Ann R. Erickson

"Think!" was created by Erickson for the more than 470 kindergarten through sixth-grade students at Neil Armstrong Elementary to improve their critical thinking skills. By utilizing ThinkBlocks, an educational construction set that makes it easy to teach beginners to advanced thinking skills, Erickson is teaching her students timeless, universal thinking skills. ThinkBlocks enable students to (literally) hold and manipulate any idea with their hands."Think!" involves training teachers to infuse thinking skills into their curricula and to use ThinkBlocks in their classroom. Thanks to Erickson, "Think!" will contribute to the school's reputation for being an environment where all students master concepts, develop skills and formulate values necessary for living in a rapidly changing world. Erickson is a resident of Reston.