March 2022
Happy March!
This month's newsletter is the third in our series exploring simple ways to help your Young Scholar grow and stretch their brains by learning more about the types of thinking used in Young Scholar lessons.
We will once again be looking at characteristics as well as questions and resources to help guide and encourage your Young Scholar to use their brain in new ways.
So, whether you are familiar with these different thinking styles or just getting started, the activities and resources below include quick and easy at-home ideas to help your Young Scholar grow their thinking and build on their strengths.
Our March focus will be Convergent Thinking.
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What is Convergent Thinking? Convergent thinking involves solving a problem or question by using clues and logical reasoning. | Getting Started Try out these questions to get your Young Scholar thinking convergently about what they are reading or noticing about the world around them. | Dice and Card Games: At-Home Convergent Thinking Activities Click HERE or on the image above for some fun ways to use dice and cards to build convergent and logical thinking skills. |
What is Convergent Thinking?
Getting Started
Dice and Card Games: At-Home Convergent Thinking Activities
Books for Building Convergent Thinking
The topics and characters in the following books pair nicely with the Convergent Thinking conversation starters above.
Each of the books below is available for checkout at Washington County Libraries.
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Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña In Matt de la Peña's book, Milo Imagines the World, Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies the faces around him and makes pictures of their lives. But when one boy gets off on the same stop as Milo–walking the same path, going to the exact same place–Milo realizes that you can’t really know anyone just by looking at them. | The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin Mystery stories are a great way to practice convergent thinking skills. In The Trouble with Chickens, J.J. Tully, a retired search-and-rescue dog, helps two chicks named Dirt and Sugar track down clues to find their missing siblings. | Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet The chapter book, Chasing Vermeer, tells the story of friends Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay as they look for evidence and follow clues through their Chicago neighborhood to solve an international art crime. Chasing Vermeer is the first in a series of three mystery stories by author Blue Balliet. |
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña
The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
Young Scholar Speaker Series
Please join us for this FREE event as we wrap up our 2021-22 parent speaker series with Dr. Javetta Jones Roberson, one of the country’s leading voices in supporting diverse talented learners.
You can register on the Community Ed website or click on the image below for the direct Zoom link. I hope to see you there!
Contact Information
Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions, thoughts, or needs!
Colleen Redmond
