Think for yourself!

In languages we need to leave the children as much mental space as we can do their own generating and organising ideas. These activities are designed to engage the children mentally in a combination of language use and thinking. It is a vital part of the process of helping them to make the language their own.

Logical puzzles.

This activity has been designed for older children because they have to solve a logical problem. To do this they have to do more than just understand the words. They have to work out the implications of what they read.