Building Thinking Skills Beginning

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Building Thinking Skills
Start here with Building Thinking Skills Beginning. Happy, colorful illustrations make this a highly attractive program for any young child. The variety of delightful exercises ensures that this terrific book will give your child a solid foundation for academic excellence.

Recommended for age three, but we know many two-year-olds who would thrive on Building Thinking Skills Beginning. We suggest that you follow this book with Building Thinking Skills Beginning 2.

Reading, writing, and math readiness.

Develops analysis skills for academic learning!

The 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. Children learn to analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words.

Building Thinking Skills® Beginning level may be used with attribute blocks, though they are not required.

Answers are located in the back of this book.

Publisher's Information
Author: Michael O. Baker, Stephanie Stevens
Pages: 218
Activities: 479
Full Color: Yes
Binding: Paperback
Publisher's Recommended Age Range: 3-4 years
Copyright: 2008
ISBN: 0-89455-911-2
Publisher: The Critical Thinking Co
Printed In: Malaysia
Consumable: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
Faith-Based: No

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The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval
Mom's Choice Awards Gold Medal for Excellence
Parent Tested, Parent Approved Winner's Seal
Mensa Recommended Materials for the Gifted
iParenting Media Award
Parent Tested, Parent Approved (PTPA) Seal of Approval
Cathy Duffy 101 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Dr. Toy 10 Best Software
Creative Child Magazine Seal of Excellence Award
Learning® Magazine Teacher's Choice Award
iParenting Media Excellent Products
Cathy Duffy Top 100 Award
Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products
Learning® Magazine Recommended Resource for Successful Teaching
The Well-Trained Mind Recommended Resource for Logic and Critical Thinking
2014 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards™ - 3rd Place, Logic Category
Practical Homeschooling Magazine 2nd Place Reader Award
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine 1st Place 2012 Excellence in Education Award

review by Homeschool Gameschool

”Activities are brightly colored, organized, and sequenced in small sections that are perfect for young minds. Preschoolers aren’t designed to sit still and do written work, and with this book they aren’t expected to.”

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review by Quad Squad

”Preschoolers ages 3-4 will enjoy this book and the hours of activities it provides. Great for homeschool or early learning activities. Skills include colors, shapes, sequence, measurement, problem solving, logic, and much more.”

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