Something funny happens when you roll this out on the kitchen table. The questions are already there, printed right in the border. You don't have to think of what to say. You just color.
Figureoutable is a 2-foot by 5-foot coloring sheet built around one stubborn idea: everything is figureoutable. There are mazes to solve, gears to color, rockets launching, and messages like "Mistakes are proof you are trying" and "I may not be there yet, but I am closer than I was yesterday" scattered throughout. The border questions turn those ideas into conversation.
It's for the kid who throws the pencil down when something doesn't work the first time. The one who says "I can't" before they've really tried, or falls apart when the answer doesn't come fast. The sheet doesn't lecture them. It just asks questions while they color.
Some of the questions in the border:
What's something you used to think you couldn't do, but now you can? What do you do when your first try doesn't work? Why is it brave to admit you need help? What does "I can't do this yet" feel like compared to "I can't do this"?
No prep. No wrong answers. Just a big piece of paper and whatever comes up.
