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 . . .
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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 . . .
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Dr. DooRiddles Book A-1 Grades PreK-2 -- $10.99 -- Children in grades PreK -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 48 pages long and has 120 reproducible riddles.   Example from this book - I contain an S, And I contain a T; Think now of a girl, That is in the family. What am I?..................... (Answer - Sister) Softcover, consumbable, all answers are included in the front of this . . .
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Dr. DooRiddles Book A-2 Grades PreK-2 -- $10.99 -- Children in grades PreK -2 will love this book of rhyming riddles. Students read (or are dictated) each line in these riddles, look for clues, and mentally connect the clues to figure out what is being described. This book is 48 pages long and has 120 reproducible riddles. Teaching suggestions and answers are included in the book!  Solving the riddles requires students to evaluate homonyms, synonyms, homophones, prefixes, roots, and suffixes in order to deduce and spell whole and partial . . .
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Dr. DooRiddles Book A-3 Grades 2-3 -- $10.99 -- Dr. DooRiddles develops students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations as it improves their spelling, vocabulary, reading, and problem-solving skills.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.   Example . . .
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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.
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Dr. DooRiddles Book B-2 Grades 4-7 -- $10.99 -- Children in grades 4-7 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 64 pages long and has 160 reproducible riddles. Teaching suggestions and answers are included in the book. 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. Example . . .
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Interlocking Snap Cubes -- $12.50 $11.97 -- This set of 100 plastic cubes in 10 colors connect on all six sides. Easy for little hands to connect and twist apart. Ages 5 - 13  WARNING CHOKING HAZARD: Small Parts. Not for Children Under 3 years.
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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 . . .
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MightyMind -- $16.95 $13.27 -- 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 . . .
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MightyMind Aquarium Adventure Design Book -- $9.95 $8.27 -- This product extends the award winning MightyMind series using unique proportional MightyMind Design Tiles and a progressive series of challenging puzzles. A child builds a variety of underwater scenes that develop the important and necessary skills every child needs. It keeps kids busy for hours!  The game MightyMind or SuperMind is required for this add-on product. Although this product can be played with more than one child it is well-suited for indivdual and independent play.Ages: 5-9
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Mind Benders Book 1
Grades Pre K - K -- $9.99 -- Mind Benders develop logic, reading comprehension, and mental organizational skills that are vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects. They're also great for developing real-life, problem-solving skills. Students 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 associations until everything finally . . .
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Mind Benders Book 2
Grades 1-2 -- $9.99 -- Mind Benders develop logic, reading comprehension, and mental organizational skills that are vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects. They're also great for developing real-life, problem-solving skills. Students 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 associations until everything finally . . .
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Mind Benders Book 3,
Grades 3-6 -- $9.99 -- Mind Benders develop logic, reading comprehension, and mental organizational skills that are vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects. They're also great for developing real-life, problem-solving skills. Your students will learn to carefully analyze each Mind Benders puzzle 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 associations until everything . . .
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Mind Benders Book 4,
Grades 3-6 -- $9.99 -- Mind Benders develop logic, reading comprehension, and mental organizational skills that are vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects. They're also great for developing real-life, problem-solving skills. Your students will learn to carefully analyze each Mind Benders puzzle 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 associations until everything . . .
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Mind Benders Verbal, 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 . . .
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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, . . .
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SuperMind -- $16.95 $13.27 -- 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.  WARNING . . .
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Test Ready Language Arts 1 -- $10.27 -- Whether you use this book before testing to review concepts or in the beginning of the year to identify known skills, this book is a great resource! TEST READY Language Arts covers three areas- Spelling—cloze items and spotting misspelled words Language—mechanics, expression, and use of resources Rubric-scored writing—students write narrative, expository, or descriptive passages Student Book contains- Optional pretest Ten practice lessons Timed practice post . . .
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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. For ages 12 and up. Features Fun to use – not dry like a math textbook Can be used after or before The Fallacy Detective Introductory – teaches . . .
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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. . . .
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What Would You Do? Moral Dilemmas (Book 1) -- $9.99 -- You and your student are presented with 29 scenarios and the at least 6 other questions that pertain to the "problem", and possible solutions, but no answers.  This is meant to be a discussion guide that involves both the student and the parent-teacher.    Here is problem 14 as an example -   Suppose one of your friends tells a lie to someone in front of you. 1.   a. Would you tell the person your friend is lying?       . . .
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What Would You Do? Moral Dilemmas (Book 1) -- $9.99 -- You and your student are presented with 29 scenarios and the at least 6 other questions that pertain to the "problem", and possible solutions, but no answers.  This is meant to be a discussion guide that involves both the student and the parent-teacher.    Here is problem 14 as an example -   Suppose one of your friends tells a lie to someone in front of you. 1.   a. Would you tell the person your friend is lying?       . . .
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