This workbook contains over sixty activities for learning-through-play. The activities were created by teacher-candidates, retired educators, and student-learners. They include interdisciplinary activities for first through twelfth grade levels. Each activity includes how-to-implement instructions along with applicable learning standards.

Foreword by Drew Bogner, PhD: President of Molloy College Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Author’s Philosophy Chapter 1: Learning-through-Play Overview Explaining and Defining Creativity Creative Cognition and Meta-cognition Two Processes of Creativity: Linear and Reciprocal Advantages of IM and IBR for Academics and Socialization IM or IBR as Learning Centers + Alternative Means of Assessment Reciprocal Thinking Phases Connecting Creative Cognition to Constructing and Playing IBR Pages Effects and Affects of IM and IBR Chapter 2: The IM and IBR with Four Interactive Resources Introduction: Louis Laupheimer Overview Project and Performance-based Instruction: Flip-Chute: Uses, Materials, Construction Directions Pic-A-Dot: Uses, Materials, Construction Directions Wrap-Around: Uses, Materials, Construction Directions Electro-Board: Uses, Materials, Construction Directions Templates for Four Interactive Resources A Narrative: IM, A Learning Center, and the IBR: Amanda Lockwood Section Two Summary Chapter 3: Playing-the-Pages Activities: Overview Interactive Activities to Make and/or Play Reciprocal Thinking Skills for 15 Activities: A Narrative: M. Schiering Learning Standards for 23 (A-W) of the Section Three Activities: Nicole Diblasio Addendum to Section Three Activities: Kicking it up a Notch: Joshua Schiering Chapter 4: IM AND IBR: Summing-up the Method and Strategy: Overview Creative Cognition’s IBR: Leadership Building Step-by-Step Directions: Literature Step-by-Step Directions: Thematic Unit of Study Overall IBR Important Message The Gruffolo: A 1st Grade IBR: Elizabeth Struzzieri Intertwining Creativity and Innovation for Classroom Success: The IM and IBR as Inspiration: Dr. Laura Shea Doolan IBR and IM Within and Beyond the College Classroom Author’s Closing Statements References

Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking: An Interactive Workbook is a must-have guide for any teacher who strives to instill creativity in his/her students. The author clearly shows how students "learn through one's creativity" by constructing meaningful activities based on a piece of literature or a unit of study. This workbook focuses on creating fun activities through which students become engaged in the thinking process. By designing meaningful activities, the student "creator" often increases his/her comprehension and retention of information gained through reading. Because these activities encourage social interaction, they provide a powerful force for encouraging memory acquisition. This book contains many hands-on activities using different mediums that is sure to spark the interest of even reluctant and non-proficient readers.