Free Stuff
Use these posters, books, and lesson plans to infuse timeless thinking skills into your classroom.
Chapter One of Thinking at Every Desk
Read the first chapter of the book that's changing education. Thinking at Every Desk - available for purchase in our store - is a practical guide to the Patterns of Thinking
Method—four simple thinking skills that have a ripple effect on
everything you do as an educator.
Download the PDF (3.7 MB)
Classroom Poster with Guiding Questions
Hang this 18" x 24" poster on your wall and watch your students think. This poster is also available to purchase in our store. The Patterns of Thinking Guiding Questions are legible from across a room, an excellent resource for teachers across all grades and content areas. Download the PDF (984 KB)
Vertically Articulated Thinking Skills
This chart provides a roadmap for thinking skills throughout students' education. From PreK to PhD, your students learn content knowledge and timeless thinking skills with the Patterns of Thinking Method. Download the PDF (64 KB)
ThinkBlocks vs. Sugar Packets
The tool for 21st Century Thinkers is an
easy-to-use tactile manipulative. Your students can use ThinkBlocks to
build any idea, and this poster shows you how. Download the PDF (768 KB)
ThinkTiles Lesson Plans
Use these lesson plans to teach state standards (content knowledge) and the Patterns of Thinking (thinking skills) in any lesson. ThinkTiles are available for purchase in our store, but you can use these lesson plans without them, too! Sorting & Classifying (3.6 MB) The Five Senses (4.6 MB) Seasonal Changes (3.7 MB) Needs & Wants (3.5 MB) Building Community & Community Helpers (3.6 MB) Butterfly Analogies (1.3 MB)* Changes (1.1 MB)* Changing a System (1.2 MB)* Starry Night (1.2 MB)* Through Another's Eyes (1.2 MB)* What If (1.4 MB)* What Belongs (815 KB)*
* These lesson plans were developed in conjunction with the Office of Gifted and Talented Programs of Fairfax County Public Schools. These lesson plans are based on their Model Thinking Lessons.
