![]() Lilly and Penny are coloring a picture.Brandon wants to play so he takes the ball away from Joe. The students can then see the consequences that choice has and you can point out how that solution doesn't seem to be working. If the students come up with an idea that you know will not work, it is OK to try it anyway. The puppet should go through the situation again while trying out the student's ideas. If the puppet was a rock thinker, have the students help the puppet be a flexible thinker by giving some alternate solutions to the problem. As you act out the situation, ask the students to tell you if the puppet was being a flexible thinker or a rock thinker. Use puppets to act out the following situations or create your own.(Just like a rock thinker can easily hurt other's feelings). The rock would not be good for these things because if it is tossed to someone it might hurt that person. If needed, point out that you can play games with the flexible object such as tossing it, playing hot potato, or use as a fidget. Ask the students which item would be more fun to play with.They only think of themselves and are not good social thinkers. Explain that a "rock thinker" is unable to make their brains move around a problem.Ask "are they able to move it at all?" "Is it flexible?" For example, if the recess bell rings and it is time to go in, a flexible thinker would think, "I wanted to swing some more, but I can swing again next recess." Give a few examples of a flexible thinker.If you have a soft brain, this is a great time to squeeze it in your hand to show how the brain moves and "conforms" in your hand. A flexible thinker also thinks of solutions while trying to think of others. ![]()
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