According to Piaget, "...children learn by encountering problems they feel compelled to solve; experiencing emotions such as puzzlement, curiosity, surprise, and frustration; and engaging in the intellectual and emotional work of overcoming obstacles to solving those compelling problems.”

Quoted form the new NAEYC book Ramps & Pathways, a Constructivist Approach to Physics with Young Children, by Rheta DeVries and Christina Sales.  Get this book here!

What a great book! That one passage alone contains so much.  “...children learn by encountering problems they feel compelled to solve...”     Wow, it is such common sense, unfortunately it is not common knowledge.   Every teacher should read this book, then share it with every parent.