Problem solving activities for kids can be anything ranging from simple maths problems to something else the kids are interested in. Read on to find out more about this.
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Deciphering the minds of kids is surely not an easy task. The gen next is extremely smart and knows exactly what they want and how to get it! Why, I mean they even get adults stumped with their googlies! The other day I was thinking about this and I thought what do the teachers and adults do to deal with these super smart kids? Well, I guess to know how smart and intelligent kids are one of the options could be problem solving activities for kids, what do you think? Can we check out some of the problem solving activities then?
Group Problem Solving Activities for Kids
They say that too many cooks spoil the broth. But with regards to problem solving the more number of brains, the better it is!
Hunting the Solution or Treasure?
Divide the children into 2 or 3 groups, depending upon the number of the children. For each group, have a small set of things in a basket at different places. Now there can be variations in this problem solving activity. Either you can leave clues in the form of puzzles for them to get to the treasure, or you can create puzzles for the children to guess those things in the basket. Keep a fixed time for the children to solve the problem and get to the treasure.
Aiming for the Best
In this activity the children partner up after they have got enough blindfolds and softballs. Once the kids are in pairs, one of them will be blindfolded. The one who is not, will guide the blindfolded one by the arm. The whole aim of this is to get that blindfolded partner to throw the ball at another blindfolded participant. If a blindfolded player is hit twice, then the pair as a whole is out.
Puzzling Away
Jigsaw puzzles are one of the best problem solving activities for kids. Yes, they are cliched, but they are really cool. They make the children think as well as take time to be solved, so children are engaged for a longer period. The best part is that this activity can be done in a group or individually as well. Hence it can be one of those team problem solving activities for kids as well.
Some more such problem solving activities could be -
Come to think of creative problem solving activities for kids you can always have something like a maze drawn and asking them to get a way out or give them pictures or objects in drawings and ask them to make story out of it. This will tickle their creativity and even logic on one hand. For older kids, an activity could be a project similar to farmville on face book, where in a limited budget, a project has to be conceived and developed with its nitty gritties.
The kids need to be engaged, and engaged constructively, after all what can be better than these problem solving activities for kids? They will learn as well as have a good time!
Group Problem Solving Activities for Kids
They say that too many cooks spoil the broth. But with regards to problem solving the more number of brains, the better it is!
Hunting the Solution or Treasure?
Divide the children into 2 or 3 groups, depending upon the number of the children. For each group, have a small set of things in a basket at different places. Now there can be variations in this problem solving activity. Either you can leave clues in the form of puzzles for them to get to the treasure, or you can create puzzles for the children to guess those things in the basket. Keep a fixed time for the children to solve the problem and get to the treasure.
Aiming for the Best
In this activity the children partner up after they have got enough blindfolds and softballs. Once the kids are in pairs, one of them will be blindfolded. The one who is not, will guide the blindfolded one by the arm. The whole aim of this is to get that blindfolded partner to throw the ball at another blindfolded participant. If a blindfolded player is hit twice, then the pair as a whole is out.
Puzzling Away
Jigsaw puzzles are one of the best problem solving activities for kids. Yes, they are cliched, but they are really cool. They make the children think as well as take time to be solved, so children are engaged for a longer period. The best part is that this activity can be done in a group or individually as well. Hence it can be one of those team problem solving activities for kids as well.
Some more such problem solving activities could be -
- Divide the face of the clock into three parts with two lines so that the sum of the numbers in the three parts are equal.
- Jane opened her math book and found that the sum of the facing pages was 243. What pages did she open to?
- How many addition signs should be put between digits of the number 987654321 and where should we put them to get a total of 99?
- A man has to be at work by 10:00 a.m. and it takes him 20 minutes to get dressed, 15 minutes to eat and 20 minutes to walk to work. What time should he get up?
- Given a cube, draw a second figure with a square base, having 8 edges, 5 vertices and 5 faces.
- How many Squares on a Chessboard?
Come to think of creative problem solving activities for kids you can always have something like a maze drawn and asking them to get a way out or give them pictures or objects in drawings and ask them to make story out of it. This will tickle their creativity and even logic on one hand. For older kids, an activity could be a project similar to farmville on face book, where in a limited budget, a project has to be conceived and developed with its nitty gritties.
The kids need to be engaged, and engaged constructively, after all what can be better than these problem solving activities for kids? They will learn as well as have a good time!
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