Being flexible helps us when we need to cope with changes. Flexibility helps us to think about problems in new, creative ways. Listen to It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw.

What does this look like to you?  Come up with three different ideas. 

From Blackberry Ink by Eve Merriam
Bella had a new umbrella
Didn't want to lose it,
So when she walked out in the rain
She didn't ever use it.
Her nose went sniff,
Her shoes went squish,
Her socks grew soggy,
Her glasses got foggy,
Her pockets filled with water
And a little green froggy.
All she could speak was a weak Kachoo!
But Bella's umbrella Stayed nice and new.
Was Bella flexible in this poem? What would you have done?

Listen to: Tom Chapin's Incredible Flexible You, Track 9.

Challenge: Suppose you were given these three objects: one flip-flop, an empty water bottle, a shoelace. Which one of the three would you give up if you had to give one back? Why? What could you do with the other two things? Could you use them together? How?