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The entire Building Thinking Skills® series provides highly effective verbal and nonverbal reasoning activities to improve students’ vocabulary, reading, writing, math, logic, and figural-spatial skills, as well as their visual and auditory processing. This exceptional series provides a solid foundation for academic excellence and success in any assessment. Building Thinking Skills® Level 3 is comprised of two separate books – Figural and Verbal. The activities are developmentally sequenced. The Figural book of Building Thinking Skills® Level 3 teaches students to analyze relationships between objects in the semi-concrete (figural-spatial) form to develop the following skills: - Observing, recognizing, and describing characteristics - Distinguishing similarities and differences - Identifying and completing sequences, classifications, and analogies These processes help students develop superior thinking and communication skills that lead to deeper content learning in all subjects. Teaching Support Activities are modeled to reinforce skills and concepts. An answer guide is now included, however, a separate Instruction/Answer Guide is also available but is not required. The optional teaching guide includes objectives and focus questions that reinforce analytical skills. See components sold separately above for ordering information about the separate, optional Instruction/Answer Guide. 288 pages. Perforated. From The Critical Thinking Company. Gr. 7-12+ Learn More

This engaging 416-page book develops critical thinking skills necessary for success in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and standardized tests in Grades 4-6. The Building Thinking Skills® series is the bestselling thinking skills program in the world! The engaging, highly-effective activities are developmentally sequenced. Each skill (for example, classifying) is presented first in the semi-concrete figural-spatial form. Students also learn important academic vocabulary, concepts, and skills as they analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words by:

- Observing, recognizing, and describing characteristics - Distinguishing similarities and differences - Identifying and completing sequences, classifications, and analogies These processes help students develop superior thinking and communication skills that lead to deeper content learning in all subjects.

LEVEL 2

Figural-Spatial Skills

Describing shapes Figures: compare / describe / copy / enlarge / divide Diagrams: overlapping classes / Venn / branching / cycle Mental pattern folding / symmetry Directionality / Position in space Mental rotation / reflection / tumbling / stacking / folding of 2-D objects Congruence / area / volume Analogies: size / color / orientation / detail Visual motor integration and memory Use of graphic organizers

Verbal Skills

Spelling / Vocabulary / Writing: describing things and words Following and writing 1-, 2-, and 3-step directions Antonyms / synonyms Analogies: kind of / part of / used to / association / action Deductive / Inductive reasoning Parts of a whole Map reading Writing directions Logic: if-then / yes-no / true-false Orientation: person / place / time Auditory memory Language acquisition

Teaching Support Activities are modeled to reinforce skills and concepts.

An answer guide is included.

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This engaging 320-page book develops critical thinking skills necessary for success in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and standardized tests in Grades 2-3. The Building Thinking Skills® series is the bestselling thinking skills program in the world! The engaging, highly-effective activities are developmentally sequenced. Each skill (for example, classifying) is presented first in the semi-concrete figural-spatial form and then in the abstract verbal form. Students also learn important academic vocabulary, concepts, and skills as they analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words by:

- Observing, recognizing, and describing characteristics - Distinguishing similarities and differences - Identifying and completing sequences, classifications, and analogies These processes help students develop superior thinking and communication skills that lead to deeper content learning in all subjects.

LEVEL 1 Figural-Spatial Skills: Describing shapes Figures: compare / describe /copy / enlarge / divide Diagrams: overlapping classes / Venn / branching / cycle Mental pattern folding / symmetry Directionality / Position in space Mental rotation / reflection / tumbling / stacking / folding of 2-D objects Congruence / area / volume Analogies: size / color / orientation / detail Visual motor integration and memory Use of graphic organizers

Verbal Skills: Spelling / Vocabulary / Writing: describing things and words Following and writing 1-, 2-, and 3-step directions Antonyms / synonyms Analogies: kind of / part of / used to / association / action Deductive / Inductive reasoning Parts of a whole Map reading Writing directions Logic: if-then / yes-no / true-false Orientation: person / place / time Auditory memory Language acquisition

Teaching Support Activities are modeled to reinforce skills and concepts. An answer guide is included.

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Building thinking skills beginning, provides fun, highly effective and engaging reasoning activities to improve the vocabulary, pre-reading, pre-writing, math, logic, spatial, and auditory processing skills of preschoolers.

It teaches children to use organized analysis instead of guesswork to solve problems as it develops Critical Thinking skills necessary for success in reading, math, writing, and science.

The title may be used as a complete Critical Thinking Curriculum to prepare young Minds for preschool academics.

The book uses colorful, easy-to-understand activities, sequenced in small steps, many game-like, and solvable in a short period.

Recommended for ages 4 and up.

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In labyrinths and mazes the path least traveled does make all the difference — but you will also find yourself bridge crossing, escaping from caves, lighting firecrackers, untangling snakes, ringing bells, visiting country taverns, spelling out passwords, and solving a host of other unique problems in Walter Shepherd's fascinating takeoffs on one of the world's oldest intellectual stimulations. There are 50 new puzzles in this book. There are crime names and Christmas mazes, country mazes and city mazes, mazes for all skills and mazes for all seasons of the year. There are even mazes that are games you can play over and over again. Each maze has a story to go with it and often a set of hints and complications. The illustrations are all printed in large size (perfect for framing or creating in craft or needlework for even more amazing fun). Some are classical mazes: others are solid mazes, ripple mazes, short-path labyrinths, avoidance labyrinths, mazes in which you have to visit all rooms and mazes that test your skill in countless other ways. Also included is an introduction to the history of mazes and a special section on maze solving. If somehow you don't get one of the mazes or feel you have to test your own conclusions, a solutions section in the back gives full information. Walter Shepherd has made another significant contribution to cerebral recreations in this volume. You will find hours of pleasure and hours of delightful torture when you show them to friends. Both young and old will have fun solving these puzzles. 128 pages. From Dover Publications. Learn More

Balance Math & More Level 3 Grades 6-12+ by Critical Thinking Company. These activities sharpen students' critical thinking skills, computational skills, and develop algebraic reasoning. The third book in the series involves addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication, as well as fractions and decimals. The spiraling difficulty level within each book is designed to scaffold a students' conceptual understanding of the targeted operations from beginning to advanced. Try one of these intriguing puzzles- and then try to stop! Grades 2-5. Softcover. 46 pages. Reproducible. Learn More

The Balance Math™ & More! activities sharpen students' critical thinking skills, computational skills, and develop algebraic reasoning. The second book (Level 2) focuses on multiplication and division of whole numbers, but has a few problems involving fractions. The spiraling difficulty level is designed to scaffold a child's conceptual understanding of the targeted operations from beginning to advanced. Try one of these intriguing puzzles—and then try to stop! 48 pages. Reproducible. From The Critical Thinking Company. Learn More

Balance Math & More Level 1 by The Critical Thinking Company. These activities sharpen students' critical thinking skills, computational skills, and develop algebraic reasoning. The first book in the series focuses on addition and subtraction of whole numbers. The spiraling difficulty level within each book is designed to scaffold a students' conceptual understanding of the targeted operations from beginning to advanced. Try one of these intriguing puzzles- and then try to stop! Grades 2-5. Softcover. 46 pages. Learn More

Move over Sudoku, here come Balance Benders™! You can use these books as quick, fun logic problems or as stepping stones to success in algebra. Children develop deductive thinking and pre-algebra skills as they solve balance puzzles that are more fun and addictive than Sudoku puzzles! Children must analyze each balance to identify the clues, and then synthesize the information to solve the puzzle. Try one—and then try to stop! Learn More

Balance Benders Level 2 Grades 6-12. Mover over Sudoku, here comes Balance Benders! You can use these books as quick, fun, problems or as stepping-stones to success to algebra. Children develop deductive thinking and pre-algebra skills as they solve balance puzzles that are more fun and addictive than Sudoku puzzles! Children must analyze each balance to identify the clues, and then synthesize the information to solve the puzzle. Helps your child succeed on standardized tests and prepares them for higher level assessments. Recommended for grades 6-12+.

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Balance Benders Level 1 Grades 4-12+. Mover over Sudoku, here comes Balance Benders! You can use these books as quick, fun, problems or as stepping-stones to success to algebra. Children develop deductive thinking and pre-algebra skills as they solve balance puzzles that are more fun and addictive than Sudoku puzzles! Children must analyze each balance to identify the clues, and then synthesize the information to solve the puzzle. Helps your child succeed on standardized tests and prepares them for higher level assessments. Recommended for grades 4-12+.

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Balance Benders Beginning Grades 2-6. Mover over Sudoku, here comes Balance Benders! You can use these books as quick, fun, problems or as stepping-stones to success to algebra. Children develop deductive thinking and pre-algebra skills as they solve balance puzzles that are more fun and addictive than Sudoku puzzles! Children must analyze each balance to identify the clues, and then synthesize the information to solve the puzzle. Helps your child succeed on standardized tests and prepares them for higher level assessments. Recommended for grades 2-6.

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Balance Beans is a logic game and math game all in one.

Set up the Red Beans according to the Challenge Card.

Then carefully place the colorful Beans on the Seesaw to keep it from teetering.

When you balance the seesaw, you are actually balancing an equation!

As the challenges get harder, you’ll rely less on trial and error – and more on math and reasoning skills.

This bean-filled logic game is a fun way to introduce young learners to elementary algebra.

Ages 5 and up.

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The Big Idea You write the code and Artie 3000™ draws the lines! Easy to learn and cool to create with, Artie 3000 also comes ready to draw with preprogrammed designs, shapes, and games. Watch how-to videos and learn about all the cool things Artie can do at CodeWithArtie.com.

Psst...They're Learning!

STEAM and STEM-powered fun

Introduces the basics of coding

Fuels creativity and imagination

Cut to the Chase

Programmable robot draws whatever you code on any sheet of paper

Includes WiFi-enabled drawing robot; drag and drop visual programming software;4 colored markers; and quick-start guide

Comes preprogrammed with shapes and games, or write your own custom code

Requires 4 AA batteries (not included)

 Please Note: Artie 3000 is inherently designed to be one of the safest and most secure coding robots on the market. When it comes to Artie 3000 there is no Wi-Fi or log-in required. In fact, Artie 3000 never connects to the internet. As there is only a one way transmission of data from the user to the product Artie 3000 does not collect data of any kind. EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Ages 7-12

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Includes vocabulary quizzes and tests for Analogies 3 Student Book, (Item #5173). Answers included. Analogies 3 is composed of 4 Vocabulary Groups of 100 words each, with the alphabetized and defined words representing some of the most challenging vocabulary used in the analogies. Techniques from the previous books in the series are also reviewed. Learn More

Each of the Analogies books consist of three parts.

Part 1 provides information on analogies and how to solve them. This instructional material is written in clear, conversational English with a minimum of technical terms and makes mastery of analogy techniques manageable for students. Topics include the "bridge sentence," words with more than one meaning, two-step analogies, and various analogy types. There are also warm-up exercises for the students, which are followed up with helpful answers and explanations.

Part 2 presents hundreds of analogies organized into three groups. Each group is broken down into units, with each unit consisting of twenty problems. There are fifteen units in Analogies 1 and Analogies 2, and twenty units in Analogies 3.

Part 3 contains vocabulary groups of one hundred words each, with the alphabetized and defined words representing some of the most difficult ones in the corresponding analogy group. There are three vocabulary groups in Books 1 and 2, and four in Book 3.

Grades 11-12.

See also #5237 Analogies 3 - 8 Vocabulary and 4 Analogy Quizzes

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Analogies 2   presents between 15 and 20 analogy units, with each unit consisting of 20 problems, and reviews techniques taught in Book 1.

 Analogies 2: 6 Vocabulary and Analogy Quizzes includes vocabulary quizzes and tests to be used with Analogies 2 Student Book (Item #3753).

Answers included.

About Analogies Series: This program helps students sharpen reasoning ability, develop critical thinking, learn vocabulary, and prepare for standardized tests. These books use a step-by-step approach to analogy problem-solving written in a conversational style.

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Each of the Analogies books consist of three parts.

Part 1 provides information on analogies and how to solve them. This instructional material is written in clear, conversational English with a minimum of technical terms and makes mastery of analogy techniques manageable for students. Topics include the "bridge sentence," words with more than one meaning, two-step analogies, and various analogy types. There are also warm-up exercises for the students, which are followed up with helpful answers and explanations.

Part 2 presents hundreds of analogies organized into 3 groups. Each group is broken down into units, with each unit consisting of 20 problems. There are 15 units in Analogies 1 and Analogies 2, and 20 units in Analogies 3.

Part 3 contains vocabulary groups of 100 words each, with the alphabetized and defined words representing some of the most difficult ones in the corresponding analogy group.

There are 3 vocabulary groups in Books 1 and 2, and 4 in Book 3.

Grades 9-10.

See also # 5236, Analogies 2 Vocabulary and Tests

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The Quiz booklets consist of 6 analogy quizzes and 6 vocabulary quizzes. Each quiz has twenty problems; the answers to these may be found at the back of the booklet. At the top of each quiz is a heading that indicates its correspondence with a particular analogy or vocabulary group. All the quizzes are reproducible. Includes vocabulary quizzes and tests to be used with Analogies 1 Student Book, (Item #3752). Answers included. Learn More

Analogies 1 is instructional material. It presents a step-by-step approach to analogy problem-solving that makes mastery of the techniques manageable for students. Strategies include creating "bridge sentences" as a tool for examining analogies, looking out for words with more than one meaning, solving 2-step analogies, and identifying various types of analogies.

These techniques are taught in depth in Book 1 and are reviewed in Books 2 and 3. Grades 7-8.

See also Analogies 1 Vocabulary & Tests #5235

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Magformers Amazing Transform Wheel Set Has Been Proudly Selected As A Top STEM Toy And Teaching Aid By STEM.Org.

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Amaze™

16 Mazes, Right in Your Hand

A maze that changes every time you play!

Players must navigate this maze game using the attached stylus, pushing open movable gateways while avoiding traps and dead ends!

An innovative twist on a classic maze game, Amaze’s diabolical shifting pathways change the solution path during play!

With 16 unique challenges and no pieces to lose, Amaze is the ideal travel game!

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Designed to help students prepare for standardized test and supplement a textbook, this resource features a clear review of Algebra I and II.

Visual format relies less on text and more on tables and diagrams, and offers real-life examples for word problems.

Covers fundamental concepts; equations and inequalities; functions and graphs; systems of equations and inequalities; polynomial functions; rational expressions; radicals; quadratic equations and inequalities; conics; exponential and logarithmic functions; and determinants and matrices.

Each concept features a lesson with examples, practice problems, and practice quiz.

Recommended for  grades 7 and up.

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