objects. Auditory learners rely on their listening and rhythmic
skills when they learn. This book gives each child the opportunity
to select those hunts that appeal to him/her at this time of their life.
Later they may choose others.
In this book we have selected nine common ways that children use to learn.
Logical reasoning, visualising, discussing and debating, learning
with others and using interpersonal skills, reflection or intrapersonal
skills, emotional engagement, experimenting and doing, kinesthetics
(using movement), and using nature. Various learning activities called treasure hunts are incorporated in this Bible in the form of
short entries, interwoven with the Bible text. The reader is joined by the friendly
Way ees on their hunts.
Way ees are nine animal
characters, each designed to utilise one of the nine different ways of learning. They help children walk The Way – an early
name for Christianity (see Acts 9:2)