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Big Life Journal: How to Teach Problem Solving Skills to Kids (Ages 3 14)

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How you teach problem-solving to kids depends on their age. Read on to learn key strategies for teaching problem-solving to kids, as well as some age-by-age ideas and activities.

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1.2.1 organize ideas to carry out multi-step plans to obtain a goal or solve a problem., 3.1.2 identify differences between problem types and adapt strategies based on the type of problem., big life journal: how to teach problem-solving skills to kids (ages 3-14), challenges, creative play, e2. 1.a identify factors that can make it hard for a person to make the best decision in the classroom, emotion coaching, persistence, sodas method, problem solving
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Pre-K - 1st
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Social Studies & History
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