Integrated with FSER is the development of four main areas in thinking namely: (1) METACOGNITION - thinking about thinking; (2) CREATIVE Thinking; (3) CRITICAL Thinking; (4) GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING and TEAM WORK. These thinking processes are not explicitly taught, rather the  methodology develops these processes among students. When they read, write, and illustrate their own books, students invariably develop critical and creative thinking.