LOGICAL THINKING - Grade 1
Lesson 6 of 8
Activity 1
(Teacher read aloud.)
Today you will learn how you can see things differently.
The Forest Gets a Visitor
One bright morning in the heart of the forest, the animals gathered near the clearing. Word had spread—a magician was coming to perform! But this wasn’t just any magician. He didn’t pull rabbits out of hats or saw logs in half. He was the Magician of Shapes and Patterns.
The forest animals were curious. “What kind of magic is that?” whispered Millie Mouse.
“I heard he sees secret patterns in the world all around us,” said Oliver Owl, adjusting his glasses.
The animals found spots to sit in the tall grass. Birds perched in trees, and even shy Sally Snake peeked from behind a rock. Then, with a swirl of colorful scarves and a puff of glitter, the Magician appeared.
The Magician smiled and lifted a card high above his head. “Today,” he said in a deep voice, “we will unlock the mystery of this magical pattern!” On the card was a row of shapes: a green triangle, a red rectangle, a green triangle, a red rectangle...
“Oh! It’s a repeating pattern!” chirped Polly Parrot.
The Magician waved his wand. “Now you try. Use these pattern blocks to figure out what comes next.”
The animals scrambled to grab the blocks. Green triangles, red trapezoids, blue rhombuses—blocks of every shape and color. Some tried stacking, others lined them up. But the shapes didn’t seem to match.
“Why doesn’t mine look the same?” grumbled Benny Bear.
“They’re all mixed up!” sighed Fiona Fox.
Just then, Randy Racoon sat up tall. “I think I’ve got it!” he said. He hopped up to the stage with a green triangle and a red trapezoid in his paws. “Look closely,” he said. “The green triangle is right, but the red trapezoid looks different at first.”
He turned the trapezoid carefully. “You have to turn it so the rectangle side faces out—then it matches the picture exactly!”
The Magician beamed. “Bravo, Randy! You’ve uncovered the secret—true magic is in how we see and think about things.”
The forest burst into applause. From that day on, the animals didn’t just look at shapes—they looked for patterns, puzzles, and possibilities in everything.
And the Magician? He disappeared in a twinkle, leaving behind a trail of triangles and trapezoids in the wind.
Sometimes you have to "see" with your minds what you cannot see with your eyes.
Visual patterns are predictable.
Your eyes and brains have to work together to see things differently and "think" about the given information and also the information that is not given.
