Friday, September 8, 2017

Brain Growers: Flexibility

I'm enjoying incorporating growth mindset from A Mindset for Learning into the first several weeks of school. (Check out my post on optimism.) This week we've been learning about flexibility. It's a must-have brain grower for sure. 

Day 1:
We read Stuck by Oliver Jeffers. Our discussion led us into the definition of flexibility, as seen in the picture. We also shared life stories of flexibility.



Day 2:
We read Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells. I challenged the kids to find flexibility in the book. Then I paired the kids up and asked them to create paper playgrounds. I told them they'd have chances to use flexibility, and they did.






Day 3: We read Shh! We Have a Plan! by Chris Haughton with the expectation that they look for flexibility. 

Day 4: We watched Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg on youtube and created our crown to celebrate moments of flexibility.




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6 comments:

  1. Flexibility...I really need to read more from this book! I feel like this is a skill that really needs to be explored.

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  2. Love it all! Makes me wish I was still teaching:)

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  3. Awesome! I know some adults who could benefit from this practice. ;)

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    1. Miss Trayers, right?! Hopefully we can start them off right when they're young.

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