Nathaniel, age four, approached a table where puzzles had been taken apart and not put back together. He tried and tried to get a puzzle together and finally swept all the puzzles onto the floor. How could this episode have been prevented?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: If other children had not put puzzles back together again, then the teacher should have done so. The materials were not complete and ready to use. Alternatively, once a teacher noticed Nathaniel’s problem, she could have approached and assisted him in sorting out which pieces went to each puzzle before he started.
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