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endeavors to transform schools and increase student performance by providing specific patterns for limitless learning. Our training provides a framework, derived from brain-based research, for teachers, students, and entire learning communities to share a common visual language that ties together thought processes and ideas while promoting critical thinking and creativity.
06/05/2026
It's Friday Map Day, and this week, we're branching out!
Meet the Tree Map: one of the 8 Thinking Maps used in classrooms every day to help students classify information, organize main ideas, and break down details with clarity.
Whether you're sorting types of quadrilaterals in math or building reading comprehension, the Tree Map gives learners a visual structure to think not just memorize facts.
Ready to explore all 8 maps and the tools that bring them to life?
Visit www.thinkingmaps.com to learn more
Summer break is almost here, and the Thinking Maps AI Tool is already planning ahead!
In just seconds, this AI-generated Tree Map organizes summer possibilities into a clear visual framework, from outdoor adventures and family vacations to learning apps, summer camps, and more. Try creating a Summer Tree Map with your students as a fun end-of-year activity and watch them organize their ideas, goals, and plans in a meaningful way.
Because great thinking doesn't take a vacation.
Visit Thinking Maps to learn more. Like and follow us for more ideas, strategies, and resources to bring visual thinking into your classroom.
New book. New features. New standard.
Foundations: A Visual Language for Critical Thinking is here and it's everything educators have been asking for! From disciplinary literacy to digital resources, every page is designed to help students think deeper and teachers reach every learner.
Close the Cognition Gap.
Build a Culture of Critical Thinking.
Ready to bring it to your school? Contact us at 800.243.9169 or [email protected] to learn more! Be sure to like and follow us.
Reminder to sign up for the following June webinars:
Wednesday, June 3rd: Building a Culture of Critical Thinking
Tuesday, June 16th: Introducing Our New Foundations Resources
Both sessions start at 3:30PM ET
Register at thinkingmaps.com/resources/webinars or via the QR code
05/29/2026
It's Friday, and that means it's time for The Friday Map!
This week, we're spotlighting the Circle Map-one of the eight Thinking Maps.
Whether students are exploring a new concept, activating prior knowledge, or diving into a science lesson on spiders, the Circle Map gives learners a visual space to gather everything they know about a topic and connect it to the bigger picture.
See how TMLC's Map Gallery and AI tool bring the Circle Map to life in the classroom. Ready to try it yourself? Visit www.thinkingmaps.com
What if lesson planning took less than a minute? With the Thinking Maps Learning Cloud AI tool, educators can instantly generate a complete lesson plan with supporting Thinking Maps for any subject, any topic, and any grade level. No prep time. No starting from blank. Just powerful, structured thinking right when you need it. Watch it happen in real time.
Visit our website www.thinkingmaps.com for more information and be sure to follow us if you haven't already!
Big things are coming this June! In addition to the launch of our new book, Foundations: A Visual Language for Critical Thinking, we've got two great webinars lined up and you don't want to miss either one:
June 3rd: Building a Culture of Critical Thinking
June 16th: Introducing Our New Foundations Resources
Both sessions start at 3:30PM ET. Grab your seat and bring a colleague!
Register at thinkingmaps.com/resources/webinars or via the QR code
05/25/2026
This Memorial Day, we honor the men and women who gave everything in service to our country.
History is best understood when students can see it and that's exactly what Thinking Maps make possible. The Tree Map above organizes the full history of Memorial Day into meaningful categories: its Civil War origins, key milestones in its development, and what the holiday looks like today.
With the Thinking Maps AI Tool on Learning Cloud, educators can generate complete, standards-aligned lesson plans, including ready-to-use Thinking Maps, in minutes. Whether you're exploring the significance of the National Moment of Remembrance or tracing the holiday from Decoration Day to Memorial Day, TMLC's AI helps teachers bring history to life through structured visual thinking.
This week, give your students a lesson worth remembering.
Just like flowers bloom with distinct, recognizable parts — petals, stems, leaves, and roots — deep understanding grows when students can see how ideas are structured.
The Brace Map, one of Thinking Maps' eight research-based visual tools, helps students break down physical objects and concepts into their component parts. Whether it's the anatomy of a tulip or the structure of a story, students aren't just memorizing — they're building mental frameworks that last.
This May, as nature puts on its best show, it's a great reminder: when learning is organized and visible, it takes root.
How are your students using visual thinking tools this spring?
We're officially in our coaching era.
Thinking Maps is shifting from one-time training events to an embedded coaching model — because real change happens when support shows up consistently, not just once a year.
Better thinking. Deeper learning. Lasting results.
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