Promote thinking!The 23 lessons in this unit take a variety of approaches to identifying similarities and differences. Picture puzzles reinforce visual discrimination. Word search activities promote single-word and short-phrase analysis.Examples: - Find at least 10 ways in which these pictures are different. - What makes these words similar: duck, chicken, turkey?Difficulty peaks with finding the similarities and differences in sentences. These step-by-step activities are sure to improve thinking and logic skills. And, because they seem more like games than work, students will have loads of fun while they learn.

Putting basic logic into practice! Because logic is the basis for all reasoning skills, it is important to teach it in as many different formats as possible. The 24 lessons in this unit involve the basic skills of language, math, and visual perception. Students must analyze each problem, evaluate possible solutions, and follow sequential steps to arrive at a conclusion. Example: Choose the ending that is most logical: “My bike has a flat tire, so: A) I need a new bike. B) I should fix the tire. C) I’ll ride it anyway.”The sequential activities featured here will most certainly help young learners develop critical thinking skills.

Teach problem solving! The 24 lessons in this unit are designed to help students turn abstract problems into graphic, semi-concrete formats. This ability is an important step in the development of effective problem-solving techniques. Example: "Planted four rows of flowers. Six plants in each row." How many flowers? Draw a picture to show how to solve each problem.By creating a visual representation of the components of a problem, students can more easily perform necessary operations. They can also see the logic – or absence of logic – in their solutions. The sequential activities featured here will most certainly help young learners develop critical thinking skills.

Learning a life skill! At a very young age, children encounter the need to follow verbal directions. As they grow, the directions become more complex. The 23 lessons in this unit use math, language, art, and listening skills - as well as reasoning, logic, and visualization - to develop critical thinking. The primary purpose of each activity is to focus on following directions. Example: Count all the members of your family - even your pets. How many feet are in your family?The activities featured begin at a fairly simple level and gradually become more difficult.

Reading made fun! This book is packed with 20 fully-illustrated, easy-to-read, comprehension activities for the beginning reader. Students are first challenged to match three sentences with three images: “The tree lost its leaves.” “I like to fly a kite.” “Herb is brushing his teeth.” To practice writing, spelling, and penmanship, pupils are then asked to create their own sentence to describe a fourth image. Coloring all the drawings adds a creative flair to each exercise.

Motivate reluctant writers! Five different formats are utilized in this 25-lesson unit to help stimulate creative writing:Story Starters:“I woke up in the morning and discovered I was 7 feet tall!”Topics with Corresponding Word Lists:“Use these words to write a story: beach, sand, buried…”Q&A:“Imagine you are the Statue of Liberty. What interesting things have you seen?”Visual Representation:“Write a story to tell what you think has happened in this picture.”News Story Completion:“Farmer Says Neighbors Are Aliens: Write a news story telling the who, what, where and when.”

Putting things in order! This lesson unit features 24 straight-edge jigsaw puzzles – each accompanied by sentence writing and picture coloring activities. The exercises are designed to improve visual perception, writing, vocabulary, fine motor, and sequencing skills. After cutting out the puzzle pieces, students paste them together in sequential order. Once completed, students are challenged to use the related vocabulary words in a sentence. This is a great book for visual learners!

This book makes introducing children to vocabulary's A, E, I, O, U's a snap.Designed specifically for learning the basic beginning skills of vowel sounds, this starter book features 28 pages of fancifully illustrated activities. Visual word games and vowel tracing will instill the familiarity needed to encourage reading success.

This 20-lesson unit is designed to help teachers evaluate students’ ability to understand and appropriately respond to verbal information. The exercises may also be used to assist in the development of listening and following direction skills. “How would you feel if a bull was chasing you?” “Is a potato a fruit?” “Wink your eye!”For those students who find verbal response difficult, or to add an element of fun, picture response cards have been included.

Help your students develop important writing skills with this fun and delightfully illustrated book. Easy Sentence Writing will inspire students to develop sentence-writing skills. Four formats add variety as they write original sentences, create sentences from pictures, form sentences from a word bank and more.

The 26 lessons in this book take students through a full range of exercises designed to further their dictionary skills. From identifying syllables, compound words and guide words, to comprehending multiple meanings, homonyms and abbreviations, the activities included here will help build a better understanding of the many uses of a dictionary. Exercises include alphabetization, finding definitions, spelling, determining parts of speech, and more.

Appreciating other lands and cultures. The history, language, customs, and cultures of Greece, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria are all topics covered in this informative book. As students learn about these far off places and work the accompanying activities, they will build comprehension. The 30 illustrated exercises here enhance learning with information-packed stories about each country. The Greek history of the Olympic Games is covered, as is a recipe for German Potato Salad. There is even a lesson on the Holidays in Holland. Learning has never been so much fun.Reading Level 3

Each of the 24 creative yet challenging crossword puzzles in this workbook put forth a number of riddles or rhymes. Twelve words are featured with each puzzle. Riddle and Rhyme clues challenge students to ponder the appropriate answer. Examples: Rhymes with Choke: Scared, Smoke, Donate... I direct a group of musicians: Puppets, Butcher, Conductor... Comprehension skills are given a great workout with these activities.

Building writing confidence and give students are reason to write! Skills Covered Include: - Writing messages - Jotting down notes - Creating a sign or a poster - Writing a friendly letter, form letter, and a social note - Addressing an envelope - And more! All these activities are put to practice by the 29 lessons in this learning unit. Each of the motivating exercises boost vocabulary development, clarity, conciseness, order, and form. Best of all, students will have fun writing.

Test logical thinking! Solving the oodles of picture problems and word logic puzzles in this book will keep students’ minds active and promote logical thinking. Children must learn to organize the clues presented so they can reach the logical solutions. In all, there are 25 exercises that progressively increase in difficulty.

Teach the thinking process! Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit. The 28, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize word searches, puzzles, and color coding to teach students to identify inferences. (“I have black and white fur. I live in the forest. Sometimes I smell bad. What am I?).Following directions are also covered. (Write the names of each creature pictured. “Fred is the biggest. Ned is bigger than Jed. One is named Ted. Jed is not the smallest.”)The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.

Teach the thinking process! Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit. The 26, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize word, image, and shape associations to make students aware of the similarities and differences between objects and word meanings. “See how the pictures are different. How many differences can you find?”) Analogies are also covered. (“Bite is to Dog as Sting is to ___: Bee, Hurt, Bear.”)The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.

Exercise thinking skills and build vocabulary! In each of the 24 lessons in this unit, student must first answer a series of random letter-placement clues. If their “logic” is correct, the letters spell a word. Students are then challenged to write an original sentence using the word. The vocabulary featured is at an easy level so that the focus is on thinking more than on word knowledge. Creative illustrations and coloring activities add to the fun of learning.

Improve attention span! The 23 visual activities in this popular unit are designed to increase students’ concentration and attention to details. One exercise, for example, includes two versions of a picture – each depicting two boys fishing on a riverbank. Students are challenged to find 10 differences between the drawings. The game-like exercises found here range from hidden objects and memory graphics to word pyramids and categorizations. Children are sure to have loads of fun while stimulating their thinking skills.

Seeking out more information. From “Bodies of Water” to “Historical Events,” this book presents over 100 “social studies” topics for students to research. Each category presents a word search puzzle from which students choose a specific research topic. (“Transportation: Spirit of St. Louis. Hindenberg. Titanic. Orient Express…”) A series of statements follow, encouraging students to find specific information. (“It was built in the year ___ by ____.”)To put what they have learned to use, guidelines for the structure of a report are included.