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Attribute Blocks
-- $19.95 $15.94
-- Unique proportional sizing of these high-quality desk-size attribute blocks lets them do double duty: use them for both attributes and fractions lessons! Great for demonstration as well as individual and center activities.
Building Thinking Skills
Level 3 Figural Grades 7-12+
-- $29.99
-- Building Thinking Skills® provides highly effective verbal and 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. The activities are sequenced developmentally. Each skill (for example, classifying) is presented first in the semi-concrete figural-spatial form and then in the abstract . . .
Building Thinking Skills
Level 3 Verbal
Grades 7-12+
-- $29.99
-- Building Thinking Skills® provides highly effective verbal and 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. The activities are sequenced developmentally. Each skill (for example, classifying) is presented first in the semi-concrete figural-spatial form and then in the abstract . . .
Building Thinking Skills Level 1
Grades 2 - 3
-- $29.99
-- Building Thinking Skills® provides highly effective verbal and 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. The activities are sequenced developmentally. Each skill (for example, classifying) is presented first in the semi-concrete figural-spatial form and then in the abstract . . .
Building Thinking Skills Teachers Book 3 - Verbal
-- $18.99
-- Teachers Instruction & Answer Guide for Building Thinking Skills Book 3-Verbal.
Building Thinking Skills® Level 2
Grades 4 - 6
-- $29.99
-- Building Thinking Skills® provides highly effective verbal and 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. The activities are sequenced developmentally. Each skill (for example, classifying) is presented first in the semi-concrete figural-spatial form and then in the abstract . . .
Building Thinking Skills® Level 3 Figural
Student Edition
-- $26.99
-- Building Thinking Skills® provides highly effective verbal and 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. Paperback, 264 pages
Case of the Red Herrings - Book A1
-- $12.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLSMake InferencesDeduce InformationAnalyzeTest AssumptionsCreative Problem SolvingLogicForm ConclusionsDevelop Questioning Strategies
Case of the Red Herrings - Book A2
-- $12.99
-- This item has been discontinued by the publisher.
TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLSMake InferencesDeduce InformationAnalyzeTest AssumptionsCreative Problem SolvingLogicForm ConclusionsDevelop Questioning Strategies
Case of the Red Herrings - Book B1
-- $12.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLSMake InferencesDeduce InformationAnalyzeTest AssumptionsCreative Problem SolvingLogicForm ConclusionsDevelop Questioning Strategies
Case of the Red Herrings - Book B2
-- $12.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLSMake InferencesDeduce InformationAnalyzeTest AssumptionsCreative Problem SolvingLogicForm ConclusionsDevelop Questioning Strategies
Case of the Red Herrings - Set of all 4 books
-- $46.99
-- No longer available from Publisher
Students are given a short, seemingly contradictory statement, then ask “yes” or “no” questions as they try to solve each mystery. Solutions are often funny, adding interest to the activities. These books help students to read and listen carefully, make inferences and deductions, test assumptions, develop creative questioning strategies, and look beyond the obvious to generate solutions. Each book has 32 reproducible activities. There is no increase in difficulty . . .
Dr. DooRiddles Book A-1 Grades K-2
-- $10.99
-- Children in grades K-2 will love this book of rhyming riddles. Students read each line in these riddles, look for clues, and mentally connect the clues to figure out what is being described. This book is 39 pages long and has 120-160 reproducible riddles. Teaching suggestions and answers are included in the book!
Dr. DooRiddles Book B-1 Grades 4 - 7
-- $10.99
-- Students carefully read through clues in each riddle, analyzing connections within and between clues to figure out what is being described. Solving the riddles requires students to evaluate homonyms, synonyms, homophones, prefixes, roots, and suffixes in order to deduce and spell whole and partial word answers. Includes practice activities, suggestions, and answers. This book is 40 pages long and has 120-160 reproducible riddles. For grades 4-7.
Dr. DooRiddles Book C-1 Grades 8 and up
-- $10.99
-- These engaging rhyming riddles improve students’ associative reasoning, word use, understanding of multiple word meanings, and more. Students read the riddles and look for clues to figure out what is being described. Solving the riddles requires students to evaluate homonyms, synonyms, homophones, prefixes, roots, and suffixes in order to deduce and spell whole and partial word answers. Teaching suggestions and answers are included in the book! For Grades 8th-12th+.
Interlocking Snap Cubes
-- $11.50 $10.97
-- This set of 100 plastic cubes in 10 colors connect on all six sides. Easy for little hands to connect and twist apart.
Logic in 100 Minutes, DVD
-- $15.00
-- People are easily intimidated by their first encounter with logic. It looks very abstract, difficult, and boring. In these workshops, Hans and Nathaniel Bluedorn introduce what logic is and how to use it- all in a useful and fun way. In Part 1, Learning to Think Logically, Hans and Nathaniel show how to spot propaganda and fallacies on TV and the Internet. They introduce ways parents and students can combat illogic around them. Common errors in reasoning are explained along with recommended books . . .
MightyMind
-- $15.95 $12.97
-- Ah ha! We've come upon a great answer for this FAQ from home schooling parents world-wide! "What do I do with my smaller ones while I'm busy with the older ones?" Very gradually, children teach themselves how to solve and build puzzles that become increasingly more complex. They will build complex designs, and solve puzzles without assistance! Learning to think comes before reading and math, and MightyMind® will keep them busy for hours. This game includes 32 durable playing pieces and 30 puzzle . . .
Mind Benders
Beginning Book 2
-- $9.99
-- Grades 1 – 2 Mind Benders®, a bestselling deductive thinking puzzles, develop the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects. They're also great for developing real-life problem-solving skills.
Your child will carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to start with the most obvious associations, then deduce less obvious . . .
Mind Benders Book A-1
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLS:Who Are the Twins?Find the NicknameName the AnimalsHow Old Are They?Place the HousesFavorite SportsWho's Hiding Where?Name the Animals IIThe Jobs People DoWhat's in a Name?The Football TeamThe Name GamePeople at WorkIt's All About GradesFavorite TV ShowsThese activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling real-life problems . . .
Mind Benders Book A-2
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLS:Order of AgeFavorite ColorsWhat's for Breakfast?A Tougher ProblemThree DaughtersHeight ClassificationA Construction TaleNames and AgesCars and ColorsA Glimpse of RoyaltyProgressive PatternTransportation ScheduleThe School PlayThe Bit Testand more... These activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling real-life problems . . .
Mind Benders Book A-3
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLS:Lots of RocksClass PresidentSchool AttendanceArmy OfficersSpelling ContestOld-Time Radio ShowsHome with the AnimalsCompany PresidentsAnimals at the ZooWhat's in a Name?Choice of CareersWhen Were They Born?Shopping Tripand more... These activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling real-life problems with success. Students . . .
Mind Benders Book A-4
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLS:Who's Who?What's on Television?Newspaper RoutesThey're in the BandHousehold AppliancesTeachers and StudentsAcrobats in ActionCities and StatesBirds in the TreesTelephone NumbersCars and DriversThe Name's Not the SameThe Jobs People DoThe Repair BusinessIn the NeighborhoodThese activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling . . .
Mind Benders Book B-1
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLS:Who Works Where?Around the WorldEach Has Two JobsAt the CourtArmed ForcesPart-time JobsIn the ArmyPets at HomeBaseball PlayersThe Jobs People DoPen PalsTheir Favorite ThingsNames and Jobsand more... These activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling real-life problems with success. Students develop these skills by searching . . .
Mind Benders Book B-2
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLS:Married PeopleAfterschool ActivitiesThe Daily TrainAt the Grocery StorePower FailureWhat People DoNewspaper InterviewCollecting FoodAll About PeopleWork and PlayMultiple Identitiesand more... These activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling real-life problems with success. Students develop these skills by searching . . .
Mind Benders Book B-3
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLS:Ice CreamPet CatsCatching a ColdKeeping CoolBread and MarmaladeShow and Tell PetsHow It Looks on PaperWhere They WorkOld CarsAt the Dairy BarHow Much Weight?Drug Store ShoppingDomestic Flightsand more... These activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling real-life problems with success. Students develop these skills by . . .
Mind Benders Book B-4
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLSTeacher's PensBuilding a HouseBirthday PartyHair ColorsFairy TalesPicnic in the ParkWho Works for Whom?Ages of FiveWhat Makes Cars GoCoats and ShoesHousehold ChoresFour at DinnerFavorite Drinksand more... These activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling real-life problems with success. Students develop these skills by . . .
Mind Benders Book C-1
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLS:Downtown ShoppingVital StateCome As You AreAll in a RowFacts on FiveFather and ChildTeeing OffFeelings for FlowersSix BowlersHorsing AroundThree and ThreeNine Singlesand more... These activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling real-life problems with success. Students develop these skills by searching through each activity . . .
Mind Benders Book C-2
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLS:Unusual AnimalsAll SickAppointmentsNames and OccupationsCostume PartyParty TimeCollections and CareersScouting New TalentHobbiesPotluck PicnicBirthday for Mrs. BakerDog ShowGrades and Classesand more... These activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling real-life problems with success. Students develop these skills by . . .
Mind Benders Book C-3
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLSBook WormsCareer WomenUniversity StudentsGetting to WorkThe Round Table DinnerVacation from the NewspaperFoolish Superstitions?PTA Bake SaleThe Person Next DoorNicknamesSpace AliensA Charitable EventPlant Varietyand more...These activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling real-life problems with success. Students develop . . .
Mind Benders Warm Up, Grades K-2
-- $9.99
-- TABLE OF CONTENTS/SKILLS:Deductive reasoningOrganizationInformation processing skillsand much more!
These activities will do great things for your students’ deductive reasoning and understanding. Mastery of both skills is vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects - and for handling real-life problems with success. Students develop these skills by searching through each activity, carefully examining obvious and not-so-obvious clues for information they can use to make logical . . .
Mind Benders®
Beginning Book 1
-- $9.99
-- Grades Pre K-K Mind Benders®, a bestselling deductive thinking puzzles, develop the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects. They're also great for developing real-life problem-solving skills.
Your child will carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to start with the most obvious associations, then deduce less obvious . . .
Quick Study Logic
-- $4.95
-- Laminated QUICK STUDY GUIDES from Bar Charts provide valuable, clear and concise information on almost any subject. An excellent review/refresh aid, you’ll find this standard-sized (8.5 x 11) academic tool fits easily into any notebook, efficiently packs into a back pack or on a bookshelf, and travels well when studying in the van with picnics on field trips, vacations, or dental appointments... This four-paged study guide contains fundamental logic definitions and analysis which is specifically . . .
Reading Detective Beginning Software
Grades 3-4
-- $29.99
-- Reading Detective's standards-based critical thinking activities develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills students need for exceptional reading comprehension. The activities are especially effective at helping students understand more challenging reading concepts such as drawing inferences, determining cause and effect, and using context clues to define vocabulary. Students read and analyze short literature excerpts and stories that include fiction and nonfiction content. Then they . . .
Reading Detective Books, Beginning (Grades 3 - 4)
-- $23.99
-- The activities are presented in single-skill units, allowing students to learn and practice a skill thoroughly before moving on. Students read and analyze stories and then answer multiple-choice and short-response questions, citing sentence-level evidence that supports their answers. The final unit includes mixed-skills activities for additional practice and reinforcement. Stories include literature excerpts, original fiction, and nonfiction topics. Book includes pre-/post tests, guidelines, and . . .
Reading Detective Books, Level A-1 (Grades 5-6)
-- $23.99
-- This level begins with brief lessons that teach specific reading and analysis skills. Then students progress into mixed-skills activities involving literature, original fiction, and nonfiction stories. Students read and analyze stories and then answer multiple-choice and short-response questions, citing sentence-level evidence that supports their answers. These thinking activities develop the analysis, synthesis, and word skills students need for exceptional reading comprehension. Stories are one . . .
Reading Detective Books, Level B-1 (Grades 7-8)
-- $23.99
-- B level begins with brief lessons that teach specific reading and analysis skills. Then students progress into mixed-skills activities involving literature, original fiction, and nonfiction stories. Students read and analyze stories and then answer multiple-choice and short-response questions, citing sentence-level evidence that supports their answers.
Stories are one page or less in length, sequenced by difficulty, and presented in a wide variety of story types and styles. Book includes works . . .
Reading Detective Books, Rx (Grades 6-12)
-- $23.99
-- Reading and analysis skills are introduced and practiced through single-skill units presented at grade 4–6 readability but grade 6+ interest level. Students learn to draw inferences and conclusions, recognize cause and effect, understand figurative language, and more. Mixed skills are included in the final unit for review and reinforcement. Includes pre- and post tests, guidelines, and detailed answers.
Reading Detective Software A-1 Grades 5-6
-- $29.99
-- Reading Detective's standards-based critical thinking activities develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills students need for exceptional reading comprehension. The activities are especially effective at helping students understand more challenging reading concepts such as drawing inferences, determining cause and effect, and using context clues to define vocabulary. Students read and analyze short literature excerpts and stories that include fiction and nonfiction content. Then they . . .
Reading Detective Software B-1
Grades 7-8
-- $29.99
-- Reading Detective's standards-based critical thinking activities develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills students need for exceptional reading comprehension. The activities are especially effective at helping students understand more challenging reading concepts such as drawing inferences, determining cause and effect, and using context clues to define vocabulary. Students read and analyze short literature excerpts and stories that include fiction and nonfiction content. Then they . . .
Red Herring Mysteries Level 1
-- $14.99
-- Red Herring Mysteries develops a child's inferential and deductive thinking skills for more effective reading, listening, and logical thinking. The activities also encourage creative brainstorming and flexible thinking.Given a seemingly contradictory statement, children must practice good thinking strategies and formulate astute "yes/no" questions to help them discover the solution to each mystery. Resolutions are often funny, adding appeal to the activities.
Includes tips, suggestions, answers . . .
Red Herring Mysteries Level 2
-- $14.99
-- Red Herring Mysteries develops a child's inferential and deductive thinking skills for more effective reading, listening, and logical thinking. The activities also encourage creative brainstorming and flexible thinking.Given a seemingly contradictory statement, children must practice good thinking strategies and formulate astute "yes/no" questions to help them discover the solution to each mystery. Resolutions are often funny, adding appeal to the activities.
Includes tips, suggestions, answers . . .
Super Challenger Game
-- $29.95 $26.97
-- A triple value game from the makers of MightyMind! Although this is targeted for kids who have already mastered MightyMind, this is not a prerequisite. There are three levels of challenging tangram puzzle activities that include: MightyMind Challenger. These patterns present a new and unique series of carefully sequenced designs arranged in alphabetical order. Works with either MightyMind or SuperMind Design Tiles and provides an excellent transition from MightyMind to SuperMind.
SuperMind Design . . .
SuperMind
-- $15.95 $12.97
-- This sequel to MightyMind® is a play-alone activity kit that stimulates a child to explore and discover the fascinating way shapes can be combined to make delightful pictures and designs. Has 32 colorful design shapes, neatly contained in a plastic storage tray with numbered advanced programmed puzzle cards. Builds the skills and confidence every child needs. This product is for ages 5-9 and is makes a great travel game. For lesson plans, use it as a fun supplement to math and critical thinking.
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The Fallacy Detective
-- $22.00
-- "What is a fallacy?" you may ask. A fallacy is an error in logic - a place where someone has made a mistake in his/her thinking.
This book is for fallacy detectives - designed to be a handy text for learning to spot common errors in reasoning.
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The Thinking Toolbox
-- $22.00
-- Thirty-Five Lessons That Will Build Your Reasoning Skills by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn This book is like a toolbox, full of different kinds of tools you can use for different thinking tasks. Just as you use the wrench in a regular tool box to fix the sink, so you can use the tools you are given in this book to solve thinking problems.
The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide
-- $24.99 $21.97
-- Focusing on building actual models with real bricks, The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide comes with complete instructions to build several cool models but also encourages you to use your imagination to create your own fantastic creations. Inside, you'll learn:
The best ways to connect bricks and creative uses for those patterns
Tricks for calculating and using scale (it's not as hard as you think)
The step-by-step plans to create a train station on the scale of LEGO people (a.k.a. . . .
Visual Perceptual Skill Building Book 1
-- $24.99
-- Book 1 is for grades PreK - 1.Visual Perceptual Skill Building develops your student's recognition of letters, words, numbers, and similar/dissimilar objects. It also improves sequencing and visual memory skills.
These quick, engaging activities are designed specifically for shorter attention spans. No reading is required. Directions may be read aloud as needed. This book includes eight progressively more challenging skill sections with pre-tests and post-tests to evaluate students' beginning and . . .
Visual Perceptual Skill Building Book 2
-- $24.99
-- Book 2 is for grades 2-3.Visual Perceptual Skill Building develops your student's recognition of letters, words, numbers, and similar/dissimilar objects. It also improves sequencing and visual memory skills.
These quick, engaging activities are designed specifically for shorter attention spans. No reading is required. Directions may be read aloud as needed. This book includes eight progressively more challenging skill sections with pre-tests and post-tests to evaluate students' beginning and ending . . .
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