Grade(s): PreK-1 Activities: 208 Pages: 200 Builds visual, motor, and critical thinking skills for reading, writing, and math!
Age: 3+ Each of the 25 blocks in this classic toy from the 1920s has four sides in solid colors (red, white, blue and yellow) and two sides are divided diagonally between red/white and yellow/blue, allowing millions of creative possibilities. This toy will improve a child's visual/spatial reasoning while providing hours of fun.
Age: 5+ Explore crystalline geometries in brilliant color with this deceptively simple Kaleidograph® set. Both a toy and a design tool, the 9 die-cut cards (and 3 solid color backer cards) can be arranged into billions of designs. Foster creativity, reward with surprise and bring out the designer in everyone. Visual exploration and experimentation.
Age: 5 plus (bright children can begin playing at a younger age.) Set of 18 geoblocks used with the Tangramino, Equilibrio, Architecto and Cliko books. Using just 18 blocks, your children will experiment with construction, geometry, logical analysis, perspective, design, and spatial logic.
Age: 5+ One set of brightly colored tangram blocks and a number of tangram puzzle problems.Color of tangrams varies.
Grade(s): 2-3 Pages: 370 Building Thinking Skills® teaches non-verbal and verbal reasoning. These skills are rarely explictly taught in the classroom but are essential for academic excellence and success on any assessment test. In print for over 30 years this is a world-wide top seller. Also available in software - a game like presentation of the same exercises.
Grade(s): 2-3 Activities: 232 Pages: 200 Builds visual, motor, and critical thinking skills for reading, writing, and math!
Grade: 2Pages: 160, colorThis book uses powerful lessons to develop thinking skills important to academic success while teaching the key kindergarten common core concepts. Enhance cognitive development through discussion and observation. Students develop analytical skills as well as deductive and inferential reasoning skills as they work through the exercises.
Grade: 2 Pages: 192Format: paperback, reproducibleParent/Teacher Resource Manual to accompany student book. Does not contain questions. The Parent/Teacher resource contains teaching notes. It is highly recommended for new parents learn how to work with their child to develop higher order thinking skills.
Grade: 2-6 Pages: 36 Reproducible for single home or classroom use Developing the ability to recognize visual patterns builds visual discrimination and critical thinking skills necessary for academic achievement. 30 reproducible worksheets of increasing complexity. Each worksheet provides the student with the task of examining pictures to identify patterns and sequences.
Grade(s): 7-12+ Activities: 259 Pages: 280 Building Thinking Skills® provides highly effective nonverbal reasoning activities to improve vocabulary, reading, writing, math, logic, and figural-spatial skills, as well as visual and auditory processing. This exceptional skill set provides a solid foundation for academic excellence and success on any assessment test.
