Thinking with Pictures
Mind mapping for children

Free Concept Mapping Resources

Here you will find a range of practical teaching resources, which will help you to introduce young children to the ideas of concept mapping and get them started building their own maps. All of the following resources have been created for you to use FREELY with Thinking with Pictures.

These resources are ideal for group, or whole class activities, using a Whiteboard.

Each consists of a teacher's booklet, in PDF format, which is accompanied by mapping files that can be opened in Thinking with Pictures.

Introducing Concept Mapping to Young Children

• Download the booklet, Introducing Concept Mapping, (PDF format, 198KB) here.

• Click here to save the Thinking with Pictures mapping files (Zipped file, 597KB) to your computer.

Getting Started with Concept Mapping Activities

• Download the booklet, Starting Concept Mapping Activities, (PDF format, 589KB) here.

• Click here to save the Thinking with Pictures mapping files (Zipped file, 846KB) to your computer.

'Getting Started' has additional PDF material, consisting of four stories and a mock-up of a page layout from a child's pictionary.

• Click here to download the Dictionary (PDF format, 1.08MB)

• Download each story by clicking on the title:

Autumn (201KB)			Cinderella (661KB)
Little Red Riding Hood (4.28MB)			Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs (825KB)