Thunk: A beguiling question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light.

œI™ve been using Thunks by Ian Gilbert as part of my teaching practice ever since I first came across them, following an Independent Thinking conference. To me, they are an invaluable tool in investigating not so much what children think, but “ much more importantly “ how they think.

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