Grade(s): K-1
Workbook has 272 pages

This bundle contains

• Building Thinking Skills Primary
• Building Thinking Skills Primary Teacher's Manual pdf on cd
• Attribute blocks and interlocking cubes used in workbook activities.

Building Thinking Skills® provides highly effective verbal and nonverbal reasoning activities to improve child?s vocabulary, reading, writing, math, logic, and figural-spatial skills, as well as their visual and auditory processing. This exceptional series provides a solid foundation for academic excellence and success on any assessment test.

The activities are developmentally sequenced. Each skill (for example, classifying) is presented first in the semi-concrete figural-spatial form and then in the abstract verbal form. Children learn to analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words as they:

• Observe, recognize, and describe characteristics.
• Distinguish similarities and differences
• Identify and complete sequences, classifications, and analogies.

Reading, writing, and math readiness. Develops analysis skills for academic learning!

Table of Contents/Skills

Table of Contents:

CHAPTER ONE–DESCRIBING SHAPES:
Matching Blocks to Shapes
Finding Shapes
Describing Shapes–Select
Finding Shapes by Size
Describing Shapes–Select by Color
Finding Shapes by Size and Color
Following Directions–Select First to Last
Following Directions–Identify First to Last
Following Directions–Select First to Third
Following Directions–Identify First to Third
Following Directions–Writing First to Third
Following Directions–Select Left or Right
Following Directions–Supply Left or Right
Following Directions–Select Top to Bottom
Following Directions–Supply Top to Bottom
Following Directions–Select Above or Below
Following Directions–Supply Above or Below
Following Directions–Writing Position Words
Naming Shapes–Select and Write
Following Directions–Select and Write
Describing Shapes–Select and Write
Describing Shapes–Explain

CHAPTER TWO–FIGURAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES:
Matching Shapes
Matching Blocks by Shape and Color
Which Shape Does Not Match the Block?
Matching Figures
Combining Attribute Blocks
Combining Interlocking Cubes
Covering Shapes with Equal Parts–Blocks
Covering Shapes with Equal Parts–Cubes
Covering Shapes Made with Cubes
Comparing One Characteristic
Changing One Characteristic–Color
Changing One Characteristic–Size
Changing One Characteristic–Shape
Comparing Shapes–Explain

CHAPTER THREE–FIGURAL SEQUENCES:
Copying a Sequence of Cubes
Which Cube Comes Next?
Which Stack Comes Next?
Which Block Comes Next?
Describing Sequences of Cubes
Describing Sequences of Shapes

CHAPTER FOUR–FIGURAL CLASSIFICATIONS:
Comparing Two Characteristics
Changing Two Characteristics–Color and Shape
Changing Two Characteristics–Size and Shape
Changing Two Characteristics–Size and Color
Grouping by Shape
Grouping by Color
Grouping by Size
Describing a Group–What Belongs?
Which Block Does Not Belong?
Describing a Group–Adding Shapes
Describing a Group–What Belongs?
Sorting Blocks
Find the One That is Different
Sorting Figures
Forming Groups
Forming Overlapping Groups
Rows and Columns
Overlapping Classes–Rows and Columns
Rows and Columns
Overlapping Classes–Rows and Columns

CHAPTER FIVE–THINKING ABOUT FAMILY MEMBERS:
Describing Family Members–Select
Characteristics of Family Members
Describing Family Members–Explain
Naming Family Members–Matching
Naming Family Members–Writing
Similar Family Members–Select
Similar Family Members–Explain
Ranking Family Members
Characteristics of Family Members
Name the Class–Family Members
Explain the Exception–Family Members

CHAPTER SIX–THINKING ABOUT FOOD:
Describing Foods–Select
Describing Foods–Explain
Naming Foods–Matching
Naming Foods–Writing
Describing Foods
Similar Foods–Select
Similar Foods–Explain
Similarities and Differences–Food
Ranking Food
Match Foods to their Classes
Write the Food Class
Characteristics of Foods
Name the Class–Foods
Explain the Exception–Food
Sorting Into Classes–Food

CHAPTER SEVEN–THINKING ABOUT ANIMALS:
Describing Animals–Select
Describing Animals–Explain
Naming Animals–Matching
Naming Animals–Writing
Characteristics of Animals
Similar Animals–Select
Similar Animals–Explain
Similarities and Differences–Animals
Ranking Animals
Match Animals to their Classes
Name the Class–Animals
Explain the Exception–Animals
Sorting Into Classes–Animals

CHAPTER EIGHT–THINKING ABOUT OCCUPATIONS:
Describing Jobs–Select
Describing Jobs–Explain
Naming Jobs–Matching
Naming Jobs–Writing
Similar Jobs–Select
Similar Jobs–Explain
Similarities and Differences–Jobs
Ranking Jobs
Match the Class–Jobs
Name the Class–Jobs
Explain the Exception–Jobs
Sorting Into Classes–Jobs

CHAPTER NINE–THINKING ABOUT VEHICLES:
Describing Vehicles–Select
Describing Vehicles–Explain
Naming Vehicles–Matching
Naming Vehicles–Writing
Characteristics of Vehicles
Similar Vehicles–Select
Similar Vehicles–Explain
Similarities and Differences–Vehicles
Ranking Vehicles
Naming Classes–Matching
Name the Class–Vehicles
Explain the Exception–Vehicles
Match Drivers to their Vehicles
Sorting Into Classes–Vehicles

CHAPTER TEN–THINKING ABOUT BUILDINGS:
Describing Buildings–Select
Describing Buildings–Explain
Naming Buildings–Matching
Naming Buildings–Writing
Similar Buildings–Select
Similar Buildings–Explain
Similarities and Differences–Buildings
Ranking Buildings
Write the Class–Buildings
Name the Class–Buildings
Explain the Exception–Buildings
Sorting Into Classes–Buildings

CHAPTER ELEVEN – THINKING ABOUT ANALOGIES:
Naming Classes–Matching
Match a Job to a Building.
Write the Class
Analogies Regarding Food–Select
Analogies Regarding Food–Explain
Analogies Regarding Food–Write
Analogies Regarding Community–Select
Analogies Regarding Community–Explain
Analogies Regarding Community–Write

GLOSSARY

DESCRIPTIONS


Skills:
Visual Tracking
Visual Constancy
Visual Motor Skills
Spatial Relationships
Auditory Processing
Auditory Memory
Fine Motor Skill Development
Inferential Reasoning/ Prediction
Deduction
Identifying Similarities & Differences
Classifying
Identifying Sequences
Completing Analogies
Creative Problem Solving

Concepts:
Colors
Red
Blue
Yellow
Green
Logical Connectives
And
Or
Lines
Straight
Curved
Straight & Curved
Corners
Geometric Shapes
Circle
Triangle
Rectangle
Square
Behind & In-Between
Above & Below
Measurement
Longer
Longest
Shorter
Shortest
Larger
Largest
Smaller
Smallest
Half & Whole
Left & Right
Open & Closed Figures