JacquieL Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Has anyone got any suggestions about the use of floorbooks for planning, recording and developing thinking skills with children. I haven't done this before and would like to have go. I have some idea how to start but hope some kind person on here has experience I could learn from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Just wondering, what is a floorbook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Ditto above - What is a floor book? It sounds intriguing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 I also would like to know What are floor books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 and me...Jacquie, where are you???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 being intrigued too and no reply fron Jaquie yet tried a search look at floor books it gives a workshop on them, not gone through everything but may help. Inge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquieL Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 Well it seems they are like a blank big book and you work with groups of children mind-mapping and talking and planning and using them to record children's ideas and thinking. Floor baooks because you sit around them and record in them on the floor. I have seen a book in the Mindstretchers catalogue. I wanted to see if someone had used this technique and how they went about it. We are focusing on thinking skills this year and i thought they sounded like a good idea, but where do I start exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Had decided to try and focus more on thinking skills myself. Do like the idea of a floorbook - would work wonders for tracking children's thoughts - especially as evidence too. I've actually also decided to have a go at using (in a very diluted fashion), Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats. Have set myself up a little display near my carpet area and will introduce them slowly - but actually breaking down thoughts into the six areas that he suggests sounds like a very practical way of doing things. It might make it easier for some children too to have their thoughts aided in specific ways. Very much like giving a tube to a child and getting them to tell you what they see in the viewfinder rather than simply just asking them to look without one - they often can't focus on such a massive amount of data - the tubing allows it be more focused and processable. I think that is what the Six Thinking Hats would allow you to do with the children - break things down into manageable chunks that they can analyse from the different roles. Hope that adds another suggestion to the floor!!! D xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Have you looked at "The Thinking Child" books by Nicola Call & Sally Featherstone. They describe these sort of techniques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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