Have you ever noticed how much more enjoyable it is to learn something when you're actually doing it?  That's the joy of situated learning!  It's like learning to bake a cake by actually baking one, not just reading a recipe.

You have built towers with blocks, right? You know, LEGO, DUPLO, or any of the gazillion other types of blocks. At first, you stack them however you want. Your tower falls over if it gets too high. So, you start over, determined to build it so it stays upright. The more you build it, the higher you can go without it falling over. You learn what works and what doesn’t. Your learning transforms, which is a fancy way of saying it changes.

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.