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Re: Ask HN: Teaching kids how to think?

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Post by saint_abroad » Sat, Oct 03, 2020, 12:22 PM UTC

tmaly wrote: post #138

saint_abroad wrote: post #14

Foster an environment where kids can practice asking (the right) questions: https://youtu.be/APVaTRNQmJc Good activities are open-ended for more opportunity to question. Drop an egg, improve its survivability.

that is a great video. Can you suggest any more like it?

Encourage kids to hypothesise, experiment, fail, adjust and succeed: https://youtu.be/9vJRopau0g0

Actively prevent loss-aversion from being the only learned lesson of failure. Encourage risk-taking by providing a safe space to fail: https://youtu.be/lJs-RiPOKVY

Re: Ask HN: Teaching kids how to think?

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Post by tubularhells » Sat, Oct 03, 2020, 7:51 PM UTC

tmaly wrote: post #139

tubularhells wrote: post #125

Strategy board games, not just go and chess but more modern ones like Pipeline, Nevsky, Lisboa to mention 3 radically different games) will both engage the mind of young kids and allow for them to build mental maps at their own pace. look for medium-heavy boardgames on boargamegeek for you to play with your kids, and the two of you can develop the kids taste and cognitive abilities at the same time while having fun.…

Have you ever heard of this game called Cat Crimes?

No, and it doesn't seem have a BGG page either.

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