![]() ![]() The artwork is just beautiful and the pages are actually collages made out of small/tiny pieces of cut paper. I share it with my 2nd grade art students before working on one of our origami projects. ![]() ![]() At home, Sophie uses her new technique to help her dad solve a carpentry puzzle. THE PAPER CRANE is one of my favorite story books of all time. Struggling to solve a problem doesn’t mean I can’t do it! Sophie and her classmates just can’t do it… yet! Readers will cheer when Sophie finally prevails, and at the end of the day, she’s confident and optimistic. What does it mean to be smart? Using current, popular mindset techniques, Sophie’s class is taught that we get smarter when we exercise our brains, such as when we work harder at solving a puzzle. Will she ever be smart like her sister? Maybe she isn’t smart at all. I CAN’T DO IT! she shouts, expressing the frustration all of us feel when we try and fail. Three-time Caldecott Honor illustrator Molly Bang helps children solve problems by showing a different – and highly effective – approach: I can’t do it becomes I can’t do it… yet.When Sophie can’t solve a math puzzle, she feels upset and inadequate. ![]()
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