Hands-On Thinking Skills

Description & Features

The fun, mind-building activities in this 256-page book develop spatial, verbal, motor, visual, and analytical thinking skills necessary for success in reading, writing, math, and science. Students have fun building manipulative relationships on each activity page using attribute blocks, pattern blocks, or interlocking cubes (sold separately or as a set). Activities and units are sequentially developed to keep students’ interest level high. Activities encourage verbal analysis to build vocabulary and to maximize verbal and spatial skill synthesis.

The concepts covered in this book include:

Identifying Similarities and Differences
Shapes: Matching, Finding, Dividing, and Completing
Figures: Copying and Covering

Forming and Following Sequences and Patterns
Tracking, Paths, Copying, Completing Shapes, and Folding Figures and Paper

Classifying Objects and Groups
Objects: Color, Shape, and Size
Groups: Shape, Color, Describing, Adding, Separating, Forming, Defining, and Identifying Common Properties

Creating/Interpreting Analogies
Shape, Color, Size, Position, and Pattern

Manipulatives - (Required, Sold Separately)
Students are required to use manipulatives including Attribute Blocks, Interlocking Cubes, and Pattern Blocks (required, sold separately) when doing the activities in this book. Each item can be purchased separately.

eBook Ordering
Our eBooks are electronic versions of the book pages that you may print to any paper printer. You can open the PDF eBook from any device or computer that has a PDF reader such as Adobe® Reader®. You can immediately download your eBook from "My Account" under the "My Downloadable Product" section after you place your order.

Product Details

Item#:	04911PEP
Author(s):	Warren Hill and Ronald Edwards
TOC:	View Table Of Contents
Type:	Student Book
Media:	eBook

License:	Reproducible
ISBN–10:	1-60144-501-6
ISBN–13:	978-1-60144-501-8
Activities:	246
Pages:	256

Awards

Cathy Duffy Top 100 Award Learning® Magazine Recommended Resource for Successful Teaching Mensa Recommended Materials for the Gifted

Product Reviews Write a review for this product

"We have a 6-year-old boy with both expressive and receptive language disorder. We bought the Hands-On Thinking Skills book as a supplement to his math program. We can’t believe what a difference it has made. He had a hard time following directions because he didn’t understand in all subjects. Now we can explain it and then show him, as well. He is able to use the manipulatives to follow the directions and now his speech is improving, as well, because he now can see the manipulatives, move them, understands it, and is now verbalizing it. It has carried over and helped him in his current math program. Everyone has been telling us how much more he talks recently. This has only been in 2 months and only 82 pages in. We are excited about finishing the book and buying more." - Jennie, Ohio

Test preparation available for the following:

Hands-On Thinking Skills guarantees top performance on assessment tests, including

Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test® (NNAT®)
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence™ (WPPSI™)
Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®)
Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) / Talented and Gifted (TAG)
Otis-Lennon School Ability Test® (OLSAT®)
Woodcock-Johnson® Tests (WJ?III®, WJ?R®)
Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT, WRAT-3)
and many more!