How Do You Teach Kids To Be Problem Solvers?
Helping kids to think creatively and solve their own problems from an early age sets them up for success throughout life. Helping kids solve problems can start from a very young age. Even before kids are talking, crawling, and walking, they encounter problems every day. Help your baby learn to reach for things, roll over to reach them, or use other objects as “tools” (ex: a wooden spoon to reach a bowl that has rolled away). Helping baby learn to retrieve objects out of reach helps to teach them they can manipulate their environment, which is one of the first steps to problem solving and self-sufficiency. As babies get older and start to move, place small items on a step stool, under a bucket or bowl, or behind a larger object. As babies learn to reach up, under, and around, they learn object permanence (that things don’t disappear just because we can’t see them anymore) and that objects can be retreived and played with from a variety of different locations. This also helps babies and
