The ThinkWise programme is thoughtfully designed around 10 thinking strategies to help develop critical and creative thinking skills and dispositions which children may need for a future that we can only imagine.
The ThinkWise programme is thoughtfully designed around 10 thinking strategies to help develop critical and creative thinking skills and dispositions which children may need for a future that we can only imagine.
Neuroscience has proven that thinking skills can be taught from an early age. ThinkWise contains activities that equip young children with structures that will help them to think effectively and grow their thinking skills exponentially in the future.
ThinkWise also supports the development of social and emotional skills – which are both widely recognised as essential to future success in learning and relationships with others.
ThinkWise: Little People Big Ideas is an innovative thinking skills curriculum that supports the development of critical and creative thinking skills in children aged four to seven.
The ThinkWise programme is thoughtfully designed around 10 thinking strategies to help develop critical and creative thinking skills, and dispositions which children may need for a future that we can only imagine.
There is a character for each thinking strategy, and each has a story to tell. The ThinkWise little people have BIG ideas! These delightful characters will help children to identify with strategies and thought processes in a visual and meaningful way.
Encourages children to express their ideas verbally, to offer suggestions and build explanations based on evidence.
Encourages children to show curiosity, to observe closely and to make suggestions and predictions from the details that they can see.
A simple questioning strategy that can be used in multiple learning contexts and encourages children to explain their thinking.
A simple three-part strategy which encourages children to reflect on what they can see and to start asking their own questions.
Encourages children to use their imagination and explore experiences and ideas from different viewpoints and develop empathy.
Supports children in asking their own questions which stems from their innate curiosity, and their desire to find out about the world.
A social strategy that can be used with a whole class across a range of curriculum areas promoting co-operative learning.
Supports children in developing multiple connections between aspects of their learning.
Supports children in making choices and demonstrating their reasoning for that choice.
Enables children to use and continue to develop the skills, vocabulary and thought processes.
The ThinkWise programme is thoughtfully designed around 10 thinking strategies to help develop critical and creative thinking skills, and dispositions which children may need for a future that we can only imagine.
There is a character for each thinking strategy, and each has a story to tell. The ThinkWise little people have BIG ideas! These delightful characters will help children to identify with strategies and thought processes in a visual and meaningful way.
Encourages children to express their ideas verbally, to offer suggestions and build explanations based on evidence.
Encourages children to show curiosity, to observe closely and to make suggestions and predictions from the details that they can see.
A simple questioning strategy that can be used in multiple learning contexts and encourages children to explain their thinking.
A simple three-part strategy which encourages children to reflect on what they can see and to start asking their own questions.
Encourages children to use their imagination and explore experiences and ideas from different viewpoints and develop empathy.
Supports children in asking their own questions which stems from their innate curiosity, and their desire to find out about the world.
A social strategy that can be used with a whole class across a range of curriculum areas promoting co-operative learning.
Supports children in developing multiple connections between aspects of their learning.
Supports children in making choices and demonstrating their reasoning for that choice.
Enables children to use and continue to develop the skills, vocabulary and thought processes.
