A Better Way To LearnA Better Way To Learn

By April Lynn O’LearyBy April Lynn O’Leary

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Brianna Michelle WatkinsBrianna Michelle Watkins

TravelTravel

You can learn from You can learn from traveling, by going to traveling, by going to different countries to different countries to learn different learn different lifestyles and lifestyles and language.language.

SchoolSchool

You can learn from You can learn from going to school going to school every day, and every day, and learning stuff from learning stuff from your teachers like your teachers like Math, English, Math, English, Science, and Social Science, and Social Studies. Studies.

ComputersComputers

You can learn from You can learn from educational games educational games on computers and on computers and shows on TV. shows on TV.

ABC’SABC’S

The ABC”S can help The ABC”S can help you learn by learning you learn by learning how to speak, write, how to speak, write, and read you can look and read you can look up words in the up words in the dictionary get a dictionary get a definition of it, and it definition of it, and it helps you get stuff in helps you get stuff in ABC order. ABC order.

Sunny DaysSunny Days

When it is sunny When it is sunny outside, you can walk outside, you can walk your dog, go on your dog, go on swings, lay in the swings, lay in the grass and read. It is a grass and read. It is a good way to learn by good way to learn by observing the observing the outdoors and the outdoors and the beauty of nature. beauty of nature.

Library Library

Going to the Library Going to the Library at least once a week, at least once a week, can help you boost can help you boost your mind.your mind.

DancingDancing

Going to dance Going to dance classes can help you classes can help you learn by learning learn by learning different moves and different moves and to keep you movingto keep you moving. .

Gym ClassesGym Classes

Going to gym classes Going to gym classes can help you get can help you get healthy and stay healthy and stay healthy. You can also healthy. You can also learn about your learn about your body, and how it body, and how it works.works.

After School ClubsAfter School Clubs

After school clubs After school clubs like Science,Math, like Science,Math, Social Studies, or Social Studies, or English clubs can English clubs can help you get better help you get better grades and help you grades and help you concentrate in that concentrate in that subject. subject.

SportsSports

Joining sport teams is Joining sport teams is a good way to learn a good way to learn because it can teach because it can teach you how to play you how to play different games, different games, sports, and moves.sports, and moves.

Maps Maps

You can learn from You can learn from maps by looking at maps by looking at different places and different places and learning different learning different roads, and routes. roads, and routes.

Handwriting Handwriting

You can learn from You can learn from doing handwriting doing handwriting because you can because you can learn different kinds of learn different kinds of letters.letters.

Friends and FamilyFriends and Family

Hanging out with Hanging out with friends and family can friends and family can help you learn new help you learn new games and interesting games and interesting facts. facts.

Reading Reading

We think that reading We think that reading and eating a healthy and eating a healthy snack is better than snack is better than sitting and watching sitting and watching cartoons that rots cartoons that rots your mind and eating your mind and eating a bag of potato chips. a bag of potato chips. It is a better way to It is a better way to learn by eating better learn by eating better and it helps your and it helps your reading.reading.

The Ways to LearnThe Ways to Learn

You can learn by You can learn by traveling, maps, going traveling, maps, going to school every day, to school every day, watching and playing watching and playing educational stuff,sunny educational stuff,sunny days, going to gym days, going to gym classes, sports, classes, sports, dancing, going to after dancing, going to after school clubs,hang out school clubs,hang out with friends and family, with friends and family, and go to a Library at and go to a Library at least once a week, but least once a week, but you can learn from you can learn from other things too.other things too.

Part IIPart II

Other Peoples’ StoriesOther Peoples’ Stories

Ancient people learn to hunt from ancient Ancient people learn to hunt from ancient animals. Now I learn at home with my parents animals. Now I learn at home with my parents and at school with my teachers. I like reading and at school with my teachers. I like reading interesting books. They teach me too.interesting books. They teach me too.

AlesyaAlesya

10 years old10 years old

Gymnasia 12Gymnasia 12

Minsk, BelarusMinsk, Belarus

Ancient PeopleAncient People

The Best Way to LearnThe Best Way to Learn

I think the best way to learn is to I think the best way to learn is to go to school. You can learn a lot go to school. You can learn a lot like multiplication, division, times like multiplication, division, times on a clock and a lot of other stuff. on a clock and a lot of other stuff. You learn about graphs. You learn You learn about graphs. You learn how to speak perfect English in how to speak perfect English in English Class. You learn about English Class. You learn about Colonial New Jersey in Social Colonial New Jersey in Social Studies Class. In Science Class, Studies Class. In Science Class, you learn about plants, machines, you learn about plants, machines, space, forces and motion and a lot space, forces and motion and a lot of other things.of other things.

MeganMeganGrade 4Grade 4Franklin Township SchoolFranklin Township SchoolQuakertown, New Jersey, USAQuakertown, New Jersey, USA

LearningLearning

I think I learn a lot at school, with friends, I think I learn a lot at school, with friends, and at my house. I learn English, science, and at my house. I learn English, science, social studies, math, health, Spanish, and social studies, math, health, Spanish, and how to work computers. But I can learn how to work computers. But I can learn all that at home too. You can also learn all that at home too. You can also learn things from friends from other countries things from friends from other countries or states, like other languages, how to or states, like other languages, how to cook different food, or teach other cook different food, or teach other traditions. You can learn many different traditions. You can learn many different things many different ways.things many different ways.

Emily Emily Grade 4Grade 4Franklin Township SchoolFranklin Township SchoolQuakertown, New Jersey, USAQuakertown, New Jersey, USA

What My Opinion Is As a LearnerWhat My Opinion Is As a Learner

I learn the most in my backyard. I find things interesting and I look them I learn the most in my backyard. I find things interesting and I look them up in the dictionary. I listen to animals and the wind and I learn which up in the dictionary. I listen to animals and the wind and I learn which way the wind is coming. The best way I think to learn is in school in way the wind is coming. The best way I think to learn is in school in math class. I learn how to divide and multiply because that way I don’t math class. I learn how to divide and multiply because that way I don’t grow up not focusing and not being able to pay attention to the teacher grow up not focusing and not being able to pay attention to the teacher and other people. I think to be a better learner I need a special assistant and other people. I think to be a better learner I need a special assistant because I have trouble paying attention. I have trouble paying attention because I have trouble paying attention. I have trouble paying attention on my own because a lot of things distract me. Sometimes noises or on my own because a lot of things distract me. Sometimes noises or animated objects or my hands distract me. My responsibility in the animated objects or my hands distract me. My responsibility in the world as a learner is to learn things.world as a learner is to learn things.

Tommy Tommy Grade 4Grade 4 Franklin Township SchoolFranklin Township School Quakertown, New Jersey, USAQuakertown, New Jersey, USA

What Do You Think Is the Best Way What Do You Think Is the Best Way to Learnto Learn

Computers, books, technology, looking and Computers, books, technology, looking and listening. computers because you can do listening. computers because you can do research. research.

by Brad, Benny, and Bobby by Brad, Benny, and Bobby

Roland Elementary School Roland Elementary School

Manitoba, Canada Manitoba, Canada

What Do You Think Is the What Do You Think Is the Best Way to Learn?Best Way to Learn?

Anita says: "I think the best way to learn is by Anita says: "I think the best way to learn is by reading books and by using computers. You can reading books and by using computers. You can also learn by listening to other people. Computers also learn by listening to other people. Computers can let you do research. Research is another way to can let you do research. Research is another way to learn. You can write about the new things you learn. You can write about the new things you learned from your research. When you stick to an learned from your research. When you stick to an idea you can really get a lot down on paper about idea you can really get a lot down on paper about your topic. I know when I have a lot to say I can get your topic. I know when I have a lot to say I can get a lot down.”a lot down.”

Lawson Elementary SchoolLawson Elementary SchoolSeattle, Washington, USASeattle, Washington, USA

And to read. And to workhard.

What do youthink is thebest way to

learn.

I think thebest way tolearn is bystudying.

Alexus Saint Francis de SalesWashington, DC, USA

What do You Think is the Best Way to Learn

What is the best wayI learn.

I learn when I amvery quiet and still.

I also learn when Iam not playing.

I learn when I amfocus.

Antonio Saint Francis de Sales School

Washington, DC, USA

What is the Best Way I Learn

What do you think isthe best way to

learn?

I think the best wayto learn is at my own

pace.

Another good way tolearn is at school.

Another good way tolearn what is rightand wrong is by

other people.

Christina Saint Francis de Sales School Washington, DC, USA

What Do you Think is the Best Way to Learn

What is the best wayto learn

To go to school To listen to theteacher

To listen to yourparents

Dominique Saint Francis de Sales SchoolWashington, DC, USA

What is the Best Way to Learn

I think the bestways to learn iswhen you arewith a group

What I thinkthe best way to

learn is.

James James Saint Francis de Sales School Saint Francis de Sales School Washington, DC, USAWashington, DC, USA

What I Think is the Best Way to LearnWhat I Think is the Best Way to Learn