Becoming Detectives to Better Understand Our World Through Inference

When 5-year-old Ryan had trouble "reading the room," taking on a pretend-play role as part of the Scooby-Doo mystery team helped him think like a detective and look for clues to figure out what was happening in his environment. Not everything is explicitly stated in life, books or conversations, so children need to learn to infer or "fill in the blanks" to understand our world. Inferencing is a sophisticated cognitive skill that helps us understand life's intricacies. Try these steps to teach students or clients this important skill: Tune in to the environment. "What Does Not Belong?" activities help children take notice of their surroundings and find things out of place, and allows them to work on flexible interpretations of events. For example, when told his next session w...

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