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New Life for Small Objects

ID 1772
Title New Life for Small Objects
Published True
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PWA Age month 36+
PWA Dimensions cognitive_flexibility
PWA Duration(minutes) 5_15min
PWA Lead This activity requires creativity and flexible thinking. Challenge each other to see the world in a new way by coming up with the wackiest uses for household items.
PWA Materials small household objects
PWA Progress Marker Thinks of unconventional uses for items consistently;Thinks of some unconventional uses for items;Thinks of more and more unconventional uses for items
PWA Question Body How many unconventional uses did {LEARNER_FNAME} think of for the object?
PWA Tags Imagination/ Pretend
PWA Try this Pick a common household object, such as a pencil, paperclip, or spoon. Then, ask {LEARNER_FNAME} to come up with as many different uses for that object as {SUBJ_PRONOUN} can. They can be as wacky or funny as {SUBJ_PRONOUN} wants! For example, while a pencil is usually used for writing or drawing, it could also be used as drum sticks, to tie up your hair, or to play fetch with the dog. Set a timer for 2 minutes, and record each of the ideas. Once time is up, count how many {SUBJ_PRONOUN} came up with!
PWA Variations For even more ideas, try combining two objects (for example, a pencil AND a paperclip) to see what ideas {SUBJ_PRONOUN} comes up with for using the two together!
PWA What to look As you record each of the ideas, consider how unconventinal or original each use is. You can also pay attention to how quickly {LEARNER_FNAME} generates ideas.
PWA Why this matters Looking past the conventional uses for an item requires divergent thinking, a form of creativity where you come up with a lot of different ideas. Practicing divergent thinking is important to improve our abilities to come up with multiple ideas and solutions for the same problem.
PWA Question Response Option first All the uses were typical uses for that item or couldn't think of anything different ;Mostly typical uses with 1-2 unconventional uses ;A few (2-3) unconventional uses ;More than 3 unconventional uses
PWA Question Response Option second 1;2;3;4
PWA Collections
PWA Slug /flexible-new-life-small-objects
PWA Waiting for Review True
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