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 Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking 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!

Includes answer key.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! The Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking Teaching Guides include:

• How to Use directions for teaching critical thinking skills
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for learning to problem solve
• Extension activities that include journals, behavioral verbs, and additional discussion topics

About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

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