"We often equate repetition with a person who is mentally slow. If someone requires multiple repetitions to remember something, we think they are not as smart as someone who gets it right away. This assumption does not apply with young children. When a young child repeats an activity, they are opening brain nerve connections and building brain architecture." John Bowman
I know we are often live hurried lives but allowing children the time needed to master a task is very important. We encourage repetition in our every day routines at school. Everything is a learning opportunity .... learning to drink from a cup, wash a table, take turns with an activity, use the potty. All of which take repetition to master. These social and self-help skills are foundational to later academic learning. The child in the video above is not being told by an adult that she is doing something wrong ... she is given time and space to explore and figure it out. It is through repetition that children make connections, discover their own errors, learn how to correct them, and master a skill.
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