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

Develops vocabulary, reading, reasoning, and analytical skills.

Grade(s): PreK-1
Subject: Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking Skills for Reading • Writing • Math Readiness

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. Activities and units are sequentially developed to keep your child's interest level high. Activities encourage verbal analysis to build vocabulary and to maximize verbal and spatial skill synthesis.

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!

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Hands-On Thinking Skill Book and Manipulative Set (Grades PreK-1st)

Save 10% with Set - Includes Book, Attribute Blocks (hard plastic) in sorting tray, Linking Cubes (hard plastic), and Pattern Blocks (hard plastic)
Grades: Pre-Kindergarten to 1st
The #1-selling thinking skills program in the world! Highly effective verbal and nonverbal reasoning activities improve students' vocabulary, reading, writing, math, logic, and figural spatial skills as well as their visual, motor, analytical thinking, and auditory processing skills.
Test preparation - guarantees top performance on assessment tests and GATE exams!
Multiple award winner, including Creative Child Seal of Excellence award and the Cathy Duffy Top 100

Regular price: $68.96

Sale price: $64.99

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

Grades: Kindergarten - 1st
Non-verbal, figural-spatial reasoning activities.
Highly effective and entertaining book improves students' vocabulary, reading, writing, math, logic, and figural spatial skills as well as their visual, motor, analytical thinking, and auditory processing skills.
Hands On Thinking Skills book requires attribute blocks, pattern blocks, and interlocking cubes (sold separately or in a book and manipulative set).
Test preparation - guarantees top performance on assessment tests and GATE exams!
Multiple award winner, including Creative Child Seal of Excellence award and the Cathy Duffy Top 100

$26.99

Interlocking Cubes (Hard Plastic)
Blocks, Cubes, & Pattern Blocks Manipulative Set
Hands-On Thinking Skill Book and Manipulative Set (Grades PreK-1st)