WELCOME TO CAMP CREATIVE 

I'm so excited you're here! Hexagonal Thinking is a strategy you can use with all ages and levels of students, for many different purposes and in many different ways. This week I'll be sharing the tips and tricks you need to make it successful, as well as lots of resources to help you easily put it into action in your classroom. 

In the video below, I'll quickly walk you through what we're going to be covering this week. Then scroll down for the basic building blocks of hexagonal thinking. You'll find out about the origins of hexagonal thinking, see photo examples of the strategy in action, and find out how to introduce it to your students. 

Hexagonal thinking has its origins in the world of business, where it's used to help drive innovation and connect things in new ways. 

When you introduce the method to your students, your goal is to encourage them to use their critical thinking skills in making connections and debating the possibilities. When it comes to hexagonal thinking, there is no right answer, only many unique ways to connect the ideas. Each card can connect to up to six others, but only needs to connect to one, so there are hundreds of possible iterations of a hexagonal thinking web. 

To give yourself an idea of the possibilities, check out this set of photographic examples from members of my Facebook group, Creative High School English, that I put together for We Are Teachers. 

​This week we'll be talking about how to make your decks, how to encourage the students to make deep connections, ways of having students share their connections with you and the class, and how to assess the activity and help students improve for the next time. 

Below, you'll find my editable hexagonal thinking kit to make all this a whole lot easier.  

Tomorrow, we'll be diving into what to put on your hexagonal thinking decks, who should make them, how to print them, and more.

There are many options, and don't worry, you won't have to spend three hours cutting out four hundred hexagons before trying this activity! 

See you soon.