Classroom activities
5-Minute Thinking Activities for Elementary
Make a small window of classroom time count. Explore short thinking challenges, practical prompts and ways to fit them into elementary lessons.
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Grades 1–5
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Creative & Critical Thinking Resources
Practical guidance for elementary teachers.
Explore short classroom activities, teaching strategies and ways to help children generate ideas, explain their reasoning and examine evidence. Choose a guide and find an approach you can use in your next lesson.
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Think beyond answers
Generate ideas
Ask better questions
Explain your thinking
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Teaching strategies
Creative & Critical Thinking in Elementary
Help students generate ideas, explain their choices and improve their first attempts. A practical guide to teaching creative and critical thinking through everyday lessons.
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Critical thinking
Critical thinking activities for kids
Discover why critical thinking matters and explore five Dew Bright routines that invite children to use evidence, question ideas and consider consequences.
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