Headteacher, Bernadette Hancock describes how thinking maps have been used at her Cardiff school in all curriculum areas, helping children to become more fluent in developing key communication skills.
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This is a tool to establish prior knowledge and understanding. Although much used, there are some simple rules that will help to make its usage more effective.
- Work on a piece of paper that is positioned landscape rather than portrait style
- Choose the subject of your brainstorming session and write it in the centre of the page - or draw a picture
- Now draw a number of branches (consider using colour) radiating outwards from the central idea - perhaps as many as 10 branches (to encourage wider thinking)
- Let your brain wander freely whilst you write your ideas ON the radiating branches
- Remember not to judge, evaluate or edit your ideas. Write down whatever comes to mind.
- Try to use images and colour
- Continue writing down (or drawing) ideas as they come to you. Add extra branches if needs be
See also Clustering