Lucas was presented with a critical thinking exercise in which he was to review the meaning of logos, try to identify some of the more famous/well known ones – and explain what message he felt they represented or expressed. After we discussed some of the more readily identifiable logos, Lucas was shown the Batt School logo; I showed it to him on one of the Batt School mouse pads. This is a more complex task/assignment requiring one to be able to abstract or infer meaning from not readily identifiable cues. Once Lucas was given some information and understood what logos represented, he applied his understanding to the Batt School logo. Lucas interpreted the books as the reading books at school and he even suggested that it looked a little like a bat, “if one squints a little.” He also saw the flame as a candle providing light so that one can better see in the dark. We discussed its spark as a connection to knowledge and lighting up learning. Lucas saw how the
logo could make people want to come to the school to see more light –and he touched upon many abstract concepts describing them in more tangible, concrete forms. We finished up the session doing research on puffin birds. Lucas researched on the computer in the library, typing in the words puffin bird to access the information. He learned some new facts about puffins and confirmed some facts he had shared, such as the puffin fish can catch as many as 60 fish in its beak. Lucas said he guessed that amount. He enjoyed learning more facts about the bird and was able to recall the most important facts when subsequently queried.