Helping Toddlers Become Problem-Solvers

In addition to supporting cognitive development, problem-solving activities help in the social arena as well. Groups of children engaged in these activities negotiate with their friends and learn how to solve interpersonal problems.



By providing interesting materials and enthusiastically reinforcing children’s attempts to explore and solve problems, parents and teachers can stimulate children’s development, promote advanced critical thinking, and help them take pride in their own abilities to find out more about how their world works.

Adapted from “Using Everyday Materials to Promote Problem Solving in Toddlers,” by Laura Segatti, Judy Brown-DuPaul and Tracy L. Keyes, published in the September 2003 issue of Young Children, the journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). For more articles and resources on early learning, visit “Beyond the Journal” on the NAEYC Web site.


 



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