A couple of weeks ago, my son was sitting in his room, at his desk, with a box over his head. It appeared he was trying to do his homework, but with the box on his head, I couldn't quite be sure.
"Bubba, what are you doing, and why is there a box on your head?" I asked.
"I'm doing my homework, Mama," he answered. "Hold on while I figure out the answer."
I looked over his shoulder and saw that he was doing some math problems. I also saw that the box was cut out in such a way that there was an opening for his face, and spaces cut out so it could sit comfortably on his shoulders. It was an elaborate concoction.
After a few seconds of staring at the math problem, Bubba took a pencil and started scribbling on the inside of his box. I watched quietly, trying to figure out what the kid was doing. When he was done, he wrote the answer to the problem on his paper.
"Okay, Bubba. What was that all about?"
He grinned. "This is my thinking cap. It's helping me do my homework!"
If it helps him, let him use it!
ReplyDeleteI didn't make him take it off. At least he was getting his homework done!
DeleteMaybe he aspires to be a knight and that is his armor.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Thinking armor is the best!
Deletehe might be a cat.... a mutant cat.....
ReplyDeleteYes. Cats like boxes, don't they? I don't know if cats do math problems on boxes, so that would probably be where the mutant part would come in.
DeleteHe's got those math problems all boxed up
ReplyDeleteHa! Yes, he does!
DeleteBubba is always thinking outside the box and it works (-: This makes math a little more fun.
ReplyDeleteHa! This time he was thinking inside the box!
DeleteI wish I thought of that idea when I was a kid. It could have solved a lot of math problems. :)
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a thinking cap like that for calculus problems I did in high school!
DeleteI just used a piece of scratch paper. Bubba's Thinking Cap... a much more creative approach.
ReplyDeleteScribbling on the inside of a box that's on your head is way more fun!
DeleteYour son sounds like a wonderful character. I'd tried eating fish which is supposed to boost brain power when what I obviously needed was a thinking cap.
ReplyDeleteNext time you get a package, save the box and make a thinking cap. See if that works for you!
DeleteThat is so stinkin' cute! I should have tried that when I was a kid. Math wasn't my thing:)
ReplyDeleteMaybe Bubba is on to something!
DeleteHey, mom. Whatever works . . .
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should make one of these for when I have writer's block.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. That might not be a bad idea!
DeleteI find your son too too cute. He must be keeping you quite entertained Sherry.
ReplyDeleteYes, he is quite entertaining!
DeleteBtw...can I borrow Bubba's thinking cap. I badly need it.
ReplyDeleteI NEED a cap like that! Is he going to market them?
ReplyDeleteDeb@ http://debioneille.blogspot.com
I'll ask him. He'd probably make millions on it!
DeleteThis kid is awesome.
ReplyDeleteBrandon Ax: Writer's Storm
He is pretty cool!
DeleteBwa-ha-ha-ha! That was amazing. Oh my.
ReplyDeleteTrue Heroes from A to Z
Leave it to Bubba to come up with something like that!
DeleteHmm.. wonder if i could try that at work
ReplyDeleteYour Bubba's a cutie!
I'm sure the boss wouldn't mind a bunch of people sitting around with cardboard boxes on their heads!
DeleteHow cute! Sounds like it was working. :) He must have gotten those creative juices flowing when he created the cap!
ReplyDeleteHe always has creative juices flowing!
DeletePerhaps he will start a new trend. Clever Boy you have.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
Yes. Pretty soon executives will be sitting around tables, discussing important matters, with boxes on their heads.
DeleteHe has the right idea. I may have to get me a box, close out distractions and get some work done!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good use for a box. Maybe I should do that when the kids have the TV on and music blasting!
DeleteSherry, please tell your son he makes me laugh...in a good way, of course. :-)
ReplyDeleteI will. I think he makes a lot of people laugh!
DeleteCan Bubba make a thinking cap for me? I need one!
ReplyDeleteI think there are several requests for one. I'll tell him to begin production right away. ;0)
DeleteBubba is awesome. I love how creative he is!
ReplyDeleteI think he's exceptionally creative!
DeleteHehehe! Fantastic. ... did it work? I could use one!
ReplyDeleteHe got his homework done, so I'd say it worked!
DeleteWhatever works
ReplyDeleteCan't be any worse than the inventions you show on your page. ;0)
DeletePerhaps I would have been better at math if I'd had such an ingenious creation.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Maybe all kids should create a thinking cap in the third grade and continue using it all the way through college. ;0)
DeleteI love it! I have to admit, when I was a kid, the term "thinking cap" always perplexed me.
ReplyDeleteMy son took it literally!
DeleteWhat a sweetheart!
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