Learn While Living Eclectic Library A Journey of Learning and Play

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Learn While Living Eclectic Library: Our Journey of Learning and Play

In the ever-changing world of education, the traditional classroom setting is slowly giving way to more innovative approaches. One such approach is the concept of an eclectic library that combines learning and play, with experiential learning as the focus. This library is a treasure trove of resources that not only caters to an inviduals educational needs but also fosters their creativity and imagination.

In this write up, we will explore the numerous benefits of such a library and provide tips and tools for mainstream and alternalte learning parents and educators, to make the most of Learn While Living Eclectic Library unique and rewarding Learn While Living Platform.

Learn While Living Eclectic Library Pro #1: A Wide Variety of Resources

An eclectic library offers a diverse range of resources, including books, resources, games, and multimedia materials. This variety allows learners to explore different topics and subjects, catering to their individual interests and learning styles or methods. For example, a learner who loves adventure can find adventure books and games from Learn While Living story books or Worldly Budddies, while a child who enjoys creating or writing can engage with tailor made activities and resources to suit. This variety not only keeps children engaged but also helps them develop a love for learning.

Tip: Encourage children to explore different sections of the library and try out new resources. You can also create a scavenger hunt or a bingo game to make the exploration process more fun and engaging. If you find a winner solution for your family, please share, we'd love to hear about your successes and share them around!

Learn While Living Eclectic Library Pro #2: Hands-On Learning

Experiential learning is a key aspect of an eclectic library, as it allows children to learn through hands-on activities and real-world experiences. For instance, a child can learn about the solar system by building a model of the planets, or they can learn about different cultures by trying out traditional recipes and going on an adventure with Roadschool and Worldschool materials. This hands-on approach not only makes learning more enjoyable but also helps children retain information much better. Creating memories is key to experiential learning at its core, and defining a memorable learning lifestyle that everyone can partake in.

Tip: Look for resources that offer hands-on activities, such as DIY kits, craft supplies, and science experiment materials. You can also create your own activities based on the learners interests and learning goals. Learn While Living Eclectic Library has a bunch of materials to encourage hands-on activities, but if you would like us to create something especially reach out to us via email.

Learn While Living Eclectic Library Pro #3: Encourages Imagination and Creativity

An eclectic library is a haven for creativity and imagination, Print, Craft & Play Games, and Creative Corner invites learners to express themselves freely. Individuals can create or design their own stuff with resources offered for guidance for a creator. This fosters creativity and encourages learners to think outside the box, which is essential for success in today's world.

Tip: Set aside dedicated time for creative activities, such as storytelling or art projects, but be flexible. The creative process is a personal journey from within. Which often enough, can be a silent but all over body process, that takes the individual on an unseen journey until what is inside can be conveyed in their physical creative works.

Tip: You can also encourage learners to create their own resources, like a book or a game, to showcase their unique ideas and perspectives. Learn While Living boardgame creation, and card game creation go to guides are ideal for creating table top games, plus Art Styles, Story Writing, Script Writing and Creative Corner will be your best friend to shape all sorts of artistic creations that can come to life.

Learn While Living Eclectic Library Pro #4: Develops Social Skills

An eclectic library is also an excellent environment for developing social skills, as it encourages individuals to interact with one another and collaborate on projects. Learners can work together to solve puzzles, build structures, or create... This helps them learn essential skills like communication, teamwork, and problem-solving, which are crucial for success in both personal and professional life.

Personal story: FUNDAY Friday Games is a thing that's been running in our home since forever. And because it was so profound in how we would finish up on a Friday, but connect and have fun, we continued it for online games as the boys got older. They met and played with gamers from all over, which maintained their curiosity for other places, which fuelled their gaming interests for that much longer. While Jessy has chosen to fade away from gaming for the time being, still to this day, Keigh has friends he met several years ago that game with him reguarly.

Tip: Organize group activities and encourage individuals to work and play together, and meet up to share time with like minded families. It really does make all the difference. You can also facilitate discussions and debates on various topics to help learmers develop their critical thinking and communication skills.

Personal story: Shortly after we began I started a group, cause the only one I knew of was an hours+ drive away. This group came together on a weekly basis and quickly grew. I recall, one girl loved to bake sweet treat so she brought all sorts of yummie stuff, and each week towards the end of our cath up, we'd pick a different place to meet. Parks to play, share and interact were a wonderful space.

Learn While Living Eclectic Library Pro #5: Promotes a Love for Reading

An eclectic library is a paradise for book lovers, as it offers a wide variety of books on different topics and subjects. This not only helps individuals develop their reading skills but also fosters a love for reading, which is essential for lifelong learning. Learners can find books on their favourite topics, discover new interests, and develop their own unique perspectives through reading.

Tip: Encourage individuals to read regularly by setting aside dedicated reading time and creating a cozy reading nook, or instilling purposeful reading for research and growth. You can also join a book club or attend library events to make reading more engaging and fun. Learn While Living Eclectic Library has a growing collection of tailor made books for the worlds of Alternate Learning, Roadschool and Worldschool, and we endeavour to create books for fun reading, research and growth as well.

In conclusion, Learn While Living Eclectic Library facilitates learning and play combined, with experiential learning as the focus, which is a powerful tool for fostering creativity, imagination, and a love for learning. By providing a diverse range of resources, hands-on activities, and opportunities for social interaction, Learn While Living Eclectic Library helps families, by offering essential materials that'll serve them well throughout their lives to experientially learn effectively, which in-turn invites a healthy and adventurous mindset encouraging playful learning in discovery mode.

So, let's embrace the eclectic Learn While Living Library and empower ourselves to become lifelong learners and innovators.

6. Experiential Learning

Picture 1: Its a playful scene with bright sparks ready and keen.

See how engaged they are?!

Want to engage your teens & children just like this?

Don't know how to?

Let's talk, the pro's and cons for "what", "why" and "how"

for "Experiential Learning."

First, "what" is Experiential Learning?

Simply put, learn by doing!

It is in the art of utilising each experience so to learn,

and here at Learn While Living, we take it to the next level to Learn While Living.

This post aims to explore the concept of experiential learning in detail, examine its theoretical foundations, discuss its applications in various learning settings,

and provide practical benefits for mentoring learners effectively.

Using this active learning application, and entwining such with our

Philosophy In Action- and library of resources, we aim to provoke a grass roots initiative for inspired life learning that holds no bounds.

NO SCREENSHOTS, 4min read: Ready to Dive Deeper?

Experiential learning is a dynamic and engaging approach for building know-how and knowledge that emphasises on the importance of direct experiences in the learning process. Unlike traditional instructional methods that prioritise rote memorisation and passive learning, experiential learning focuses on "active involvement of learners in hands-on, real-world activities."

Using picture 2 as an example: On face value, the activity is of two people sitting in a cave. Amongst a mighty scenery, the two travellers are bathed in the warm embrace of the sun as they look out to the towering peaks, their jagged silhouettes stand tall into the sky sprinkled by snow. This vivid tableau could easily be reminiscent of locations in either the southern or northern hemisphere, where breathtaking vistas converge to create awe inspiring landscapes.

"How" does that make sense for academia though?

Experiential learning can be defined as the process of learning through experience. It combines itself from, in the moment activities that are coupled with theory and practice, inviting learners to gain knowledge, skills, and willingful attitudes by actively engaging in meaningful experiences.

Experiential learning has wide-ranging applications across various learning settings, be-it home learning in any style, Roadschoool, Worldschooling to mainstream classrooms. Then later in life for community programs, corporate training and beyond.

Here are some key areas where experiential learning is utilised:

1. Education and Academia

In educational settings, experiential learning can take the form of hands-on projects, internships, simulations, service learning, and field trips.

For example:

Project-Based Learning (PBL): Individuals build on real-world projects that integrate multiple disciplines, allowing them to apply theoretical knowledge into practical contexts.
Internships and Co-op Programs: These opportunities provide learners with direct exposure to professional environments, enhancing their skills and employability.

2. Roadschool, Worldschooling

Roadschool and Worldschooling: Families, couples and individuals use the world as either their classroom to learn, connect and grow, going on adventures full time, part-time and a casual basis.

3. Sabbatical

Travel Sabbatical: To take a rest from work for an extended period of time, and intentionally spend that time on something that's not your routine line of work to explore the world and grow.

4. Corporate Training and Development

Many organisations adopt experiential learning techniques to enhance employee training and development, and have done so for decades.

This could include:

Role-Playing and Simulations: Employees engage in simulated scenarios that mirror real workplace challenges, enabling individuals to practice problem-solving, decision-making skills and potential workplace skillsets.
Team-Building Activities: Experiential learning fosters teamwork, communication, and collaboration among groups and employees through engaging activities.

5. Community and Service Learning

Experiential learning can be integrated into programs to service the community, empowering learners to connect with their communities and apply their skills to address, community topics and social issues.

Service Learning: Individuals engage in meaningful community projects, reflecting on their experiences while contributing to their community and societal well-being.

6. Outdoor and Adventure Learning

Outdoor education programs provide opportunities for experiential learning through adventure activities, where participants develop teamwork, leadership and resilience from the adventure taken.

Adventure Based Learning: Programs that emphasise adventure challenges, may foster personal growth, self-awareness, and interpersonal skills.

This "type" of learning is not new, has a cyclical approach and can begin from childhood, evolves through youth to adulthood and beyond. It can be easily incoporated into a life learning approach or mainstream learning applications. Additionally, corporate and small business training and frameworks can enhance it to maximise potential and know-how, which ultimately develops more well-rounded individuals equipped for success.

The Benefits of Experiential Learning is our "why" ... will it be yours too?!

Experiential learning offers numerous benefits, making it a valuable approach to life learning, and training for development in all cycles of life:

Enhanced Retention: Engaging in active learning experiences increases the likelihood of understanding, reflecting and retaining information.

Practical Skill Development: Learners acquire hands-on skills that are directly applicable to real-world and real-life applications and situations, for life skills.

Increased Motivation: Active involvement in learning fosters intrinsic motivation, encouraging learners to be more engaged and invested in their learning and abilities.

Development of Critical Thinking: Reflection and analysis of experiences provide opportunities for clarity, critical thinking and problem-solving in real-life. Not simulation!

Preparation for their Working Life: Experiential learning equips individuals with skills and knowledge, for seeking a career with more thought for what they may aspire to do.

Improved Collaboration and Communication: Group activities and teamwork foster collaboration and enhance interpersonal skills, like communication, teamwork, critical thinking and forecasting.

Holistic Development: Experiential learning addresses multiple dimensions of learning, including cognitive, emotional, and social for overall learning development.

Learning is for LIFE: From the day we enter to the day we exit, a life long learning journey may only ever, be enrinched.

The cons...Challenges of Experiential Learning

While experiential learning offers substantial benefits, it also presents some challenges:

Assessment Difficulties: Measuring learning outcomes from experiential activities can be subjective and challenging to give a score to.

Resource Intensive: Implementing experiential learning initiatives may require significant time, effort, and resources.

Variability of Experiences: Different learners may derive different lessons from the same experience, making it challenging to standardise learning outcomes.

However, incorporating it can be inspirational..."How" it can be done, with joy !

Experiential Learning works best within a bespoke setting, designed from a curious, or "think outside of the box" mindset to succeed and mentor others. A go-getter attitude will create the will, and by bringing in a mix of spontaneity and organisation - with lots of activities and resources to accompany your journey, this is a way to truly align Experiential Learn so to Learning While Living.

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Tip: Words evolve, the meaning behind them change to suit a narrative as time moves on. Today the modern term is, Worldschool and Roadschool. However, whatever "it" is called now or in the future, the importances are that experiences shape us. Reflection from those experiences carry weight in our "why", "how" and "what" for. Today we get to make the choice how today unfolds.

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If you read all this post, and saw past the screen to “what may” you have a curious mindset.

Personally, Experiential Learning going Global - is impactful, inspiring, holistic and life long.

Leading with love,

Addy Marie, Visionary, Founder & Owner of Worldschool Tribe,

"Learn While Living, Loving the journey..." Is our -Philosophy In Action-

{Credit: "Worldschool Tribe" Published: 31.07.2024 }

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