Abstract: Learning of young children has always been a controversal issue among the scholars. This paper takes “learning continuum” as the theoretical support of the development of children's learning, and takes the Wa children as the focus of the study. Through the examination of the learning characteristics of the Wa children, this paper further analyzes the influence of the theory of “learning continuum” on the effectiveness of learning and gives some suggestions to improve learning effectiveness.

Key words: learning continuum, Wa child, learning effectiveness