So last week a colleague asked me to explain how the Thinking Friends program supports even the youngest children in the early years to develop “executive functioning.” That got my head whirling a bit as there are so many levels to what we are doing with these farm animals. Much like in Orwell’s Animal Farm, these animals are best when they are working together!!
First, here is a brief introduction to Thinking Friends, then to a long foray (with apologies) into mental models, mental “cognitive” ...