Teaching Thinking Skills Across the Early Years

Belle Wallace, Nicola Beverley, Mike Carter, Lynne McClure, Dorothy Rickarby

'The authors have succeeded in compiling an excellent guide, relevant not only to teachers, teacher trainers, teaching assistants, student teachers and parents of Key Stage 1 children, but one which offers principles which can (and should) be applied across all education phases and subjects.' - Gifted Education International

• Chapter 1 Teaching Problem-solving and Thinking Skills in the Early Years: Working across the Curriculum, Belle Wallace; Chapter 2 Introductionducing the use of the TASC Problem-solving Wheel in Reception and Key Stage 1 Literacy: Developing Children’s Writing Skills, Mike Carter, Dorothy Rickarby; Chapter 3 Using the TASC Wheel to Develop Problem-solving and Thinking Skills in Mathematics in the Early Years, Lynne Mcclure; Chapter 4 Using the TASC Wheel to Maximise Children’s Thinking and Problem-solving in Early Years Science, Nicola Beverley;