Tag: Thinking Skills
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Ready to Apply Bloom’s Taxonomy?
Developed by Dr. Benjamin Bloom in 1956, Bloom’s Taxonomy was designed to help educators move beyond a focus on rote learning by advancing through six categories of higher-level thinking.
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5 Ways to Develop a Better Thinker
Don’t teach children how to take tests. Teach them how to think. Here are five ways we can encourage our children to become better thinkers.
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Activity: Choose a Title
Activity: Choose a Title ~ The first step to writing a simple story is to choose a title. Here are ideas to help a student choose an interesting one.
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Last-Minute Christmas Gift Idea: The Worst Jokes I Know
Share a laugh with this sweetly illustrated collection of 101 Funny Bone Ticklers for Jokesters of All Ages.
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10 Favorite Activities {2021–2022}
Ten 2022 reader-favorite activities from the archives: balancing a checkbook, viewing sunspots, charting the weather, and more!
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What Type of Learner Do You Have
Young learners tend to prefer one way above others, even though, like the rest of us, they learn in more than one way.
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Editable Graphic Organizer Templates ~ Free
Organize thoughts, develop the big picture. Free editable graphic organizer templates!
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Summer Fun Activity: STEM Challenge Cards
22 experiments each in the fields of science and engineering make a perfect summer fun activity to keep ’em learning!
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5 Steps to Developing a Lifelong Learner
5 simple things to focus on when developing a lifelong learner who can learn anything for themselves!
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15 Ways to Improve Concentration
There are simply days when we have a very difficult time concentrating. Our children are no different.
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3 Ways to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
We want our children to apply critical thinking skills to every subject. Here are 3 ways to develop critical thinking skills the natural way.
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Critical Conditioning
Critical Conditioning provides an age-graded outline of critical thinking skills we can apply to most disciplines, but especially through literature.
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College Prep Reading List {Free}
Whether your child ends up needing a college education to pursue his profession or not, you’ll appreciate this free college prep recommended reading list.
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Activity: Compare and Contrast
Develop the skill of being able to compare and contrast two or more things.
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Activity: Using a Calendar
Ready to introduce your child to the calendar? Step-by-step suggestions for helping a child become time aware.
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Bloom’s & Critical Thinking: Creating
The Creating level (Bloom’s Taxonomy) reflects an understanding of how something works and uses that information to create.
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Bloom’s & Critical Thinking: Evaluating
The Evaluating level (Bloom’s Taxonomy) reflects the ability to apply judgment, determine the value of something, or justify a position.
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Bloom’s & Critical Thinking: Analyzing
The Analyzing level (Bloom’s Taxonomy) reflects the ability to break a whole into parts, to understand how the parts relate to one another or are organized.