Reviews
Food for hungry minds -Jon O’Connor
Thinking Out of the Box is a little gem from an astute teacher. Designed to help children develop healthy thinking skills, the "box" contains a "dietary supplement" to the National Curriculum in the form of 200 colour-coded activity cards. The recommended dose is "one a day"; no teacher peparation and little recording required - just 15 minutes per helping. Pure brain food!
Each colour section explores a dimension of multiple intelligence: linguistic intelligence - the key to understanding and communication; logical intelligence - the ability to use a structured approach to problem solving; interpersonal intelligence: self-awareness, emotional literacy and personal organisation skills.
The format is simplicity itself - cards with ideas on them. "What if people could fly?" is a typical opener. "Imagine two of your friends have had an argument and are not speaking to each other."
No right or wrong answers here, just a series of open-ended prompts for discussion, and problem solving. You can pick and mix, from emotional intelligence to real problem solving. "Think about ways in which a clock and a window are the same and ways in which they are different." "If you could change 5 things about yourself, what would you change?"
This is excellent material, conveying a vision of the success and pleasure to be gained through shared learning. One tiny box. One big contribution to teaching and learning.
Times Educational Supplement - Primary Magazine -
….an ingenious set of thinking card prompts …..designed for the primary classroom. These colour coded
activity ideas will sharpen your pupils’ problem solving skills
Junior Education Magazine
Emotional Intelligence Out of the Box is packed with fantastic practical activities and ideas. A brilliant, user friendly
resource that I can recommend to schools to help them teach emotional literacy.
Tammi Wainwright—Advanced Skills Teacher Gloucestershire
Conflict Resolution Out Of The Box
A great resource, easy to use and all you need to provide training for playground supporters. My class
have really benefited from the conflict resolution wheel strategies and the role play activities.
Deputy Head, Cheltenham
Thinking Out of the Box is a little gem from an astute teacher. Designed to help children develop healthy thinking skills, the "box" contains a "dietary supplement" to the National Curriculum in the form of 200 colour-coded activity cards. The recommended dose is "one a day"; no teacher peparation and little recording required - just 15 minutes per helping. Pure brain food!
Each colour section explores a dimension of multiple intelligence: linguistic intelligence - the key to understanding and communication; logical intelligence - the ability to use a structured approach to problem solving; interpersonal intelligence: self-awareness, emotional literacy and personal organisation skills.
The format is simplicity itself - cards with ideas on them. "What if people could fly?" is a typical opener. "Imagine two of your friends have had an argument and are not speaking to each other."
No right or wrong answers here, just a series of open-ended prompts for discussion, and problem solving. You can pick and mix, from emotional intelligence to real problem solving. "Think about ways in which a clock and a window are the same and ways in which they are different." "If you could change 5 things about yourself, what would you change?"
This is excellent material, conveying a vision of the success and pleasure to be gained through shared learning. One tiny box. One big contribution to teaching and learning.
Times Educational Supplement - Primary Magazine -
….an ingenious set of thinking card prompts …..designed for the primary classroom. These colour coded
activity ideas will sharpen your pupils’ problem solving skills
Junior Education Magazine
Emotional Intelligence Out of the Box is packed with fantastic practical activities and ideas. A brilliant, user friendly
resource that I can recommend to schools to help them teach emotional literacy.
Tammi Wainwright—Advanced Skills Teacher Gloucestershire
Conflict Resolution Out Of The Box
A great resource, easy to use and all you need to provide training for playground supporters. My class
have really benefited from the conflict resolution wheel strategies and the role play activities.
Deputy Head, Cheltenham
