You’ve probably heard teachers or parents say you need to be flexible, but what does that really mean? And how do you know when you’re actually being flexible? Dive into this lesson to explore what flexibility is and have some fun practicing it with your friends!
After watching, take 5 minutes to write about what flexibility means to you and how it feels when you practice it.
Find a group to play around with Flexibility:
Brainstorm alternate endings to famous movies
Play Bananagrams or Scrabble
Pull up a map, pick a start and end point, then figure out the shortest route. See how close you get to what Google Maps or Waze chooses!
Take an object that you use regularly for one purpose, an example would be a paperclip, find as many different uses for this object as you can. Be creative!
Change a part of your daily routine. If you always walk to school one way, vary the path. If you always talk to your parents at dinner time, try to have breakfast with them. If you always sit with the same people at lunch, try to sit with another person today.
Post a reflection of your activity and also how the exercise made you feel while you were doing it. Can you add another example of a flexible thinking activity?
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