Braincandy is about children learning about themselves as they more fully experience the world around them. So what does that mean? It means that young children have the capacity to learn many things but also in many different ways. It is well known that very young children learn best through "play" not through a "push down" effect of direct "teaching." Drills and repetition may passively teach children a few facts about the ABC's and 123's but unfortunately they don't take into account the benefits of "active" learning.