Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking Books and Games
Educators know that it is not only important for students to learn information, but it is also important for them to think about what the information means. Critical thinking books, workbooks, and games help students learn to interpret information and increase understanding.
Critical Thinking Books
Books containing analogies, story problems, and mind builders help students make comparisons and draw conclusions while relating information to the world around them. When they put books like Teacher Created Resources’ Analogies for Critical Thinking, Carson Dellosa’s Solve Story Problems Using Pictures, and Evan-Moor’s Critical and Creative Thinking Activities to use, they may be required to apply what they know about objects to form an analogy, visualize how to solve an equation that could arise in everyday life, or imagine a solution to a problem they have yet to encounter.
Critical Thinking Workbooks and Games
Encouraging students to depart from routine ways of encountering information and solving problems can help them exercise their minds in new ways. Different from reading textbook chapters, completing skill and drill activities, or even listening to lectures, are the workbooks and games offered here to stimulate critical thinking. The Plexers and Plexers Workbooks by Pearson Learning each contain a series of puzzles with clues that students must crack to solve pictorial codes for words and phrases. Whether used on their own or as a warm-up activity for vocabulary or reading activities, the puzzles require students to approach acquiring information from a new direction that requires a different type of interpretation.
Critical thinking games can be incorporated into classrooms as supplements or substitutes for other teaching methods. For example, the You’ve Been Sentenced Card Game by McNeill Designs could complement sentence diagramming activities because it requires students to create grammatical and logical sentences from its unique word deck. In addition to being used in classrooms, these games make great educational tools for home use. Before they reach school age, students can enjoy games such as the Pattern Play Blocks from Mindware that teach them motor, sorting, matching, and other skills. Once students have reached school age and even after they have grown beyond school age, they can continue to enjoy and benefit from increasingly complex critical thinking games.
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IQ Twist Game 1-Player Puzzle Game - SG-488
Smartgames®
$17.99From SmartGames, the worldwide leader in single player puzzle games, comes IQ Twist. To solve each challenge players fill in the board with all of the pieces as shown in the included booklet, making sure that all of the colored pieces fit on the...$17.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:$17.99Subtotal: -
IQ Stars - SG-411
Smartgames®
$17.99A great introduction to SmartGames IQ series – but also challenging enough to test our most seasoned players! SmartGames IQ Stars features 120 challenges. Players are tested to fit all the 3D star pieces on the gameboard – creating a colorful galaxy! And...$17.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:$17.99Subtotal: -
Cats & Boxes Puzzle Game
Smartgames®
$22.99These cats love hiding in boxes! Move the puzzle pieces – one by one – until all of the cats are in a cardboard box. Can you help them find their favorite hiding spot? This sequential puzzle game for kids and adults comes with a portable gameboard and...$22.99 -
Temple Trap - SG-437US
Smartgames®
$22.99From SmartGames, the worldwide leader in single player puzzle games, comes Temple Trap. Avoid the alligators and other dangerous traps as you navigate your adventurer out of this shifting temple, flexing your logic muscles in this unique, beautifully...$22.99 -
Asteroid Escape Puzzle Game - SG-426US
Smartgames®
$22.99Can you navigate your spaceship through an asteroid field? Your flying skills will be tested to the limit in order to escape! SmartGames Asteroid Escape is a galactic sliding puzzle with 60 missions, from beginner to expert. Includes a game board with...$22.99 -
Mind Benders, Beginning Book 2, Grades 1-2
The Critical Thinking Co.™
$16.99Mind Benders®, our best-selling deductive thinking puzzles, develop the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects. They're also great for developing real-life, problem...$16.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:$16.99Subtotal: -
Skill Sharpeners Critical Thinking, Grade 1
Evan-moor Educational Publishers
$16.99Foster 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...$16.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:$16.99Subtotal: -
Questions for Critical Thinking Quick Flip Resource
Edupress™
$12.99Hand-held flip charts make understanding learning theories and planning lessons easy! 5 x 6 inches. Take the mystery out of Bloom's Taxonomy with Quick Flip Questions for Critical Thinking. Learn how to ask questions, lead discussions, and plan lessons...$12.99 -
IQ Twist Game 1-Player Puzzle Game
Smartgames®
$18.99From SmartGames, the worldwide leader in single player puzzle games, comes IQ Twist. To solve each challenge players fill in the board with all of the pieces as shown in the included booklet, making sure that all of the colored pieces fit on the...$18.99 -
Temple Trap
Smartgames®
$16.99From SmartGames, the worldwide leader in single player puzzle games, comes Temple Trap. Avoid the alligators and other dangerous traps as you navigate your adventurer out of this shifting temple, flexing your logic muscles in this unique, beautifully...$16.99 -
Asteroid Escape Puzzle Game
Smartgames®
$16.99Can you navigate your spaceship through an asteroid field? Your flying skills will be tested to the limit in order to escape! SmartGames Asteroid Escape is a galactic sliding puzzle with 60 missions, from beginner to expert. Includes a game board with...$16.99 -
IQ Stars
Smartgames®
$18.99A great introduction to SmartGames IQ series – but also challenging enough to test our most seasoned players! SmartGames IQ Stars features 120 challenges. Players are tested to fit all the 3D star pieces on the gameboard – creating a colorful galaxy! And...$18.99 -
Mini Mysteries Book, Grades 3-6
Remedia Publications
$17.99Reluctant readers of all ages are sure to have fun while they improve their reading sills with Mini Mysteries. Kids love a good mystery, and they won't be disappointed with the 26 "who-dunits" detective Sam Sherlock encounters in this reading...$17.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:$17.99Subtotal: -
Mind Benders Level 1, Grades PreK-K
The Critical Thinking Co.™
$16.99This 56-page book contains several of our best-selling deductive thinking puzzles. It develops the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. These award-winning, fun...$16.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:$16.99Subtotal: -
Mind Benders Verbal, Grades K-2
The Critical Thinking Co.™
$15.99This 48-page book contains several of our verbal deductive thinking puzzles. Unlike our other Mind Benders® products, these puzzles are read to students, so they develop the logic, listening, mental organization, and memory skills vital to achieving...$15.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:$15.99Subtotal: -
Balance Benders, Math, Level 2, Grades 6-12+
The Critical Thinking Co.™
$16.99Move over Sudoku, here come Balance Benders™! You can use these activities as quick, fun logic problems or as stepping stones to success in algebra. Students develop problem-solving skills and pre-algebra skills as they solve balance puzzles that are...$16.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:$16.99Subtotal: -
Balance Benders Level 1, Grades 4-12+
The Critical Thinking Co.™
$16.99Move over Sudoku, here come Balance Benders™! You can use these activities as quick, fun logic problems or as stepping stones to success in algebra. Students develop problem-solving skills and pre-algebra skills as they solve balance puzzles that are...$16.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:$16.99Subtotal: -
Balance Benders Beginning, Grades 2-6
The Critical Thinking Co.™
$16.99Move over Sudoku, here come Balance Benders™! You can use these activities as quick, fun logic problems or as stepping stones to success in algebra. Students develop problem-solving skills and pre-algebra skills as they solve balance puzzles that are...$16.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:$16.99Subtotal: -
Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies, Grade 5-12
The Critical Thinking Co.™
$22.99This 136-page book is comprised of intriguing activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized...$22.99 -
Daily Mind Builders Science Book, Grade 5-12
The Critical Thinking Co.™
$22.99This 144-page book is comprised of intriguing activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized...$22.99