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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My first grader had to decorate a pumpkin to look like his favorite book character. Not allowed to carve. He chose elephant from the E&P books. I had no idea how to let him do it himself, so I helped. How would others approach this? Hand him some markers? [/quote] I would also help a little. Ask him how he thinks he should start, then in a conversation about the assignment guide him to the idea of finding a picture of the character. After that, continue to discuss how he could make "something that looks like that". If his idea is horribly off base, keep asking leading questions and gently guiding him to something reasonable and doable. Facilitate whatever he comes up with by making sure he has access to supplies he knows how to use or by helping him use any dangerous or unfamiliar tools (such as a hot glue gun for example - I would probably not let a first grader do that and instead I would glue anything he told me he wanted glued).[/quote]
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