- at school, it's the job of the teacher to force us to repeat until we've learned something. See Anki and other SRS systems.
- as a kid you don't read to learn, you read because it's fun or because you want to try something. See what another commenter said, you learn by practicing, not by reading alone.
- you forget all that you've forget as a child :)
Also, kids like to imagine stories. In the literature about learning, one method used to improve the retention is too create vivid images about what you want to learn, in other words, imagine stories to memorize.
Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/208/
Kids also rehearse stuff a _lot_ => Anki/SRS
Having said that, I like to learn about learning but I don't consider myself a particularly good learner :)
- at school, it's the job of the teacher to force us to repeat until we've learned something. See Anki and other SRS systems.
- as a kid you don't read to learn, you read because it's fun or because you want to try something. See what another commenter said, you learn by practicing, not by reading alone.
- you forget all that you've forget as a child :)
Also, kids like to imagine stories. In the literature about learning, one method used to improve the retention is too create vivid images about what you want to learn, in other words, imagine stories to memorize. Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/208/
Kids also rehearse stuff a _lot_ => Anki/SRS
Having said that, I like to learn about learning but I don't consider myself a particularly good learner :)