Robert Fisher
 

Teaching thinking and creativity
 

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Poems for Thinking

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Robert Fisher (1997) Poems for Thinking, published by Nash Pollock. ISBN 1898255156 £13.99

Poems for Thinking shows how poetry can be used to stimulate thinking, learning and literacy skills. Includes 32 poems from a variety of cultures to enjoy and think about. With discussion plans and thinking activities for each poem, this book can be used with individual children, small groups, or whole classes.

  • 'I didn't think I liked poetry until we had a Poems for Thinking lesson' - child, aged 10
  • 'Children are encouraged to question, reflect and form a 'community of enquiry' which honours the individual ... issues explored range from bullying to happiness, from dialect to miracles, the poets from Shakespeare to Adrian Mitchel' - TES
  • 'I look at poetry with my children differently now. I expect more from them' - teacher

This book is in print and should be available through any good bookshop.

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