HOW DO CHILDREN LEARN? : Have you ever tried teaching a young child what "ball" means? Did you do it by a lot of verbal description" Or did you let the child actually handle a ball, throw it, watch it bounce and play with it? If you used the flatter way, you would definitely have succeeded in teaching the child what a ball is. The child learns about the shape, size, texture, bounce and other qualities of-the ball by playing with it and feeling it.

Does, Al-S instance give you some idea about how children acquire knowledge? In this section we, shall consider this question, especially in the context of learning mathematics.