Thinking skills
Making connections: Reading, thinking and wellbeing
When we thought about the past year, both on this blog and in our daily lives, one thing stood out as being especially important - the connections we forge and keep.
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Four new titles in The Thinking Train series
We have added a brand new level F to our award-winning picture book series for young learners.
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Building dialogues in the reading class
Dialogue and learning
What are your most memorable experiences of learning something new?
Thinking back, you may recall a given context (who was present or what the light was like, for exa
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Eight stories about fantasy in The Thinking Train series
We never seem to tire of fairy tales, fantasy novels, and science fiction. From early childhood, these stories enchant their readers and fire their imagination.
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Interactive reading: learn, think and play with The Thinking Train series
Among the multitude of benefits of reading stories in the language class, we would like to point out the importance of interaction during reading sessions.
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Seven stories for a better school day
Young children often face big questions at school.
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Talking philosophy with children
"Philosophy, if it cannot answer so many questions as we could wish, has at least the power of asking questions which increase the interest of the world, and show the strangeness and wonder lying just
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Approaching tolerance in the English class
"Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human." - Declaration of Principles on Tolerance
November
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The Thinking Train: Reading and learning with stories
We start developing a love of books and reading well before we are independent readers, and why should it be different when we are learning a second language?
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Philosophy in the English class
It sounds like the perfect combination: philosophical fiction. Philosophy in your reading class?
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