These twelve skills are about ideas and plans. Each name is the label on the puzzle piece.
- Invent solutions. Come up with ideas that fix a real problem.
- Break it into steps. Split a big challenge into small steps.
- Ask good questions. Ask for the missing information.
- Look at the problem first. Understand the problem before suggesting a fix.
- Many ways to solve. Find more than one way to solve a problem.
- Compare what matters. Compare ideas using what matters to you.
- Explain why it works. Say why an idea might work.
- Notice new problems. Notice when a fix causes a new problem.
- Adapt to changes. Update a plan when things change.
- Use limited supplies. Make something useful with few supplies.
- Must-haves first. Tell must-haves from nice-to-haves.
- Choose a next step. Choose a useful next step.
Your child teaches the companion each one. The companion then "can" do it, in a line such as "Pip can break a big challenge into small steps."
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