Objective: Build divergent thinking — using one object in many unexpected ways.
You'll Need: Any spoon (big, small, wooden, or even a plastic picnic spoon), paper, and a pen.
How to Play:
- Sit with your child and place the spoon between you.
- Say: “Today, this spoon forgot it was a spoon. What else could it be?”
- Let your child call out ideas — don’t judge them.
- After every idea, respond with enthusiasm: “Yes! And then it could also…”
- Write or draw each idea.
- Keep going until you have at least 20 ideas.
Parent Clues (Probable Answers):
- Obvious: a shovel, a drumstick, a wand.
- Silly: a giraffe’s tongue, a spaceship, a dinosaur’s tooth.
- Clever: a mirror (if shiny), a catapult, a microphone for an ant.
Level-Up Twist:
Ask an AI image generator to “Show me a magical spoon that is also a dragon” and watch your child’s idea come alive.