ABSTRACT
A man follows the same routine each day. He gets up in the morning, leaves his flat on the 19th floor and gets into the lift. He descends to the ground floor, catches the number 28 bus and goes to work in a public library. At the end of the day he returns on the 28 bus, but he always travels to the 8th floor then uses the stairs up to his flat on the 19th floor. Why does he always proceed from the ground floor to his flat in this way at night? (Answer at the end)
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Solving this kind of lateral thinking problem can be one of many ways to engage children in collaborative thinking and talking. As you saw in Chapter 20, ‘The development of talk’ it is important that talk is systematically planned just like other areas of the curriculum.
