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Cognitive Skills

The mental toolkit behind every subject: how children focus, remember, reason and solve problems — built playfully, one step at a time.

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What this module teaches

The skills inside this leaf

Focus & attention

Sustaining attention and filtering out distractions.

Working memory

Holding and using information in the moment.

Logical reasoning

Spotting patterns, sequences, cause and effect.

Problem-solving

Breaking big problems into small, doable steps.

Flexible thinking

Switching strategy when the first one doesn’t work.

Early literacy & numeracy

The cognitive building blocks of reading and maths.

Lesson library

Topics in this leaf

Every topic holds several lesson plans. Each plan comes as a reference pack, a sample lesson and teaching guidelines.

1 topic · 1 lesson plan
All age bandsPre-schoolClass 1–2Class 3–5
TOPIC

Thinking Power

1 lesson plan

Thinking Powers

Pre-school
— Reference pack✓ Sample lesson✓ Guidelines
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Across the ages

How this leaf grows, pre-school to class 5

Pre-school
Ages 3–5
Early Explorers

Playful games that build focus, memory and first patterns.

Class 1–2
Ages 6–8
Growing Minds

Reasoning puzzles and strategies for reading and maths.

Class 3–5
Ages 9–11
Bright Thinkers

Multi-step problems and independent, flexible thinking.