Foster your first grader’s critical thinking skills and see confidence soar! Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. Like reading and math skills, critical thinking skills require practice. The variety of fun and creative activities in this series will challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Every page provides a new and interesting activity that will help your child:
* Think outside the box and use higher-order thinking skills through open-ended * questions and challenges
* Tap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activities
* Become a better learner by practicing critical thinking skills in cross-curricular activities (based on science, math, social studies, and language arts content)

The 100+ activities are organized around these 1st grade themes:
Animals:
* Cats and Dogs
* Giraffes and Elephants

Plants
* Trees and Flowers
* Fruits and Vegetables

Transportation
* Cars, Trucks, and Buses
* Planes and Trains

Places
* The Playground and the Beach
* Home and School

Grade 1 activities include puzzles, word problems, drawings, and matching that involve critical thinking skills such as: Analyze, Solve, Reason, Decode, Create, and more! Plus, each page lists the critical thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing. Use Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking for enrichment at home and help your child become a confident problem solver! Includes answer key.


本書幫助您培養國小一年級學童的批判性思考能力，讓孩子的自信與日俱增。每個孩子生來都是好奇寶寶，但在逐漸成長的過程，孩子的創意與解決問題能力都需要父母悉心栽培，而批判性思考能力跟閱讀和數學技巧一樣需要練習。本系列叢書包含有趣和創意的單元活動，引導孩子挑戰使用布魯姆分類法中的高階思考技巧。

書中每一頁都提供不同的趣味活動，幫助孩子學習成長：
* 開放式問題與挑戰讓孩子跳脫思考框架，使用高階思考技巧。
* 美術勞作活動開發孩子的創造力。
* 配合學齡前學童，囊括科學、數學、社會以及語文等內容的綜合活動，讓孩子練習批判性思考技巧，成為更好的學習者。

本書專為國小一年級學童量身打造，設計 100 多項活動，主題涵蓋：
動物：
* 貓與狗
* 長頸鹿與大象

植物：
* 樹與花
* 水果與蔬菜

交通工具：
* 汽車、卡車與公車
* 飛機與火車

地點：
* 遊樂場與海邊
* 家與學校

本書設計符合一年級活動，包含：填字遊戲、數學應用題、畫圖、以及圖片配對。每項活動都融入批判性思考技巧，如：分析、解題、說理、解讀、創作等等！此外，本書的每一頁都清楚列出批判性思考技巧練習的重點，讓您掌握孩子練習情況。教材內容的編排豐富了孩子在家學習過程，並幫助孩子更有自信解決問題。隨書附贈解答。


【適讀程度】
 Age Range: 5 - 6 years