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

Warren Hill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1601445008 ISBN 13: 9781601445001

Publisher: Critical Thinking Co, 1987

Synopsis

The fun, mind-building activities in this 256-page book develop spatial, verbal, motor, visual, and analytical 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 analysis 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 Analogies

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Critical Thinking Co
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 1601445008
• ISBN 13: 9781601445001
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 255