Struggling to study for Comptia certs! Advice needed!

Hello everyone! Gonna get straight into it, I have attempted a few times to study for the A+ exam and when it comes to self study I literally cant retain anything...I've always been someone that learns better by doing aka getting my hands on something and figuring how it works. I am wondering if there is a way to realistically learn the material in A+ this way and wondering if there are others that learn the same way I do? Thank you for aany and all advice!!