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Over 200 developmentally appropriate activities are organized by subject and captivate a wide spectrum of learners.
SPATIAL REASONING
How does this fit? What’s the location? Take your mind for a spin to envision rotation.
Higher levels of spatial intelligence correlate to STEM success. These captivating activities focus on object location, object relationships, dimensions, directions, segmentation, decomposition, rotation, and movement. Young minds will be stretched to think differently in a stimulating and entertaining way.
MATH PUZZLES
Arithmetic games are here in this lot. Now roll up your sleeves. Give them all that you’ve got.
Core arithmetic concepts are showcased in a fresh and accessible manner. These puzzles stimulate learning by leveraging animals, mazes, math crosswords, optimization, constraints, patterns, variability, and propositional logic. This is more than just solving equations. This is fun math!
LOGIC PROBLEMS
The following games will challenge your mind. I know you can do this. It’s time that you shined.
Kid-friendly, engaging content with a focus on foundational problem-solving skills using deductive reasoning, Boolean logic, sequencing, syllogisms, inferences, fallacies, abductive reasoning, programming variables, and brain teasers. These big concepts are distilled into approachable problems to foster curiosity and inconspicuous learning.
WORD GAMES
The next focus here is on letters and words, so turn the page over and steady your nerves.
Playing word games can improve problem-solving, memory, cognition, and creativity. This section has letter paths, word ladders, word search, missing letters, letter baskets, acrostics, drop quotes, clueless crosswords, and Rebus puzzles. Children will use frequency analysis, patterns, logical reasoning, and linguistic rationalization in a non-threatening way to increase verbal and analytical intuition.
FOCUS ACTIVITIES
There's a challenge ahead. Wipe the sweat from your brow. Pay close attention. Look carefully, now.
Developing focus increases executive function which translates to greater life success. Here kids will need to take care to complete activities requiring attention to detail including maze, seek and find, spot the difference, dot to dot, hidden objects, commonalities, outliers, graphical transcription, shape mosaics, and more!
TWO-PLAYER GAMES
The games you play here seem simple enough, though as you’ll soon see, the decisions are tough.
13 new two-player games facilitate the direct application of acquired skills and provide the foundation for continued fun and growth after the book is finished. These games are easy to learn but have thought-provoking strategic depth and can be played anytime, anywhere with only a pencil and paper!
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