We’ve been using Thinking Hats as a way to help us recognise the different ways there are of thinking about something:
- Red Hat – Feelings
- White Hat – Information
- Yellow Hat – Good things
- Black Hat – Bad things
- Green Hat – Creative things (let your mind go crazy!)
- Blue Hat – Thinking about Thinking
We used the hats to think about this picture:
Of course you don’t actually need to be wearing a “thinking hat” to be able to think in the different ways you did. For homework I want you to imagine that you’re wearing the thinking hats to think about this word:
God
Take a sheet of paper (you can get one from me if you need it) and at the top write:
“When I think about God…”
Then for each “hat” write:
Red hat: and explain your feelings about God. How does the idea of God make you feel?
White hat: and explain what you know about God (you don’t have to write everything, just a few key things will do!)
Yellow hat: what are the good things about the idea of God?
Black hat: are there any problems with the idea of God? What are they?
Green hat: this is the chance to think creatively. What questions does the idea of God bring up for you?
Blue hat: this is the really hard bit. How can we think about God? Does it make your head hurt? Does talking about God make sense?
Have a go and do your best! I will never be angry at someone who has tried their best – I will be annoyed with people who haven’t bothered. If it helps you are very welcome to do this with a friend to share some ideas.
Remember that you can write a comment if you have any questions.
