Can You Find Me PreK Activity Workbook - Early Learning Building Thinking Skills in Reading, Math, Science, and Social Studies

Book info: Can You Find Me PreK Activity Workbook - Early Learning Building Thinking Skills in Reading, Math, Science, and Social Studies (Paperback, 112 pages) – The Critical Thinking Co., 2003. Language: English.

This fun, colorful 112-page activity book of mind-building riddles for ages 3-5 introduces young minds to critical thinking and organized analysis. To solve the riddles, students practice the following: - Identifying Similarities and Differences- Forming/Following Sequences and Patterns- Classifying Objects and Groups- Identifying/Interpreting Analogies- Logic.The riddles also teach the following concepts found in most state and national standards: Math--counting, shape and number recognition, recognizing and completing patterns, spatial position, more/less/equal, ordinal numbers (first, third, etc.), part/whole measurementReading Readiness--letter recognition, rhyming words, letter-sound association, letter sequence, sight words, directionalityScience--animal attributes, weather/seasons, senses, body parts, plants/plant growth, force/motionSocial Studies--family, community helpers, health and safety, identifying locationsEach riddle requires identification of two or more clues to deduce the answer. Students either point to a picture or verbalize the answer. Activities may be enhanced by teaching additional information about the animals, objects, shapes, letters, and numbers used in the riddles. This book includes answers and a chart of the skills developed in each activity.