Hands-On Thinking Skills (Grades PreK-1st)

Critical Thinking Skills for Reading • Writing • Math Readiness

Develops spatial, verbal, motor, visual, and analytical thinking skills.

Grades: K-1
Subject: Critical Thinking
ISBN: 0-89455-332-1
Activities: 245
Pages: 255

Manipulatives - Sold Separately
Children are required to use manipulatives including attribute blocks, pattern blocks, and interlocking cubes when doing the activities in this book. Each item can be purchased separately or purchased with the book in a bundle (Hands On Thinking Book and Manipulative Set).

Description & Features

Building Thinking Skills® Hands-On Primary develops spatial, verbal, motor, visual, and analytical thinking skills necessary for success in reading, writing, math, and science.

Children 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 your child's interest level high. Verbal analysis is encouraged to build vocabulary and maximize synthesis of verbal and spatial skills.

Test Preparation

Building Thinking Skills® Hands-On Primary guarantees top performance on assessment tests, including:

• Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test® (NNAT® Multilevel)
• Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT®)
• Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT-8)
• Woodcock-Johnson® Tests (WJ-III® and WJ-R®)
• Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) (WRAT-3)
• and many more!

Contents/Skills

Identifying Similarities and Differences

Shapes: Matching / Finding / Dividing / Completing

Figures: Copying / Covering

Forming/Following Sequences and Patterns

Tracking

Paths

Copying/Completing Shapes and Figures

Paper Folding

Classifying Objects and Groups

Objects: Color / Shape / Size

Groups: Shape / Color / Describe / Add / Form / Separate / Define /

Common Elements and Properties

Creating/Interpreting Analogies

Shape / Color / Size / Position / Pattern

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