# 25 Critical Thinking Activities - Volume 1: Building Foundational Thinking Skills | HPGE No-prep **Price:** $5.95 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** year3, year4, year5, year6 **Subjects:** english, designAndTechnologies, humanitiesAndSocialSciences ## Description (seller-submitted) Help your students build strong thinking foundations with these engaging and flexible Critical Thinking Activities . Start with Volume 1 to build foundational thinking skills. This resource includes 25 structured thinking challenges designed to develop critical thinking, problem solving, and creative thinking skills using a simple, powerful framework: Think → Evaluate → Create Students explore ideas, evaluate possibilities, and create solutions—building confidence, independence, and deeper thinking across any subject area. WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS RESOURCE ✔ No prep—just print or assign digitally ✔ Open-ended tasks with multiple possible answers ✔ Encourages discussion, reasoning, and student voice ✔ Builds confidence in thinking and explaining ideas ✔ Works across subjects and ability levels These are not worksheets—they are repeatable thinking routines students can apply again and again. WHAT’S INCLUDED ✔ 25 Critical Thinking Activities ✔ 5 Thinking Skill Types: What If? (Hypothetical Thinking) Design Challenges (Creative Problem Solving) Logic Challenges (Reasoning Skills) Perspective Shifts (Flexible Thinking) Problem Solving (Analytical Thinking) ✔ 75 scaffolded thinking prompts (3 per task) ✔ 25 extension challenges for deeper thinking ✔ Think → Evaluate → Create framework ✔ Student Thinking Pages ✔ Teacher instructions and implementation ideas ✔ Student self-assessment reflection page ✔ PDF (printable) ✔ Google Slides™ (digital + editable) SKILLS DEVELOPED Students will: ✔ Think critically and creatively ✔ Evaluate ideas and justify opinions ✔ Strengthen reasoning and logic ✔ Solve problems in flexible ways ✔ Communicate their thinking clearly HOW TO USE Use these flexible activities in multiple ways: ✔ Bell ringers / warm-ups ✔ Writing prompts ✔ Whole-class discussions ✔ Small group tasks ✔ Early finisher activities ✔ Inquiry or project-based learning ✔ Assessment opportunities PERFECT FOR ✔ Stage 2 & Stage 3 students ✔ Gifted and enrichment ✔ Fast finishers ✔… [truncated] --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/6a23897b-38be-4370-9e34-d9b28dc94199 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au