Hands-On Thinking Skills - Critical Thinking Skills for Reading, Writing, Math, and Science (Grades K-1)

The fun, mind-building activities in this 256-page book develop spatial, verbal, motor, visual, and ytical thinking skills necessary for success in reading, writing, math, and science. Students have fun building manipulative relationships on each activity page using attribute blocks, pattern blocks, or interlocking cubes (sold separately). Activities and units are sequentially developed to keep students' interest level high. Activities encourage verbal ysis to build vocabulary and to maximize verbal and spatial skill synthesis.

The concepts covered in this book include:
Identifying Similarities and Differences

Shapes: Matching, Finding, Dividing, and Completing

Figures: Copying and Covering
Forming and Following Sequences and Patterns
Tracking, Paths, Copying, Completing Shapes, and Folding Figures and Paper
Classifying Objects and Groups

Objects: Color, Shape, and Size

Groups: Shape, Color, Describing, Adding, Separating, Forming, Defining, and Identifying Common Properties
Creating/Interpreting ogies
Shape, Color, Size, Position, and Pattern
Manipulatives are Required and Sold Separately
Students are required to use manipulatives including Attribute Blocks, Interlocking Cubes, and Pattern Blocks (required, sold separately) when doing the activities in this book.