365 things to make you go hmm .: a year's worth of class thinking

Good teachers know that in order to have children learn, you first need to have children think, and the better the thinking, the better the learning. This engaging, entertaining and visually striking book is full of simple, practical and proven ideas, tasks, tools and strategies that do just that make children of all abilities stop, think, reflect, ponder and wonder. Based on the popular website, sparkyteaching.com, this book provides one opportunity a day (through questions/tasks) to start the cognitive ball rolling across a whole range of skills including numeracy, literacy, problem solving, decision-making, interpersonal skills, critical thinking, and a sense of wonder/curiosity about the world. The book offers teachers ways to provoke thought and start discussion two things that school work doesn't always allow time for. Designed for all teachers from Kindergarten through secondary grades.