Encourage thinking in a fun way! Simply print, cut, and laminate these 90 Creative Thinking Task Cards, and have students respond in their Thinking Skills Journals. In my class, we use these for SODA - Start of Day Activities, and it’s my students’ favourite activity - both in-person and online. But you can use them any time of day when you want to inject some FUN and THINKING into your class. After scrambling for years to come up with a new and varied SODA for each day, I’ve finally created this set of 90 open-ended thinking prompts, ready to print, cut and use over and over again. I just give my students a SODA Creative Thinking Journal notebook at the beginning of the year, and they follow the routine each day. Students love sharing their ideas with others, and it’s a great way to get them excited and engaged. There are 3 cards on each 8.5 x 11-inch page, and I’ve included colour and black & white versions. You can use these Task Cards for: Centres Morning Work / Bell ringers Early Finishers Creative Thinking Journal Prompts Brain Breaks Warm Ups Fun Friday tasks Extension and extra challenge (Enrichment) Groupwork Time Fillers Fun, open-ended homework Students just think they are having fun, but really they are: Writing Doing maths Designing and inventing Reading Solving Puzzles Drawing Using STEM skills Thinking creatively Without even realizing it! Each prompt is open-ended: Put aside as little or as much time for this activity as you like - the kids are never 'finished' - just tell them to add more ideas. Tasks can be done by students of any level - everyone is challenged and everyone is successful. Kids love sharing their ideas: I usually have my students do a 'gallery walk' afterwards - they leave their journals open on their desks, and walk around the room looking at everyone else's ideas. They love this, and it keeps them accountable as well. We also share orally at times too. Includes 90 fun and varied writing or drawing prompts, including: Design a better... Invent a ... What if... Would you rather... Write a list of things that... How many ways can you... Write questions with the answer:... How many... are there in the room? Find the words in the puzzle box How many words can you make from these letters? Find the hidden pictures Draw these shapes and change each one into a different picture I hope this becomes your students’ favorite activity too! As a 23-year veteran International School IB PYP teacher, former PYP Co-ordinator and School Visit Team Member, I focus on creating resources that are hands-on, open-ended, inquiry-based, easy for teachers, and engaging for kids!