The IB recently sent out this tweet which has sparked renewed interest in the Concept-Question cards that I first put together when working as the Grade 3-5 Coordinator and Grade 3 teacher at Yokohama International School in 2008.
I have used them for teacher workshops, PYP Exhibition, parent workshops, and most planning meetings I go to.
Recently, Sam Sherratt wrote a blog post: Being A PYP Teacher Part 1: Carry the Book. The “book” he referred to is Making the PYP Happen. All of the concepts, descriptors, questions and now related concepts that are on the cards, are from this book. I am in agreement with Sam that we need to be so familiar with “the book”. There is a wealth of information about the PYP in there that I think often gets overlooked in favor of other things from other sources. I am all for diversity in ideas but as PYP educators, we do need to make sure we are not passing over some really great ideas in our own program guide.
In the comments that followed on Twitter, the suggestion to add related concepts came up. These are also in the book and some users said that they have added these to the cards themselves. I have now made a quick edit and added them too. Please download and use for good!
Happy conceptual thinking and questioning!