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Push the children’s thoughts in different directions (e.g. Connect)
Symbolic Capability
To strengthen this capability it is important to create diverse experiences for the students.
Through the use of provocations previously suggested, significant projects such as the ones
mentioned in Modules 3 & 4, and previous experiences that they bring themselves, they will be
able to use all this information and represent it spontaneously.
Suggested Thought Routines:
All routines
Keys for Thought
Autonomous Capability
The use of keys for thought is a powerful tool to develop autonomous capabilities. This tool
will make the process of asking and inquiring in depth easier; in this case with the topic of the
month.
With the keys, and by modeling the language for thought, you will be able to arrive at
questionings such as: What is it for, where does it come from, how can we transform it, what is it
similar to, and much more. It is important to highlight that the questions of the keys for thought
can be easily incorporated to different routines for thought, and not necessarily be used
separately.
Suggested Tool for Thought:
Conceptual Map – Conflict Solution
Explosion of Options