All posts tagged: critical thinking

Fun & FAB YOuTUBE DAD, WARREN NASH TALKS ABOUT HIS LEGO PASSION, CREATING WITH KIDS, PROBLEM-SOLVING & CRITCAL THINKING, plus, parent-child bonding in his new book, LEGO DAD

By Leslie Lindsay  A fabulous resource for anyone–not just dads–who love LEGOs, the little people in their life, and time together inventing and being creative. ~APRAXIA MONDAY|ALWAYS WITH A BOOK~ Child’s Play + Book  It’s time to break out the bricks–the LEGO bricks, that is! LEGO WITH DAD: Creatively Awesome Brick Projectsfor Parents and Kids to Build Together by Warren Nash (October 2020, Rocky Nook) is a gorgeous, glossy, all-color guide to creating with LEGOs. It’s jam-packed with fabulous fun ideas, hints, tips, and ideas that will have you digging up all of those misplaced LEGOs you have around the house. Seriously, some cool stuff. Nash says you don’t need to run out and purchase sets and build them exactly as the directions say–you can create your own fun designs with just a few basic pieces you may already have at home. For years, LEGO has been an endless source of imagination and joy for kids of all ages–and for many of us, that goes back our own childhood, too. LEGO WITH DAD is a …

The Teacher is Talking: Choosing “Just Right” Books

By Leslie Lindsay I haven’t forgotten my new column:  The Teacher is Talking (Tuesday)…just seems life has been a whirlwind of activity these days!  When I mentioned to my husband that I just wanted a day to “slug around and be bored,” he responded with, “Well, you should have thought about that before you decided to become a mom…or a dog owner!”  Sigh…well, he’s right (as usual).  Alas I am back and making up for lost time (I’ll blog twice today to get us up to speed). If you’ll recall, a few weeks ago, the topic was all about navigating the library with kids in tow.  Today, it’s all about helping your emerging readers choose “the right books at the right time.”  Here are  a few suggestions from http://www.bookadventure.com: The first tip is called the “Five Finger Test” (not the middle test…sorry, couldn’t resist!). What you do:  Take your little prodigy to the library (or practice with some of the titles you already own at home).   Pick a page at random.   Each time  your child …