This 136-page book is comprised of intriguing activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill assessed on standardized reading tests. This comprehension skill usually determines a student's reading score—and every Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts activity develops this skill. The first puzzle is a short, true mystery. Its solution requires careful reading, inferential reasoning, and deductive thinking. The second puzzle involves deductive thinking, and is designed to build vocabulary and associative thinking skills. This puzzle uses a process of elimination involving the meanings of words or relationships between words. Try a sample and you'll be hooked! The best use of these books is when presented as a non-threatening, non-graded, fun activity where students are praised for all logical answers even if they don't happen to be the correct answers. Remember, in critical thinking, the journey is as important as the destination, and all reasonable efforts at critical thinking should be commended. These intriguing puzzles can also be used as a: Motivational beginning activity as an addition to the curriculum. Culminating activity after a lesson or at the end of the day. Fill-in activity when there is an awkward time break during the school day. Valid educational activity for students who finish assigned activities earlier than their classmates.Key Features : i : Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading testsii : Grade 5-12iii : 136-page book is comprised of intriguing activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessonsiv : Answer guide includedv : 176 pages

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This 136-page book is comprised of intriguing activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill assessed on standardized reading tests. This comprehension skill usually determines a student's reading score—and every Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies activity develops this skill. Each daily activity page includes two puzzles that are often solved in 5-15 minutes. The first puzzle is a short, true mystery. Its solution requires careful reading, inferential reasoning, and deductive thinking. The second puzzle involves deductive thinking, and is designed to build vocabulary and associative thinking skills. This puzzle uses a process of elimination involving the meanings of words or relationships between words. Try a sample and you'll be hooked! The best use of these books is when presented as a non-threatening, non-graded, fun activity where students are praised for all logical answers even if they don't happen to be the correct answers. Remember, in critical thinking, the journey is as important as the destination, and all reasonable efforts at critical thinking should be commended. These intriguing puzzles can also be used as a: Motivational beginning activity as an addition to the curriculum. Culminating activity after a lesson or at the end of the day. Fill-in activity when there is an awkward time break during the school day. Valid educational activity for students who finish assigned activities earlier than their classmates.Key Features : i : Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading testsii : Grade 5-12iii : This 136-page book is comprised of intriguing activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessonsiv : Answer guide included

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These cats love hiding in boxes! Move the puzzle pieces – one by one – until all of the cats are in a cardboard box. Can you help them find their favorite hiding spot? This sequential puzzle game for kids and adults comes with a portable gameboard and lid, making it purrrrrfect to take with you on the go!

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A great introduction to SmartGames IQ series – but also challenging enough to test our most seasoned players! SmartGames IQ Stars features 120 challenges. Players are tested to fit all the 3D star pieces on the gameboard – creating a colorful galaxy! And it's all in the same compact, portable travel case. SmartGames IQ Stars comes in a self-contained, compact, and completely portable case. You can easily take your school games with you and not worry about losing pieces. Just close the container and toss it in your bag. You can also try the SmartGames Customer App, a new tool that is unique to SmartGames. It's completely free of charge and has all kinds of features that are designed to enhance the experience of the physical SmartGames kids' games. Stuck in a challenge? Find animated clues! Lost a piece? Order a replacement on the go! How about a gift finder? The app will help you identify the perfect kids' board games for everybody on your list. IQ Stars is perfect for kids and adults ages 6 and up – it is the most accessible IQ game for younger kids. Even though this puzzle was designed to be a single-player game, you can turn it into a family affair and take turns. People often solve challenges in collaboration, especially in schools. Seeing who can solve challenges the fastest results in some interesting game nights! All of our games for kids have a unique and innovative game mechanic with themes that appeal to both boys and girls. We produce bestselling games that are found in more than 80 countries around the world. SmartGames are designed for all ages, from kids as young as 2 years old right up through the smartest adults. We offer a robust preschool line as well as several categories of games that are compact, portable, and perfect for travel. Our board games for families come in travel, compact, and tabletop editions in plastic or a premium wood range.

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Stack the tiles to recreate each composition layer by layer! Choose from 100 challenges just stack the right tiles in the right order. Game includes: 18 colored tiles, a practical tile display holder and game guide outlining challenges and solutions. Color Code seems deceptively simple, but check out how quickly you find a colorful challenge on your hands!

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From SmartGames, the worldwide leader in single player puzzle games, comes Penguins on Ice. Penguins on Ice is an award-winning, completely unique game based on ancient Greek Pentomino...featuring puzzle pieces that shift in order to fit into place! Arrange the sliding ice blocks so that they all fit on the game board while making sure that the five penguins are in the right spots as shown in the included challenge booklet. With simple challenges for beginners to complex puzzles that will test experienced players, Penguins on Ice is a fun way to develop logical thinking skills and spatial reasoning abilities.

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This engaging, colorful 152-page book teaches the most important critical thinking concepts every student should know. Many workbooks claim to teach or develop critical thinking skills, but most of these products never define critical thinking or try to teach the meaning to students. This book defines and teaches critical thinking in a way all students can understand through simple explanations, diagrams, and short, engaging activities. In addition to being a course in critical thinking, the activities in this book can be used to supplement lessons in all subjects. Although this book teaches common argument forms, its primary focus is identifying and evaluating evidence–the very basis of critical thinking. Most propaganda, advertising schemes, legal trickery, and bad science are not the result of complex arguments; they are the result of half-truths and simple arguments. Students who successfully complete this book will have a fundamental set of critical thinking skills they can use their entire lives. CONTENTS • What Is Critical Thinking? • Conclusions and Decisions • Beliefs and Claims • Finding (Identifying) Evidence • Evaluating Evidence • Inferring and Inferences • Facts and Opinions • Facts and Probable Truths • False and Probably False • Facts, Probably True, and Probably False • Venn Diagrams • Logical Connectives • Advertising • Agreements and Contracts • Common Errors in Reasoning • Arguments • Valid and Invalid Arguments • Fallacies • Analogy ArgumentKey Features : i : Comprehensive Critical Thinking Guide: A 152-page book designed to teach essential critical thinking skills through simple explanations, diagrams, and engaging activities.ii : Universal Application: Can be used as a standalone course in critical thinking or to supplement lessons in all subjects, enhancing students' reasoning abilities across the curriculum.iii : Focus on Evidence Evaluation: Teaches students to identify and evaluate evidence, the foundation of critical thinking, helping them recognize propaganda, advertising schemes, and other misleading arguments.iv : Wide-Ranging Topics: Covers key concepts such as arguments, fallacies, Venn diagrams, logical connectives, advertising analysis, and more to build a well-rounded critical thinking toolkit.v : Lifelong Skills: Provides students with a fundamental set of critical thinking and logical reasoning skills they can use in academic settings and beyond.

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Put your critical thinking to the test and fire up the strategic problem solving! Stack, pattern and match the multicolor shapes. Don't be fooled by appearances, these endlessly enjoyable blocks mean brain-boosting business. Mental Blox help children practice following verbal instructions, asking questions and build critical thinking skills. Activity cards provide children with examples of what to build. Children can recreate what is on the card or can give verbal instructions to a partner or group. Pieces feature four different shapes and 3 different attributes for a real challenge! Includes 20 chunky plastic blocks, 40 double sided activity cards, and activity guide. Blocks measure 2" x 2". Age 5+/Grades K+.Key Features : i : Recreate 2-D images with 3-D shapes by following pictorial activity cards to stack, pattern, and matchii : A brain-boosting game that blends visual and/or aural processing and analysis with problem solving and strategic thinkingiii : Mental Blox helps children practice following verbal instructions, formulate and ask questions, and build critical thinking skillsiv : Ages 5 and up

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These birds of a feather flock together. But can you find out where they go when they arrive at their tree? Clip the birds to their correct location in the wooden tree by using the clues provided in each of the 60 challenges. A game of logic and deduction for both kids and adults that will leave your brain chirping!

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Spark discussions on the first day and beyond. Features 36 engaging questions about student experiences and perspectives, including: What is the most important thing you own? What do you want to be when you are older? What was the strangest dream you have had? Builds oral language, social and listening skills. Makes a great addition to character development activities. Provides direction for brainstorming before writing. Supports fluency and oral language development in ELLs and students with speech impairments. Includes Activity Guide. Each in this set of 6 soft foam cubes measures 1.625".Key Features : i : Get conversation rolling in your classroom with a toss of these fun cubes!ii : Cubes are quiet when rolled, making them perfect for classroom useiii : Excellent for ages 6 and up

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This easy-to-implement resource includes accompanying document-based questions that focus on key strategies for breaking down informational text to help students build cross-curricular reading skills. A document-based assessment sheet is also provided for each passage so students can investigate the text in even deeper and more meaningful ways. This resource is aligned to state and national standards and supports the development of college and career readiness skills.Key Features : i : Build students’ comprehension skills and prepare them for standardized testsii : Teacher Resource CD includes reproducible pages of articles, primary source documents, and questionsiii : Prepare for testing with follow-up questions from all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomyiv : Aligned to state and national standards and supports the development of college and career readiness skills

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This easy-to-implement resource includes accompanying document-based questions that focus on key strategies for breaking down informational text to help students build cross-curricular reading skills. A document-based assessment sheet is also provided for each passage so students can investigate the text in even deeper and more meaningful ways. This resource is aligned to state and national standards and supports the development of college and career readiness skills.Key Features : i : Build students’ comprehension skills and prepare them for standardized testsii : Teacher Resource CD includes reproducible pages of articles, primary source documents, and questionsiii : Prepare for testing with follow-up questions from all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomyiv : Aligned to state and national standards and supports the development of college and career readiness skills

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Break the Code is a logical deduction game played with number tiles and question cards. You win if you can guess all of your opponent's tiles in a two-player game or if you can guess the face-down tiles in the center for a three- or four-player game. Put on your thinking cap! Place all of the number tiles face down and shuffle them. Place your game screen in front of you, then randomly take your tiles. Place them face up behind your screen in numerically ascending order starting from the left. If you have two tiles with the same number, place the black tile on the left. Once you have placed your tiles, removed any unused number tiles from the game. Lastly, shuffle the question cards and place them in a pile face down. Draw the top six cards from the pile and place them in the center of the table. Deduce all of your opponent's tiles (or the center tiles) and correctly guess their colors and numbers in order from left to right. For 2-4 players, ages 10+.

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An elegant puzzle that blends intuitive design with subtle complexity. A great introduction to the Pyraminx line of twisty puzzles. A two-layer pyramid structure offering a unique twist on the classic Pyraminx. Ideal for puzzle enthusiasts seeking a new kind of brain teaser. Engaging for both young minds and adult puzzle lovers

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A triangular twisty puzzle that offers a unique, brain-teasing experience with its colorful, rotating layers and sleek design. Engineered for effortless rotation, allowing for faster solving and enjoyable play. Improves problem-solving abilities, spatial awareness, and hand-eye coordination. Perfectly sized for solving on-the-go, whether you're commuting, traveling, or just relaxing at homeKey Features : i : Engineered for effortless rotation, allowing for faster solving and enjoyable playii : Improves problem-solving abilities, spatial awareness, and hand-eye coordinationiii : A challenging yet approachable puzzle for enthusiasts of any ageiv : Perfectly sized for solving on-the-go, whether you're commuting, traveling, or just relaxing at home

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This 48-page book contains several of our best-selling deductive thinking puzzles. It develops the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. These award-winning, fun puzzles are also great for developing real-life, problem-solving skills! Students learn to carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to make sure you get all the information out of each clue, by starting with the most obvious associations, then deducing the less obvious associations until everything finally fits together.Key Features : Students learn to carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and thingsStep-by-step instructions and detailed answers are includedFun puzzles are also great for developing real-life, problem-solving skillsAnswer guide includedGrades 3-6

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Can you navigate your spaceship through an asteroid field? Your flying skills will be tested to the limit in order to escape! SmartGames Asteroid Escape is a galactic sliding puzzle with 60 missions, from beginner to expert. Includes a game board with lid, making it perfect for travel!

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An IQ game that will put your brain in high gear! Can you fit all the gears on the game board? When you have the correct solution, the pieces will connect…and the big wheels on the sides of the gameboard will spin together! Includes 120 challenges, from easy to expert.

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This colorful, fun 224-page book develops critical thinking skills necessary for success in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and standardized tests. It also teaches many academic concepts and skills taught in kindergarten and first grade. The fun, highly-effective and engaging reasoning activities improve the vocabulary, pre-reading, pre-writing, math, logic, spatial, and auditory processing skills of preschoolers. It teaches students to use organized analysis instead of guesswork to solve problems. The book may be used as a complete critical thinking curriculum to prepare young minds for preschool academics. Concepts include: 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, Colors, Logical Connectives (And, Or), Lines (Straight, Curved, Straight and Curved), Open & Closed Figures, Corners, Geometric Shapes (Circle, Triangle, Rectangle, Square), Behind & In-Between, Above & Below, Measurement (Longer, Longest, Shorter, Shortest, Larger, Largest, Smaller, Smallest), Half & Whole, and Left & Right.Key Features : i : 224-page book develops critical thinking skills necessary for success in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and standardized testsii : Sequenced in small stepsiii : The book uses colorful, easy-to-understand activitiesiv : The fun, highly-effective and engaging reasoning activities improve the vocabulary, pre-reading, pre-writing, math, logic, spatial, and auditory processing skillsv : 216 pages

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This colorful and engaging series improves academic performance in Reading, Writing, Math and Science and prepares students for a wide variety of cognitive tests commonly used for academic placement. The highly effective verbal and spatial reasoning activities also develop analysis skills, problem-solving, logical thinking, and visual and auditory processing skills. Students learn to analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words.Key Features : i : Colorful and engaging series improves academic performance in Reading, Writing, Math, and Scienceii : Prepares students for a wide variety of cognitive tests commonly used for academic placementiii : Highly effective verbal and spatial reasoning activities also develop analysis skills, problem-solving, logical thinking, and visual and auditory processing skillsiv : Students learn to analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words

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This colorful and engaging series improves academic performance in Reading, Writing, Math and Science and prepares students for a wide variety of cognitive tests commonly used for academic placement. The highly effective verbal and spatial reasoning activities also develop analysis skills, problem-solving, logical thinking, and visual and auditory processing skills. Students learn to analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words.Key Features : i : Colorful and engaging series improves academic performance in Reading, Writing, Math, and Scienceii : Prepares students for a wide variety of cognitive tests commonly used for academic placementiii : Highly effective verbal and spatial reasoning activities also develop analysis skills, problem-solving, logical thinking, and visual and auditory processing skillsiv : Students learn to analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words

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This engaging 288-page book develops critical thinking skills necessary for success in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and standardized tests in Grades 7-12+. The Building Thinking Skills® series is the bestselling thinking skills program in the world! The engaging, highly-effective activities are developmentally sequenced. Each skill (for example, classifying) is presented in the semi-concrete figural-spatial form and in the abstract verbal form in this book's companion Building Thinking Skills® Level 3 Verbal. Students also learn important academic vocabulary, concepts, and skills as they analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words by: • Observing, recognizing, and describing characteristics • Distinguishing similarities and differences • Identifying and completing sequences, classifications, and analogies These processes help students develop superior thinking and communication skills that lead to deeper content learning in all subjects.Key Features : i : Higher-Order Thinking Activitiesii : This exceptional series provides a solid foundation for academic excellence and success in any assessmentiii : The #1 selling thinking skills program in the worldiv : Answer guide includedv : 192 pages

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A Kid's Guide to Tricky and Sticky Situations! This best-selling character education book has been updated and improved! It is great for helping kids learn how to do the right thing! Flat bike tires, forgotten homework, obscene phone calls—more than 70 situations kids could encounter when they are on their own. The prompts in this What Would You Do? book are perfect for skits, journal writing, or class discussions. The discussion of these situations will help children build self-esteem, confidence, and decision-making skills. It will also provide important practice in critical thinking skills, making choices, and setting priorities. This book will help kids (and their parents) discuss and decide in advance how they will handle things like: peer pressure, dangerous strangers, fears & feelings, cuts, bites & stings, fires & leaks, and natural disasters. This book is a must for parents and teachers who want to prepare children for the unexpected, puzzling, and frightening situations that may arise when they are at home alone, at school, or out on their own. 184 pages.Key Features : i : Best-selling character education book has been updated and improved!ii : 184 pagesiii : Book are perfect for skits, journal writing, or class discussionsiv : Great for helping kids learn how to do the right thing, and deal with tricky sticky situations

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Hand-held flip charts make understanding learning theories and planning lessons easy! 5 x 6 inches. Take the mystery out of Bloom's Taxonomy with Quick Flip Questions for Critical Thinking. Learn how to ask questions, lead discussions, and plan lessons geared to each level of critical thinking. This hand-held flip chart helps improve thinking skills at any age. Teachers, parents, and students alike will find this an indispensable tool for improving communication, enhancing verbal skills, developing questioning skills, facilitating report writing, and developing higher levels of thinking.Key Features : i : Hand-held, spiral chartii : 5 x 6 inchesiii : Make understanding learning theories and planning lessons easy!

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Brain-Focused Strategies for Learning By The Hawn Foundation Research-based and tested in dozens of classrooms This research-based curriculum features 15 lessons that use the latest information about the brain to dramatically improve behavior and learning for all students. Each lesson offers easy strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. The lessons fit easily into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities help you extend the benefits of MindUP throughout your day, week, and year. Includes a BIG, colorful teaching poster with fascinating facts about the brain! 160 pages + poster 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 Grades 6-8Key Features : i : 160 pages + posterii : Grade 6 thru 8iii : 8-3/8" widthiv : 10-7/8" length

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This research-based curriculum features 15 lessons that use the latest information about the brain to dramatically improve behavior and learning for all students. Each lesson offers easy strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. The lessons fit easily into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities help you extend the benefits of MindUP throughout your day, week, and year! Includes a full-color, innovative teaching poster with fascinating facts about the brain!Key Features : i : Transforms classrooms into focused learning environmentsii : Helps teachers motivate at-risk learners so each child can thrive—academically, socially, and emotionallyiii : Kids love learning about how their brains work—and how they can help their brains “grow”!iv : Includes high-interest activities to connect MindUP learning to all content areasv : Fosters a cohesive, caring classroom climate that enhances learningvi : Correlates with the social and emotional learning goals created by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

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This research-based curriculum features 15 lessons that use the latest information about the brain to dramatically improve behavior and learning for all students. Each lesson offers easy strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. The lessons fit easily into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities help you extend the benefits of MindUP throughout your day, week, and year! Includes a full-color, innovative teaching poster with fascinating facts about the brain!Key Features : i : Transforms classrooms into focused learning environmentsii : Helps teachers motivate at-risk learners so each child can thrive—academically, socially, and emotionallyiii : Kids love learning about how their brains work—and how they can help their brains “grow”!iv : Includes high-interest activities to connect MindUP learning to all content areasv : Fosters a cohesive, caring classroom climate that enhances learningvi : Correlates with the social and emotional learning goals created by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

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Let’s get this ball rolling! In this solo action puzzle game, challenge yourself to roll a stainless steel ball into a specific spot with a minimum of trials, navigating between obstacles and using bonus walls to guide the balls into the right directions. This ball rolling game gets tougher with higher level challenges!

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Can you help these three smart pigs build their houses? Can you set them up so that the pigs can play outside? If you spot the wolf can you help the pigs stay safe inside their houses? Smart Little Piggies is a perfect brain game for young children. It features 3 big puzzle pieces that are easy to hold, and kids will be intrigued by the way the pigs fit inside the houses and look through the windows. The game includes a story book with images and booklet with 48 challenges (24 with the wolf and 24 without).Key Features : i : A wonderful early logic game for preschoolersii : Makes learning funiii : A familiar theme for kidsiv : 48 challengesv : Includes a colorful picture book

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Take your students on a year-round problem-solving adventure with thematic units that hone in on the key skills needed to meet today's standards. With the changes in mathematics standards, teachers need a tool to help them implement lessons that provide a deeper understanding of math concepts. 180 Days of Problem Solving gives teachers daily opportunities to go beyond routine word problems to strengthen reasoning skills with practice that shows how these skills apply in real-life situations. Aligned with national standards, this comprehensive workbook prepares students for college and career.Key Features : i : Students will use visual representations, and analyze various approaches to solving routine and non-routine problemsii : Weekly lesson plans equip teachers with a thematic unit that focuses on a standards-aligned skilliii : Throughout the unit week, easy-to-use lessons outline activities to boost critical thinking skills with multi-step, higher-level problemsiv : Pages: 216

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How has lighthouse technology changed over time? How do zookeepers keep zoo animals happy and healthy? Find the answers to these questions and more with this Spanish STEAM book set devoted to finding creative solutions to real-world problems! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this set features hands-on STEAM challenges that are perfect for makerspaces and that guide students step-by-step through the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Ignite a curiosity about STEAM in kids ages 4-6 with these titles: • Building Lighthouses • Finding the Right Container • Making More Doughnuts • Making Water Safe • Pulling Taffy • Solving Problems at the ZooKey Features : i : Features hands-on STEAM challenges that are perfect for makerspaces and that guide students step-by-step through the engineering design processii : Spanish STEAM book set devoted to finding creative solutions to real-world problemsiii : Set of 6 books

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From SmartGames, the worldwide leader in single player puzzle games, comes IQ Twist. To solve each challenge players fill in the board with all of the pieces as shown in the included booklet, making sure that all of the colored pieces fit on the same-colored peg . Flex your logic muscles with this beautifully designed game! With puzzles ranging from simple challenges for beginners to complex challenges that will test advanced players, IQ Twist is a fun way to develop logical thinking skills and spatial reasoning abilities.

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This 144-page book is comprised of intriguing activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill assessed on standardized reading tests. This comprehension skill usually determines a student's reading score—and every Daily Mind Builders: Science activity develops this skill. The first puzzle is a short, true mystery. Its solution requires careful reading, inferential reasoning, and deductive thinking. The second puzzle involves deductive thinking, and is designed to build vocabulary and associative thinking skills. This puzzle uses a process of elimination involving the meanings of words or relationships between words. Try a sample and you'll be hooked! The best use of these books is when presented as a non-threatening, non-graded, fun activity where students are praised for all logical answers even if they don't happen to be the correct answers. Remember, in critical thinking, the journey is as important as the destination, and all reasonable efforts at critical thinking should be commended. These intriguing puzzles can also be used as a: Motivational beginning activity as an addition to the curriculum. Culminating activity after a lesson or at the end of the day. Fill-in activity when there is an awkward time break during the school day. Valid educational activity for students who finish assigned activities earlier than their classmates.Key Features : i : Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading testsii : Grade 5-12iii : 144-page book is comprised of intriguing activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessonsiv : Answer guide includedv : 224 pages

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From SmartGames, the worldwide leader in single player puzzle games, comes Temple Trap. Avoid the alligators and other dangerous traps as you navigate your adventurer out of this shifting temple, flexing your logic muscles in this unique, beautifully designed 3-D puzzle. With puzzles ranging from simple challenges for beginning adventures to complex puzzles that will test advanced treasure hunters, Temple Trap is a fun way to develop logical thinking skills and spatial reasoning abilities.

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Understanding the critical thinking skills of the 2001 revision of Bloom's Taxonomy is easy with this handy teaching tool. Learn how to ask questions, lead discussions and plan lessons geared to each level of critical thinking: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating. 5 x 6".Key Features : i : Understanding the critical thinking skills of the 2001 revision of Bloom's Taxonomy is easy with this handy teaching toolii : Learn how to ask questions, lead discussions and plan lessons geared to each level of critical thinking: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creatingiii : 5 x 6"

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3, 2, 1 and pose! These safari animals love to model for your camera! Can you get the animals in the picture-perfect position for the snapshot? Move them around the board... but don't forget the lion doesn't like water, the elephant can't climb over the rocks and the giraffes are too tall to fit underneath the trees! A 2-in-1 learning game for toddlers: solve the puzzles or just play and let your imagination go wild! Learn about shapes and concepts as left, right, on top, in front, and behind. Sort shapes and follow the path. Ready to have a wild time?

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This 48-page book contains several of our best-selling deductive thinking puzzles. It develops the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. These award-winning, fun puzzles are also great for developing real-life, problem-solving skills! Students learn to carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to make sure you get all the information out of each clue, by starting with the most obvious associations, then deducing the less obvious associations until everything finally fits together.Key Features : i : Students learn to carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and thingsii : 48-page book contains several of our best-selling deductive thinking puzzlesiii : Great for developing real-life, problem-solving skillsiv : Answer guide includedv : Grades 3-6

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This 128-page book uses topics and skills drawn from national math standards to prepare your students for advanced math courses and assessments that measure reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing in math. Students read a short story that includes a chart, table, or graph. Next they answer critical thinking questions to improve their understanding of the math concept and develop their critical thinking (comprehension) skills. Students can't just scan the story for answers—they must carefully analyze and synthesize the information from the text and the chart, table, or graph to explain and support their answers. The questions in Math Detective A1 are modeled after questions found on high-stakes math assessments, but require more critical thinking. These problems are excellent preparation for assessments that require students to explain and support their answers. Stories are age-relevant, high-interest, and show students that math is integral to everyday activities. This book contains a lesson that explains the concept of evidence, a chart of activity topics and key ideas to help parents and teachers select activities, and detailed answers. The activities in Math Detective A1 are organized around these math concepts: Number and Numeration Operations Geometry Probability Statistics Pre-AlgebraKey Features : i : Prepare your students for more advanced math courses and new assessmentsii : Measure reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing in mathiii : Includes topics such as number and numeration, operations, geometryiv : Also spatial sense, probability, statistics, pre-algebra, and more

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This 56-page book contains several of our best-selling deductive thinking puzzles. It develops the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. These award-winning, fun puzzles are also great for developing real-life, problem-solving skills! Students learn to carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to make sure you get all the information out of each clue, by starting with the most obvious associations, then deducing the less obvious associations until everything finally fits together. Step-by-step instructions and detailed answers are included. Puzzles increase in difficulty.Key Features : i : This deductive thinking puzzles, develops logic and great for developing real-life, problem solving skillsii : Develop reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjectsiii : Students carefully analyze each story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and thingsiv : Includes step-by-step instructions and detailed answers

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This 48-page book contains several of our verbal deductive thinking puzzles. Unlike our other Mind Benders® products, these puzzles are read to students, so they develop the logic, listening, mental organization, and memory skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. These award-winning, fun puzzles are also great for developing real-life, problem-solving skills! Students learn to carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to make sure you get all the information out of each clue, by starting with the most obvious associations, then deducing the less obvious associations until everything finally fits together. Step-by-step instructions and detailed answers are included. Puzzles increase in difficulty.Key Features : i : These activities may be read aloud to young students to encourage them to comprehend and organize sets of clues, deduce logical conclusions, and match up attributes in simple situationsii : Reproducible for single-classroom or single-home useiii : Reading level - Grade 3; Ability level: Grades K-2.iv : 78 activities and answers included

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Foster your kindergartner's critical thinking skills and see confidence soar! Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. Like reading and math skills, critical thinking skills require practice. The variety of fun and creative activities in this series will challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom's Taxonomy. Every page provides a new and interesting activity that will help your child: • Think outside the box and use higher-order thinking skills through open-ended questions and challenges • Tap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activities • Become a better learner by practicing critical thinking skills in cross-curricular activities (based on science, math, social studies, and language arts content) The 100+ activities are organized around these kindergarten themes: • Animals: Cats and Dogs; Insects • Transportation: Bikes, Trikes, and Wagons; Cars, Trucks, and Buses • Plants: Flowers; Trees • Places: Oceans and Deserts; Mountains and Plains Kindergarten activities include tracing, counting, dot-to-dot, and drawings that involve critical thinking skills such as: • Analyze • Solve • Identify • Differentiate • Create, and more! Plus, each page lists the critical thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing. Use Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking for enrichment at home and help your child become a confident problem solver! Includes answer key.Key Features : i : Help your child become a confident problem solverii : Includes over 100 activitiesiii : Grade Kiv : 144 pages

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Foster your first grader's critical thinking skills and see confidence soar! Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. Like reading and math skills, critical thinking skills require practice. The variety of fun and creative activities in this series will challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom's Taxonomy. Every page provides a new and interesting activity that will help your child: • Think outside the box and use higher-order thinking skills through open-ended questions and challenges • Tap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activities • Become a better learner by practicing critical thinking skills in cross-curricular activities (based on science, math, social studies, and language arts content) The 100+ activities are organized around these 1st grade themes: • Animals: Cats and Dogs; Giraffes and Elephants • Plants: Trees and Flowers; Fruits and Vegetables • Transportation: Cars, Trucks, and Buses; Planes and Trains • Places: The Playground and the Beach; Home and School Grade 1 activities include puzzles, word problems, drawings, and matching that involve critical thinking skills such as: • Analyze • Solve • Reason • Decode • Create, and more! Plus, each page lists the critical thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing. Use Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking for enrichment at home and help your child become a confident problem solver! Includes answer key.Key Features : i : Help your child become a confident problem solverii : Includes over 100 activitiesiii : Grade 1iv : 144 pages

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Engage your Grade 6+ students in thinking skills practice with Critical and Creative Thinking Activities! 140+ pages of fun, imaginative activities motivate students as they practice thinking in multiple ways about a variety of curriculum- and theme-based topics. 46 theme-based units make it easy to find activities that fit your core curriculum: * Places: In My Room, At the Dinner Table, Outer Space, In the Wilderness, Eating Out, At the Movies, At the Mall, U.S. Landmarks, On the Bus, Mythical Worlds * Nature in Action: Rivers and Streams, Rough Weather, Sharks, Bats, Arachnids, Predators and Prey, So Cute!, Reptiles * History and Beyond: Ancient Egypt, The Middle Ages, When in Rome, Pioneer Days, Into the Future * Technology: The Internet, Cellphones, From Here to There, Robots, Invention Convention * Things I Use: Clocks and Calendars, My Clothes, Say Cheese!, Numbers, Glue and Tape, Video Games, Maps and Globes * In My World: Tunes, Surprise!, Supersize It!, Friends, Holidays, Planet Earth, Nighttime, My Birthday, Bells and Whistles, Now You're Cookin', Leaders and FollowersKey Features : i : Imaginative activities motivate students as they practice thinking in multiple ways about a variety of curriculum and theme-based topicsii : This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer keyiii : Includes 160 pages

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The weather is acting out today: it's like having 4 seasons in 1 day! Can you help get these figurines dressed for the weather? But watch out! The order in which you get dressed is important! The perfect puzzle game for toddlers based on the hit game Color Code. Learn about colors, shapes, sequence, and orientation. Are you a person for all seasons? Download extra challenges online!

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The Color Scheme is a game of memory, maneuvers and manipulations. In this 2-player game each contestant attempts to be the first to decipher a color code that was created by their opponent. A sharp focus is essential for each successful move. Don't be distracted by the shifting of cubes. Your opponent is scheming to outwit you. You must stay one step ahead of them to win!

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Fuzzy Logic is the game where the best clues are the ones that aren't too good! Played in 2 teams, the challenge is to strategically give and receive clues to sets of target words. The best strategy is to only offer up clues that will help your teammates... but not help your opponents. This may be easier said than done because each target word has a familiar connection to the other.

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