Literacy
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Answers, Questions and Truth Here are two activities with which to explore children's attitudes to questions and to ask them to consider degrees of truth in answers to a questions. |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 03/02/2012 |
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Good Reasons Six exercises to introduce the notions of relevance, strength and sense with which to evaluate reasons. |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 03/02/2012 |
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Wondering Two activities to stimulate young children to reflect on their wondering. |
IAPC Materials, Notes and Activities | IAPC | 03/02/2012 |
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Good and Bad Exercises with which to explore the different uses of the words "Good" and "Bad". |
Examples, IAPC Materials | IAPC | 03/02/2012 |
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If ... Exercises with which to reflect on the logical, causal and imaginative uses of the word "if". |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 03/02/2012 |
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Knowing and Believing An exercise and discussion plan on these two essential and connected concepts. |
Examples, IAPC Materials | IAPC | 03/02/2012 |
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Examples An exercise on giving examples |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 25/01/2012 |
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Questions and Answers Activities to help children think about what makes good questions and answers and how to answer them. |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 25/01/2012 |
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Similarities and Differences Thoughts and an exercise about similarities and differences with respect to ... |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 24/01/2012 |
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Possible and Impossible An activity for young children to develop awareness of these important concepts. |
Reasoning Concepts | Sara Stanley | 24/01/2012 |
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'Probably' Two exercises on, using the word 'probably' and the links to inductive reasoning. |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 26/10/2011 |
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Inferring Two exercises on inferring, the act of thinking beyond what is give. |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 26/10/2011 |
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Thinking Moves An e-books with 14 activities to enliven you P4C sessions. There are short 'thinking games', ideas for role plays and routines you can adapt for mini-enquiries and follow-ups. |
E-Books, Games | Karin Murris | 26/10/2011 |
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Sports Day in the Jungle A script to stimulate questions and discussion about fairness and competition |
Scripts and Dialogues, Stories & Storytelling | Libby Ahluwalia | 25/10/2011 |
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The Tunnel by Anthony Browne Some lesson ideas to use with a popular picture book by Anthony Browne. The activities have been tried with pupils in year 3–6 but could be adapted for younger or older pupils. |
Picture Books | Sue Lyle | 25/10/2011 |
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Unfinished Business: Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden A open ended dialogue about faries and reality. |
Scripts and Dialogues, Dialogues | Jason Buckley | 08/09/2011 |
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The King's Last Command The story of a good king who, against the wishes of his people, decides to give his powers away to them. |
Stories & Storytelling | Jason Buckley | 07/09/2011 |
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Sir Wilfred and the Dragon A story about a cynical dragon unimpressed by the do-gooding antics of the knight in shining armour about to slay it. |
Stories & Storytelling | Jason Buckley | 29/08/2011 |
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The Man who Wanted to Live Forever A man searches for and finds a way to live forever but is chased by death. Story and ideas for a discussion about morality and fate with KS2 children. |
Stories & Storytelling | Jason Buckley | 16/08/2011 |
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The Story of Little Mole: Lesson Ideas Lesson ideas for this humorous book about a mole who finds poo on his head and goes looking for someone to blame. |
Picture Books, Lesson Outlines | Steve Williams | 13/06/2011 |
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Panel Discussions The method of 'panel discussion' provides a very useful and flexible discussion format. It also helps you work with very large groups. |
Community Dialogue | Steve Williams | 09/06/2011 |
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A New Friend? A girl's father uses an invention to find a replacement for an old friend - with exactly the same personality. Story and suggestions for exploring the nature of friendship. |
Stories & Storytelling | Jason Buckley | 05/06/2011 |
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'It's just a matter of opinion' An activity to consider a set of opinions in relations to concepts such as truth, belief, reason, and so on. |
Examples, Opinions, Notes and Activities | Jason Buckley | 30/03/2011 |
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'It just happened!' An exercise to explore the use of this term and related concepts such as cause, coincidence, chance and intention. |
Examples | Steve Williams | 29/03/2011 |
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Forever A activity to explore the concept of 'forever' with children of five and over |
Notes and Activities | Steve Williams | 28/03/2011 |