You state that the KidLead curriculum uses accelerated learning. What is this?
Preteens (8-12 year olds) tend to be concrete in their thinking. Conceptual thinking usually doesn’t kick in until the teen years. Therefore, it is important to learn concepts at this stage of development through actual experiences. The KidLead curriculum has 2-4 activities every lesson that are designed to do that. It provides multi-sensory experiences that include macro-motor skills, micro-motor skills, and engaging intellectual challenge—plus a media component. Kids enjoy this type of learning, and research says that we learn more when we’re enjoying ourselves. We emphasize attendance, because active learning—where learning takes place with others in an experiential setting—makes make-up work for missed lessons difficult. If a participant is going to maximize his or her benefit from the program, it’s important that they attend each lesson. Active learning isn’t just for kids. Some research shows that people retain up to 10% of what they hear, and approximately 90% of what they exper
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