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Pbs: Flexible Thinking: How to Encourage Kids to Go With the Flow ArticlePbs: Flexible Thinking: How to Encourage Kids to Go With the Flow Article
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PBS
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Pre-K - 1st
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Social Studies & History
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1030L
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Pbs: Flexible Thinking: How to Encourage Kids to Go With the Flow

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Kids who are able to think about a problem in a new way engage in flexible thinking, while kids who get stuck in their ways tend to engage in rigid thinking. Flexible thinking skills can be practiced at home and at school. Try a few of these strategies to help your child move away from rigid thinking.

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3.1.2 use creative and flexible thinking to solve problems, cognitive flexibility, problem solving, rigid thinking, set shifting, problem solving and creativity

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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