The Importance of Thinking Skills

 Because if you don’t – you’re a dumpling!  Dumplings don’t think – they just get gobbled up!

 Brick walls don’t think.  Clouds don’t think.

 Animals think  Thinking ensures they survive  Though mostly they act instinctively

 Humans think  Not just for survival  Not just to eat  Thinkers solve problems that are making their lives difficult  Thinkers create new things that will make their lives better

 There are lots of different types of thinking – but an easy definition is that it is “what your brain does”

 Finding out  Listening  Reading  Looking  Recording  Remembering

 Organising what you know  Thinking things through  Making connections  Deduction  Planning

 Asking questions – which is a good thing  Researching  Trial and error

 Applying imagination  Coming up with “new ideas”  “Having a go”

 Did it work?  Is it any good?  Did it fail – and why?  Could it be improved?

 That’s easy ……

 Listen  Observe  Brainstorm  Experiment  Discuss