{"id":2443,"date":"2024-08-06T11:26:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/?p=2443"},"modified":"2024-08-06T11:45:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:45:21","slug":"if-i-was-a-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/?p=2443","title":{"rendered":"If I Was a Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A gorgeous book that I thought the children would enjoy but was unsure how I might use it in the classroom. I decided that it could be a great story to introduce my younger students to deBono&#8217;s <em>Thinking Hats.<\/em> Listen to Kerry Gittins and myself chat about the book on our podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-15472780\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2052306\/15472780-35-if-i-was-a-horse.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-15472780&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thinking Hats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To start this activity I took students through a &#8216;Pondering&#8217; task to encourage careful observations and thoughtful interpretations. As a whole class, the students observed the image from the book where the horse was in the kitchen. Students posed &#8216;questions&#8217; about the image but no-one answered the questions, students simply &#8216;pondered&#8217; &#8211; taking time to  think deeply. A question that arose with each Year 1 class was <em>&#8216;Why isn&#8217;t the dad worried about the horse in the kitchen?&#8217;  <\/em>They were fascinated by his calmness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the pondering we listed all the different animals we could be and discussed what it would be like to be the animal with a focus on 3 key areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yellow Hat: What would be good about being that animal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black Hat: What might be a problem, living as that animal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Red Hat: How might you feel, living as that animal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students completed the worksheet listing 3 ideas in each column. 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