What is Skills Builder?
Many of Potential Plus UK's blogs and events carry Skills Builder logos – but what exactly is Skills Builder, how do you use it and why [...]
Supporting Your Child’s Cognitive Development
Intellectual ability refers to a child’s development of thinking skills, which includes their inclination to explore and learn about the world, thus acquiring new knowledge and [...]
The Importance of Drama in the Development of Children by Rachel Lewin
Often, when choosing GCSE options at school, students open up about their dilemmas – “I want to do Drama, but it clashes with something that my [...]
Creative Thinking Skills: Activities for Arts to Sciences
How to Support Innovative Young Mathematicians, Artists, Writers and Scientists How can you possibly stimulate the mind of a young person who not only has high [...]
Creativity of Thought
Creative thinking, concerning the innovation of new ideas and the ability to think about things in new ways, whilst sometimes seen as a welcome yet mysterious [...]
Introducing Drama to Your Child by Mary Benzies
From a young age, roleplay becomes an essential learning tool for a child. As we get older, this vital, natural instinct, which has a proven track [...]
Supporting a Child in the Five Areas of Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence is the ability to understand and manage our own emotions and the emotions of others. Its development is distinct from the development of academic [...]
Emotional Intelligence and High Learning Potential
Whilst there is a common acceptance of the importance of academic aptitude when it comes to life chances, it is by no means the only kind [...]
Using Visual Arts to Foster Creative Thinking Skills
“A drawing is the three-way relationship between substance, surface and body. It activates the relationships between the eye and the hand, the hand and the tool, [...]
Art: Adding Extra Colour to the High Potential Learner’s World
Art is a brilliant “think-outside-of-the-box” subject. It promotes different ways of thinking; something which is perfect for children with high learning potential. While some children may [...]