moolchands mental health and lifeskills department says that children learn through three approaches audio visual and kinesthetic schools need a mix of all these approaches he says teaching in early years has to be interactive as observation and participation are critical at this period dr nagpal adds handwriting or other cognitive skills are picked up through rote learning but it cannot be the only way he says we have to create happy schools compulsive rote learning needs to be done away with if you want the child to not only imbibe the information but also evolve as a person he says