The document provides instructions for a series of thinking exercises, including listing things found in the ocean starting with each letter, asking questions to elicit a specific answer, listing things that cannot be photographed, drawing a chair with modifications, listing different uses for a paperweight, and using random objects to solve getting a kite out of a tree. The exercises are intended to challenge problem solving and creative thinking within time limits of one minute per exercise.

1. Thinker’s Keys Tony Ryan

2. The Alphabet

3. The Alphabet The category is “things found in the ocean” Write down one object/thing/creature starting with each letter of the alphabet You have one minute

4. The Question

5. The Question The answer is ‘brick’ Write down five questions that would give you this answer You have one minute

6. The Reverse

7. The Reverse Write down five things that cannot be photographed You have one minute

8. The BAR

9. The BAR Draw a picture of a chair… B – make part of the chair bigger than normal A – add something to the chair R – replace part of the chair with something else You have one minute

10. The Different Uses

11. The Different Uses The object is a paperweight Write down five different uses for a paperweight You have one minute

12. The Forced Relationships

13. The Forced Relationships Scenario: Your kite is stuck in a tree – you have these three things to get it down – minties, a hairbrush and a comic book Write down a solution, using the three things You have one minute