Thinking Caps
"Put on your thinking cap!"
The whole squad wearing silly, elaborate hats with gears and antennas.
About this page
The whole Squad gears up, literally, in ridiculous hats covered with cogs and antennas. Underneath the silliness is a real idea, that thinking hard is something you can choose to do, like putting on a costume. Rituals like a pretend thinking cap help young kids shift into focus mode, and they signal that serious thinking and playfulness belong together. That blend is the heart of this hypothesis coloring book for kids, where big research ideas always arrive wearing something a little goofy. Invite your child to design an even sillier cap in the margins.
Talk about it while you color
- If you built your own thinking cap, what parts would it have on it?
- Whose hat in the picture looks like it helps with the biggest ideas?
- What do you do when you really need to think hard about something?