Built on a solid base of educational research, our products support improved performance for all students, helping them develop thinking and learning skills across the curriculum. Kidspiration® The visual way to explore and understand words, numbers and concepts Kidspiration builds literacy, numeracy and thinking skills across the curriculum. Pupils age 4 to 10 use visual tools combining pictures, text, numbers and spoken words to develop vocabulary, word recognition, comprehension, reasoning and problem solving skills InspireData™ The visual way to explore and understand data InspireData builds critical data literacy skills and engages students. More than 100 content-rich databases, the e-Survey tool and database templates jumpstart data collection. Students actively explore and analyse data using dynamic Venn diagrams and bar, stack, pie and axis plots to interpret information and draw conclusions. Teachers use InspireData to identify classroom trends and support data-driven decision making. Inspiration® The visual way to think and learn Inspiration is widely recognised as the visual way to think and learn. Using powerful visual learning techniques, it taps into students' creativity and learning strengths. Students develop essential thinking and learning strategies as they create diagrams and mind maps to visually represent concepts and relationships. The results are clearer thinking, more creative projects, better organised writing and improved performance across the curriculum. Inspiration® for handhelds Handheld power to develop ideas and organise thinking Energise students by combining the learning benefits of Inspiration with the natural ease of handhelds. Inspiration® for Palm OS® and Inspiration® for Pocket PC give students and educators a familiar tool for gathering information and developing ideas. Supporting resources Inspiration Software® publishes a variety of resources that make it easy for teachers to integrate visual learning in the classroom, with ready-to-use lesson plans and activities. Kidspiration in the Classroom: Reading Essentials Designed for two age spans, 4-7 and 8-10, the Kidspiration® in the Classroom: Reading Essentials lesson plan book offers 50 lesson plans designed specifically to support primary reading curriculum. Developing Data Literacy with InspireData™ was designed by educators, and offers 27 content-rich, curriculum-aligned lessons to help teachers incorporate InspireData into their science, mathematics and humanities curriculum. Each hands-on lesson contains step-by-step instructions that can be easily adapted for students age 9-adult, working individually or in teams. Inspiration in the Classroom: Curriculum-based Activity Plans This book supports educators as they incorporate visual learning into their classrooms and develop their students' thinking skills. Included in the book are classroom activity plans for use across the curriculum and access to more than 30 inspiring templates to help students get started.