Critical thinking skills are skills that we gain through practice and experience. In my high school physics and astronomy classes I design activities and tasks that requires the use of critical thinking skills. At the age of 5, my oldest daughter has quite a bit of experience to gain in this area based on something that happened between her and her 2 year old sister last night. Our 2 year old is beginning the process of potty training. She's not very close yet, but if she's anything like her big sister, she'll make the final decision on when she's ready to use the big girl potty. In the meantime we're working on the process with her. Just like her big sister she isn't interested in the training potty that sits on the floor. She wants to use the "big" potty. The problem with the big potty is that the toilet seat opening is too big for her and she risks falling in. We pulled out big sister's Elmo/Sesame Street potty ring and use that.
It works pretty when it's used for its intended purpose. Last night however, the 2 year old decided to use the potty seat for something other than its intended purpose. She proceeded to put the potty seat over her big sister's head!!! Big sister was not a fan of this and came running to Mommy and Daddy to tell. Once we realized what happened, it was one of those "try your best not to laugh out loud moments"!!! Here are a couple of questions I wanted to ask my oldest.
1. She's smaller than you, why did you let her put the seat on your head?
2. You're faster than she is, why did you let her put the seat on your head?
3. You're stronger than she is, why did you let her put the seat on your head?
4. Finally, why again did you let her put the seat on your head?
It's moments like these that I wish I could be in the heads of my kids to know exactly what they were thinking!
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