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Today we learned about space.  You have to develop these skills of thinking with the kids, it's important because it helps them deal in the future with playing, people, conflict and most life processes.  If they have the skills of thinking, it will help them to succeed in the future.  We have to work on this in school, to let them explore (have space to explore) this thinking process.  I think this will bring them to independent learning.  I think, if we teach them about thinking, they will increase their confidence and concentration and be able to demonstrate what they are learning more successfully.  They can deal with different situations in life, to take risks and not feel failure--they will participate because they think openly and are not afraid of conflict. 

Joyce's lesson was an example of how she let the kids explore and find their own solutions--every answer could be right because they did their own experiment and made their own hypotheses.  This experiment let them be free to explore without the student feeling wrong.  I think this experiment let the students share their ideas easier.  Joyce also moved life situation to the class (she can apply the real life environment, like water, into the classroom).