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6 2. Activities for 1&2’s • What is Missing: A routine to promote careful observations. Present two different devices or items but with the same or similar use. For example, an i-pad and computer, microwave and oven, cell phone and wall phone. Encourage your child to carefully observe, describe and identify what is missing from one device or item to the other. • I Used to Think…But Now I Think: This Thinking Routine helps children to reflect on how and why our thinking has changed. Present an object or an item and ask them what they think about its design. Then try to decorate and/or redesign. Try to make it more attractive to their eyes. What we think now about this item? How design affects an item? If it’s hard to find an item use for example a simple birthday or a book. How can we decorate, add illustrations, change its design to look more attractive? Be imaginative! • Connect-Extend-Challenge: This Thinking Routine helps to connect new ideas to prior knowledge. Explore a technological device and learn more about its use and effectiveness. Start with the connections of what they already know. Let them explore and use the device or item and extend their knowledge. What is still challenging for them? What is the main use? How it helps us? What about other uses? Can I use it in a different way? How effective is? Model the language of thinking!