Our Fantastic Elastic Brain

We are busy creating a Growth Mindset at our school.  We have a great literacy coach who has visited every single classroom to talk about mindset with Hillcrest & LEADS students.  If you missed my previous post on mindset, click here.

 Our literacy coach, Mrs. Going, talked with us about how powerful our brain is by reading us books, showing us how our brain is like a sponge, and helping us remember that we learn from our mistakes.

She also brought a 3 pound weight to let us feel how heavy our brains will get by the time we are adults.  It was heavier than we thought!

Mrs. Going reminded us that we stretch our brains every time we try something new, make mistakes, or work really hard at something.  She gave us a lot to think about...a lot to turn & talk about!

To help us remember how to S-T-R-E-T-C-H our brains, she left us some reminders:  a "Stretching our Brain" poster for our classroom...

brain stickers...

...and brain erasers!

Thanks for helping our brains grow, Mrs. Going!

We got into a discussion about Albert Einstein's brain, since he is a scientist that we researched in the beginning of the year.  I found pictures of Albert Einstein's brain:

Here is a video of a brain learning and making connections.  Amazing!

What are you wondering about brains?