![]() ![]() Have students explain their ideas to peers in small groups. Allowing time and space for students to explore ideas they have will help them to create authentic ideas. Have students draw their idea, write about their idea in an “invention journal,” or both. Ask students to think about what they would make from a cardboard box. Discuss the process of coming up with an idea. ![]() Discuss the influence of background knowledge and how previous experiences help formulate ideas. After reading What to Do With a Box, discuss where ideas come from. Ignite children’s imaginations and creativity by encouraging them to make connections with the world around them. ![]() With a little creativity in our minds, and the work of our hands, a cardboard box can become anything we design and imagine it to be!Ĭross-Curricular Connections: Language arts, science, math, and social studies Educators can use this book as a mentor text to introduce design thinking and making through literacy for young children. ![]() Enhanced with textured and cardboard-like art, the power of play and imagination are simply stated, a box can become a sailboat, race car, the setting of a story, an imaginary place for play, or a magical adventure. Jane Yolen’s What to Do With a Box ignites readers’ imaginations as they enter a world of make-believe by exploring what can become of a cardboard box. ![]()
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