What are thinking patterns?

Thinking patterns are the ways your brain likes to solve problems, just like how you have favorite ways to tie your shoes or eat your snacks.

Imagine your brain is a kitchen, and thinking patterns are like recipes. When you see a puzzle or a question, your brain picks its favorite recipe, maybe it counts things first, or it draws pictures in the air with its fingers. That’s how you figure out what to do.

Sometimes, your brain wears the same thinking pattern every day, like wearing your favorite pair of socks. Other times, it tries on new ones, maybe it uses a different recipe for a tricky problem than it does for something simple, just like how you might wear a jacket when it's cold but go barefoot in the summer.

Your brain can switch between thinking patterns as easily as changing your shoes, and that’s what makes you so good at learning and growing!