You learn a lot of things through trying them out. Mostly, you make decisions about what you’ve experienced. That plate of vegetables with dinner? You try them out and, like many kids, you decide you don’t like them. Before you decide, though, you have to experience the taste. You have to be actively involved in the process.

You’re kid, right? You play with stuff, yes? Do you know how much learning goes on in that brain of yours while you’re playing? You can turn that pile of plastic blocks on your bedroom floor into anything you want.

This week’s post is all about cognitive learning. That’s: cog-NIT-iv. Say the middle part with a little more strength than the other two. Cognitive simply means using your brain to think. We are thinking all the time. Our brains never shut down, even when we’re sleeping.

Now, you can think of all sorts of things. Some are important, many aren’t.

Working with friends or peers is a great way to learn. You can hang with your mates and perhaps break a large project into smaller chunks. You often get to find out something about someone you didn’t know.