Skill focus
Primary Skill Focus
- Creativity
Complementary/ Secondary Skill Focus
- Problem-solving
- Curiosity, sense of wonder and openness
| Age group | Student number | Duration |
| 6-10 years old | Whole class working in pairs or small groups | 45-60 minutes |
Proposed step by step implementation of the learning activity
- Warm-up: Introduction to creative linking. The teacher shows a few example cards (words, pictures, numbers, objects). Students brainstorm different ways two cards could be connected, how one concept can lead to another in unexpected ways.
- Exploration phase: Discovering multiple connections. Students examine their cards individually or in pairs. They look for: unusual or imaginative links, personal associations, patterns that others might not notice. The teacher prompts curiosity: “How many different connections can you find?”; “What is a surprising way these two cards could fit together?”
- Guided activity: Creative chaining. Instead of the traditional linear chain, students create branching chains: Each “I have…” card must connect to at least two “Who has…?” possibilities. Students explain the creative reasoning behind each choice. This expands the original structure into a higher-order thinking process.
- Main activity: Whole-class creative chain. Students sit in a circle. The chain begins with one student reading their “I have…” card and choosing a creative “Who has…?” connection. Multiple answers are accepted if justified. Teacher prompts: “Convince us! Why does your card connect?” “Who has a different but also valid connection?” This makes the activity a collaborative creativity task, not a race.
- Student-generated cards: Students create their own cards using vocabulary from the unit, pictures, mathematical symbols, science categories. They design connections that are funny, abstract, symbolic or imaginative.
- Whole-class reflection: Students share which connection they found the most surprising, enjoyable or meaningful.