We use the term ‘Starter’ to describe a task that greets children as they first enter the classroom in the morning. They start to tackle it as soon as the teacher takes the register.
Using the starters in Start Thinking encourages pupils to exercise their minds through essential thinking processes such as questioning, comparing, prioritising, recognising patterns and thinking methodically. Teachers are amazed at how much children enjoy the starters and benefit from them.
Starters are providing children, teachers and parents with bucketfuls of fun and some very interesting routes to thinking about the world around them, anything and everything could be turned into a Starter if viewed and presented in the right way. Start Thinking resources are enjoyable, open-ended challenges suitable for all children.
“…a gem of a book…the authors have plucked out the thinking skills development inherent in the curriculum we already teach.”
Times Education Supplement (TES)
“Start Thinking is a delight. It constitutes a significant and practical contribution to the canon of thinking skills resources.”
Gifted Education
