The Key to Learning® program is unique because it moves the focus from educational content (what) to the cultural tools and pedagogical practice (how). It focuses not only on teaching children skills and knowledge but on developing learning abilities too. It offers optimal learning experiences that are:
It provides all the pre-requisites for successful learning, creating the right conditions for minds to open, for learning to become a pleasure and for creativity to flourish.
Learning abilities are whatever it is that determines the speed and flexibility with which we acquire, and are able to apply, new knowledge and skills – the qualities that provide successful learning.
The current focus for teaching young children is skills and knowledge. However, the skills and knowledge that the children need for survival depend on where they happen to be born, and vary from place to place. Therefore they are not enough. To prepare children to become brilliant, global citizens of our rapidly changing world, they need general learning abilities that enable them to learn quickly and easily whatever they have a need for. Because of the way our brains develop, there is a window of opportunity between the ages of 2.5 and 6 to give children that gift for life.
When a child learns to use cultural tools, new psychological qualities that we call abilities, emerge. Abilities are those universal “mental habits” and human qualities required for success in any skilled cultural activity. The most significant route for the development and expression of abilities is through cultural tools (concepts, visual signs, symbols, models, plans, texts, maps, formulae, language) which are not merely taught in isolation as skills, but offered to and grasped by the child as practical actions, used in particular ways for particular purposes.
The Key to Learning developmental cognitive curriculum:
We provide you with teaching manuals, resources and training according to your specific needs.
A centre using all 12 modules typically does two ‘sessions’ a day for each group of up to 10 children.
Many research projects have revealed that the ‘Key to Learning’ curriculum has an extremely positive and unique effect on achievement in young children.
This approach to developing learning abilities leads to significant changes in children’s personalities. It facilitates self development, helping children become independent learners. They begin to plan and organise their own activities, openly express their point of view, provide non-standard solutions for various problems, interact freely with other people and what is most important, believe in themselves and their abilities. Development is not an accumulation of knowledge, facts, information or skills. In fact, it’s not the accumulation of anything! It’s a qualitative transformation.
Children who have participated in Key to Learning:
The development of cognitive abilities is very important in preparing children for school. What is important is not so much what they already know, but their readiness to learn new things; their ability to learn with and from others; to think, imagine, reach conclusions, create stories, draw and design solutions.
In addition to the research, we have story after story from teachers, other educational professionals and parents who tell us about the differences that they have seen in children who are participating in the Key to Learning curriculum. These include exceptionally high levels of or abilities in the following:
Simply put, everyone comments on how smart, kind, creative, curious, motivated, empathetic, articulate, happy, passionate and resilient the children are.
Key to Learning can be used in any early years setting to complement, extend, enrich and systematise existing good practice.
Here is an example of how the modules of the Key to Learning developmental cognitive curriculum also provide appropriate opportunities for children to achieve the early learning goals or objectives of a national curriculum, in addition to specifically developing the full range of learning abilities:
There are over 600 learning activities and games included within the Key to Learning curriculum divided into the 12 modules shown here.
Each of the 12 teacher-friendly modules includes:
No, these are hands-on activities. You might want to show some of the supporting images to the children on screen, instead of using printed ones, and there are a some activities that involve a sheet that the children draw on or make markings on, but that’s it.
The Key to Learning® program is unique because it moves the focus from educational content (what) to the cultural tools and pedagogical practice (how). It focuses not only on teaching children skills and knowledge but on developing learning abilities too. It offers optimal learning experiences that are:
It provides all the pre-requisites for successful learning, creating the right conditions for minds to open, for learning to become a pleasure and for creativity to flourish.
Learning abilities are whatever it is that determines the speed and flexibility with which we acquire, and are able to apply, new knowledge and skills – the qualities that provide successful learning.
The current focus for teaching young children is skills and knowledge. However, the skills and knowledge that the children need for survival depend on where they happen to be born, and vary from place to place. Therefore they are not enough. To prepare children to become brilliant, global citizens of our rapidly changing world, they need general learning abilities that enable them to learn quickly and easily whatever they have a need for. Because of the way our brains develop, there is a window of opportunity between the ages of 2.5 and 6 to give children that gift for life.
When a child learns to use cultural tools, new psychological qualities that we call abilities, emerge. Abilities are those universal “mental habits” and human qualities required for success in any skilled cultural activity. The most significant route for the development and expression of abilities is through cultural tools (concepts, visual signs, symbols, models, plans, texts, maps, formulae, language) which are not merely taught in isolation as skills, but offered to and grasped by the child as practical actions, used in particular ways for particular purposes.
The Key to Learning developmental cognitive curriculum:
We provide you with teaching manuals, resources and training according to your specific needs.
A centre using all 12 modules typically does two ‘sessions’ a day for each group of up to 10 children.
Many research projects have revealed that the ‘Key to Learning’ curriculum has an extremely positive and unique effect on achievement in young children.
This approach to developing learning abilities leads to significant changes in children’s personalities. It facilitates self development, helping children become independent learners. They begin to plan and organise their own activities, openly express their point of view, provide non-standard solutions for various problems, interact freely with other people and what is most important, believe in themselves and their abilities. Development is not an accumulation of knowledge, facts, information or skills. In fact, it’s not the accumulation of anything! It’s a qualitative transformation.
Children who have participated in Key to Learning:
The development of cognitive abilities is very important in preparing children for school. What is important is not so much what they already know, but their readiness to learn new things; their ability to learn with and from others; to think, imagine, reach conclusions, create stories, draw and design solutions.
In addition to the research, we have story after story from teachers, other educational professionals and parents who tell us about the differences that they have seen in children who are participating in the Key to Learning curriculum. These include exceptionally high levels of or abilities in the following:
Simply put, everyone comments on how smart, kind, creative, curious, motivated, empathetic, articulate, happy, passionate and resilient the children are.
Key to Learning can be used in any early years setting to complement, extend, enrich and systematise existing good practice.
Here is an example of how the modules of the Key to Learning developmental cognitive curriculum also provide appropriate opportunities for children to achieve the early learning goals or objectives of a national curriculum, in addition to specifically developing the full range of learning abilities:
There are over 600 learning activities and games included within the Key to Learning curriculum divided into the 12 modules shown here.
Each of the 12 teacher-friendly modules includes:
No, these are hands-on activities. You might want to show some of the supporting images to the children on screen, instead of using printed ones, and there are a some activities that involve a sheet that the children draw on or make markings on, but that’s it.
The Key to Learning® program is unique because it moves the focus from educational content (what) to the cultural tools and pedagogical practice (how). It focuses not only on teaching children skills and knowledge but on developing learning abilities too. It offers optimal learning experiences that are:
It provides all the pre-requisites for successful learning, creating the right conditions for minds to open, for learning to become a pleasure and for creativity to flourish.
Learning abilities are whatever it is that determines the speed and flexibility with which we acquire, and are able to apply, new knowledge and skills – the qualities that provide successful learning.
The current focus for teaching young children is skills and knowledge. However, the skills and knowledge that the children need for survival depend on where they happen to be born, and vary from place to place. Therefore they are not enough. To prepare children to become brilliant, global citizens of our rapidly changing world, they need general learning abilities that enable them to learn quickly and easily whatever they have a need for. Because of the way our brains develop, there is a window of opportunity between the ages of 2.5 and 6 to give children that gift for life.
When a child learns to use cultural tools, new psychological qualities that we call abilities, emerge. Abilities are those universal “mental habits” and human qualities required for success in any skilled cultural activity. The most significant route for the development and expression of abilities is through cultural tools (concepts, visual signs, symbols, models, plans, texts, maps, formulae, language) which are not merely taught in isolation as skills, but offered to and grasped by the child as practical actions, used in particular ways for particular purposes.
The Key to Learning developmental cognitive curriculum:
We provide you with teaching manuals, resources and training according to your specific needs.
A centre using all 12 modules typically does two ‘sessions’ a day for each group of up to 10 children.
Many research projects have revealed that the ‘Key to Learning’ curriculum has an extremely positive and unique effect on achievement in young children.
This approach to developing learning abilities leads to significant changes in children’s personalities. It facilitates self development, helping children become independent learners. They begin to plan and organise their own activities, openly express their point of view, provide non-standard solutions for various problems, interact freely with other people and what is most important, believe in themselves and their abilities. Development is not an accumulation of knowledge, facts, information or skills. In fact, it’s not the accumulation of anything! It’s a qualitative transformation.
Children who have participated in Key to Learning:
The development of cognitive abilities is very important in preparing children for school. What is important is not so much what they already know, but their readiness to learn new things; their ability to learn with and from others; to think, imagine, reach conclusions, create stories, draw and design solutions.
In addition to the research, we have story after story from teachers, other educational professionals and parents who tell us about the differences that they have seen in children who are participating in the Key to Learning curriculum. These include exceptionally high levels of or abilities in the following:
Simply put, everyone comments on how smart, kind, creative, curious, motivated, empathetic, articulate, happy, passionate and resilient the children are.
Key to Learning can be used in any early years setting to complement, extend, enrich and systematise existing good practice.
Here is an example of how the modules of the Key to Learning developmental cognitive curriculum also provide appropriate opportunities for children to achieve the early learning goals or objectives of a national curriculum, in addition to specifically developing the full range of learning abilities:
There are over 600 learning activities and games included within the Key to Learning curriculum divided into the 12 modules shown here.
Each of the 12 teacher-friendly modules includes:
No, these are hands-on activities. You might want to show some of the supporting images to the children on screen, instead of using printed ones, and there are a some activities that involve a sheet that the children draw on or make markings on, but that’s it.
The Key to Learning® program is unique because it moves the focus from educational content (what) to the cultural tools and pedagogical practice (how). It focuses not only on teaching children skills and knowledge but on developing learning abilities too. It offers optimal learning experiences that are:
It provides all the pre-requisites for successful learning, creating the right conditions for minds to open, for learning to become a pleasure and for creativity to flourish.
Learning abilities are whatever it is that determines the speed and flexibility with which we acquire, and are able to apply, new knowledge and skills – the qualities that provide successful learning.
The current focus for teaching young children is skills and knowledge. However, the skills and knowledge that the children need for survival depend on where they happen to be born, and vary from place to place. Therefore they are not enough. To prepare children to become brilliant, global citizens of our rapidly changing world, they need general learning abilities that enable them to learn quickly and easily whatever they have a need for. Because of the way our brains develop, there is a window of opportunity between the ages of 2.5 and 6 to give children that gift for life.
When a child learns to use cultural tools, new psychological qualities that we call abilities, emerge. Abilities are those universal “mental habits” and human qualities required for success in any skilled cultural activity. The most significant route for the development and expression of abilities is through cultural tools (concepts, visual signs, symbols, models, plans, texts, maps, formulae, language) which are not merely taught in isolation as skills, but offered to and grasped by the child as practical actions, used in particular ways for particular purposes.
The Key to Learning developmental cognitive curriculum:
We provide you with teaching manuals, resources and training according to your specific needs.
A centre using all 12 modules typically does two ‘sessions’ a day for each group of up to 10 children.
Many research projects have revealed that the ‘Key to Learning’ curriculum has an extremely positive and unique effect on achievement in young children.
This approach to developing learning abilities leads to significant changes in children’s personalities. It facilitates self development, helping children become independent learners. They begin to plan and organise their own activities, openly express their point of view, provide non-standard solutions for various problems, interact freely with other people and what is most important, believe in themselves and their abilities. Development is not an accumulation of knowledge, facts, information or skills. In fact, it’s not the accumulation of anything! It’s a qualitative transformation.
Children who have participated in Key to Learning:
The development of cognitive abilities is very important in preparing children for school. What is important is not so much what they already know, but their readiness to learn new things; their ability to learn with and from others; to think, imagine, reach conclusions, create stories, draw and design solutions.
In addition to the research, we have story after story from teachers, other educational professionals and parents who tell us about the differences that they have seen in children who are participating in the Key to Learning curriculum. These include exceptionally high levels of or abilities in the following:
Simply put, everyone comments on how smart, kind, creative, curious, motivated, empathetic, articulate, happy, passionate and resilient the children are.
Key to Learning can be used in any early years setting to complement, extend, enrich and systematise existing good practice.
Here is an example of how the modules of the Key to Learning developmental cognitive curriculum also provide appropriate opportunities for children to achieve the early learning goals or objectives of a national curriculum, in addition to specifically developing the full range of learning abilities:
There are over 600 learning activities and games included within the Key to Learning curriculum divided into the 12 modules shown here.
Each of the 12 teacher-friendly modules includes:
No, these are hands-on activities. You might want to show some of the supporting images to the children on screen, instead of using printed ones, and there are a some activities that involve a sheet that the children draw on or make markings on, but that’s it.
