On Friday during math, children were presented with the following problem:  A king is building a castle using 10 blocks.  The castle can have any number of towers, but no two towers can be the same height.  What could this castle look like?  There are 10 possible solutions and I challenged them to try to find all 10.  Everyone worked hard and most children found at least 5 solutions, but nobody was able to find 10 so we came back to the circle and I told them we would have to put our heads together, which was taken quite literally!  After sharing our collective thoughts, as a class we were able to find all 10 solutions.  We talked about how challenging this problem was and what was needed for us to find all of the solutions.  We decided on two important skills that were critical for our success- teamwork and perseverance.

Putting our heads together!