意大利旅行家马 可·波罗曾说过““真正的发现之旅不仅是寻找新大陆，也要有一双善于发现的眼睛。”那么贯穿人一生的学习时间是非常漫长的，如何在有限的人生时间里大化地学到真东西呢?尤其是少儿英语这段黄金学习时段里，如何有效把握时间，养成终生学习的好习惯呢?
厚学网教育集数十年教育经验，特别提出以下5个培养终身学习的绝招~
1、always have a book
随身带本书
it doesn’t matter if it takes you a year or a week to read a book. always strive to have a book that you are reading through, and take it with you so you can read it when you have time. just by shaving off a few minutes in-between activities in my day i can read about a book per week. that’s at least fifty each year.
一年也好，一星期也罢，随身带本书吧，有时间的时候别忘了翻一翻。光是利用每天活动间隙的这点时间，我一周都能看完一本书了哦。一年也就是50多本。
2、keep a “to-learn” list
列出学习清单
we all have to-do lists. these are the tasks we need to accomplish. try to also have a “to-learn” list. on it you can write ideas for new areas of study. maybe you would like to take up a new language, learn a skill or read the collective works of shakespeare. whatever motivates you, write it down.
我们都有事情的待办清单。有些任务是我们需要去完成的。不妨也来列个待学清单，写上新领域的学习想法。比如你想学一门新语言，一个技能或是阅读完莎士比亚系列着作。无论你想干嘛，都写下来吧。
3、get more intellectual friends
交更多好学的朋友
start spending more time with people who think. not just people who are smart. but people who actually invest much of their time in learning new skills. their habits will rub off on you. even better, they will probably share some of their knowledge with you.
和那些乐于思考的人多接触，这可不是单单和聪明的人，而需要你去和真正愿意花时间学习新技能的人在一起。他们的习惯会影响到你，好的莫过于还会跟你分享一些知识呢。
多读书、读好书、好读书，这应该是人一生的追求，生活里没有书籍，就好像鸟儿没有翅膀，鱼儿没有水一样寸步难行。因此，随身带本好书，充分利用碎片化时间充实自己，用知识武装大脑，结交更多好学的好朋友，三人行必有吾师，在这些有利条件的促成下，必将成就更卓越的未来型人才。
4、guided thinking
多思考
albert einstein once said, “any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.” simply studying the wisdom of others isn’t enough, you have to think through ideas yourself. spend time journaling, meditating or contemplating over ideas you have learned.
爱因斯坦曾经说过：“任何读死书却不动脑子的人只会越来越懒得动脑了”。仅仅研究其他人的智慧远远不够，你需要有自己的想法。花点时间记录、冥想，思考那些你学过的东西吧。
5、put it into practice
付诸实践
skill based learning is useless if it isn’t applied. reading a book on c isn’t the same thing as writing a program. studying painting isn’t the same as picking up a brush. if your knowledge can be applied, put it into practice.
纸上谈兵永远没有意义。读一本c语言的书和写程序完全是两个概念。学习画画和拿起画笔也不能相提并论。如果你知道如何使用知识，就赶紧付诸于实践吧。
以上5个培养终生学习的好习惯，说起来简单但真正做到并落到实处却难上加难，对于少儿英语学习阶段的孩子来讲，自控力有待提高，如果能在初始学习阶段就能将这五个好习惯贯彻下来，那么在接下来的学习、工作和生活中，在遇到各种困难都会迎刃而解了。