Critical And Creative 2
Build logic and imagination through codes, mazes, riddles, and brain-stretching challenges, spanning 160 pages and 46 themed units of creative thinking fun.
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Critical And Creative 2
Critical & Creative Thinking Activities: Grade 2, gives students practice looking at ordinary ideas in unexpected ways. Designed for ages 7–8, this 160-page workbook includes 46 themed units that blend imagination, logic, and problem-solving.
Each three-page unit follows a simple format. The first two pages introduce a theme through activities that encourage students to observe, compare, classify, predict, and invent. The final page brings the theme together with a larger challenge, such as a secret code, maze, Venn diagram, riddle, or other problem-solving activity.
The topics are wonderfully varied, moving from rainy days, breakfast, music, and library maps to dinosaurs, penguins, bats, bunnies, the zoo, and familiar stories like Goldilocks and Hansel and Gretel. One lesson might ask students to compare bugs and bats, while another may have them imagine what a bunny is thinking or design a map of a library.
Parent support pages provide simple guidance, and all student pages are reproducible for home use, making it easy to revisit favorite activities or provide additional practice. A complete answer key is also included.
By combining playful themes with real thinking work, this workbook helps second graders strengthen reasoning, classification, comparison, decoding, problem-solving, and flexible thinking skills—one unexpected challenge at a time.
See the first 8 pages of this book and browse all that it has to offer.
How to Use Critical & Creative Thinking Activities – Grade 2
- Choose the pacing that works best for your family. Completing about four pages per week will comfortably finish the book during a typical school year.
- For a more cohesive approach, complete one or two full units each week. Since each unit centers on a single theme, this allows your child to stay engaged with the topic while working through the activities and final challenge.
- Feel free to adjust the schedule as needed for holidays, illness, travel, or weeks when other subjects require extra attention. The workbook is easy to pause and resume.
- Pay attention to the activities your child enjoys most. Some students gravitate toward logic puzzles and codes, while others prefer comparison activities, mazes, pattern challenges, or creative-thinking exercises.
- The themed units can be completed in order or selected to complement topics you're already studying. Either approach works well.
Whether used as a stand-alone thinking-skills program or as an occasional enrichment activity, Critical & Creative Thinking Activities provides regular practice in observation, reasoning, problem-solving, and flexible thinking.
Publisher's Information
Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Author: Rachel Lynette
Age Recommendation: 7
Grade Recommendation: 2nd
Faith-Based: No
Consumable: Yes (can be reproduced in your own home or classroom, but not for any commercial entity or organization)
Lessons: 46
Pages: 142
ISBN: 9781596732933
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2009
Made in: USA
”They provide an easy way for this busy Mom to insert important critical thinking skills into our homeschool days- and my children feel like the fun worksheets are a treat, rather than work!”
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”The pages in the book while fun, will challenge your kids to employ you guessed it – critical and creative thinking skills! Kids will need to think outside the box to solve puzzles, answer questions, work on logic puzzles, and complete activities.”
Read the ReviewThe Art Kit:
”The activities in the workbook are thought-provoking and sure to spark conversation! They are easy to understand and can be used with your regular curriculum or as a supplemental resource throughout the year or during summer as a fun activity to fill in your child’s downtime.”
Read the ReviewCrunchy Mama DFW:
”The workbook’s activities and interactive approach have nurtured my son’s critical thinking skills, empowering him to approach problems with confidence and creativity.”
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- February 16, 2026
School oriented
Tricia
A lot of the topics assume the child is in a classroom. I went through and hand-picked a page or two for each week that actually calls for some critical thinking and looks fun.
- February 28, 2024
Engaging and fun
Brook M.
My daughter loved completing the pages. Challenging but fun!
- December 20, 2023
Nice Book
Sheri
We always enjoy the Evan Moor workbooks quick simple and too the point with a page a day. This helps our little one build her writing and critical thinking skills. The topics are fun and engaging.
- June 5, 2023
Great resource
Brittany T.
Great way to challenge kids with critical thinking.
- January 8, 2023
Critical and Creative
Brook M.
This is a fun way to challenge the brain! It’s has fun themes that are engaging and requires the child to think.
- June 16, 2021
Logic and Critical Thinking Skills
Tresa K.
My kids love the workbook and do not know they are exploring logic and using thinking skills. The growth is excellent.
- April 18, 2021
Critical And Creative
Caitlin S.
My daughter loves these books
- April 4, 2021
Great!
Rachelle K.
My 7 year old enjoys this book. She is a reluctant writer and this isn’t too much for her.
- March 31, 2021
Autumn T.
I love this to get my first grader thinking. Also, it’s easy enough that my in-laws can help him with it while I work.
- October 21, 2020
Critical and creative 2
Michelle A.
We enjoy this book. We complete it as a group. My kids love working on it together. I like how it makes them think outside the box and challenges them in a fun way.
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