What are guesses?

A guess is like trying to figure out what’s inside a present before you open it.

Imagine you have a box that’s wrapped up tight, and you can’t see what’s inside. You might shake it and hear something clinking, maybe it’s a toy car! Or you might smell chocolate, maybe it’s a candy bar! A guess is when you use clues to make your best idea about what's inside without actually opening the box.

When you make a guess, you're using what you know and what you can see or feel. It’s like solving a puzzle with pieces that don’t all fit together yet.

Sometimes your guess is right, like when you shake the box and it clinks, and you guess it's marbles, and you’re correct! Other times, your guess might be wrong, maybe you thought it was a book, but it turned out to be a toy robot. That’s okay too; guessing helps you learn more!

So every time you make a guess, you're playing detective with the clues around you. And that's how we figure out things without knowing all the answers at once!