Each day we like to start the children thinking just as soon as they walk in the door. This challenge was to find 3 triangles. |
We'd hidden some triangles around the room. Some in plain sight... |
and others in unexpected places. |
Govind is showing us how many triangles he found. |
Another day we asked the children to stack 7 blocks. The many differently shaped blocks enabled us to see lots of problem solving going on. |
Daniel's mom asked Daniel if he could stack seven blocks? |
"Of course I can!" Daniel was very pleased with his success. Zoey placed some of her blocks horizontally, giving her stack more stability. Good thinking! |
Another challenge - make an ABC pattern. We had a container of manipulatives on the table, and assumed the children would use those. |
Instead, Emma made a pattern with her body. It was such a terrific idea we had all the children follow Emma ... head.... |
tummy..... |
feet. Finding alternate solutions to problems is prized, not only in our classroom, but obviously in the business world. Way to go Emma! |
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