What do we want for our children as they grow? One of the skills I want my children to have is the ability to think. How do I develop this? Oftentimes I ask questions like "why do you think that happened?" I also will allow them to experiment. At the dinner table, allowing our children to pour their drink from one container to another is giving them some ideas about volume. I'll also ask "what do you think will happen if we do this?" I allow them to give me some ideas, I'll sometimes share my idea, and then we'll try it and see. I often overhear my own children asking this question of each other. It's so important to not just give the answer, but to allow exploration and discovery.
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