Nourish your Grade 1 and 2 students' thinking with thinking challenges - questions to be answered, solutions to be found, and discoveries to be made. The variety of activities in this book will strengthen students' thinking skills and enhance learning. The format of this book: promotes the sharing of ideas and strategies, provides an opportunity to reward well-thought-out strategies, unique problem-solving approaches, and correct answers, includes clear charts and graphs, One of the greatest benefits to be gained through Thinking Skills is in the sharing of ideas and strategies among students (and teacher). The consistent, friendly format makes Thinking Skills easy to use. The questions posed on the charts progress from simple to complex. Clever illustrations support the question. The CD-ROM presents the charts in full-color in an interactive manner. The CD also includes a printable PDF of the book. Complete instructions for using the CD-ROM are included. The chart may be presented in: paper form, on an overhead transparency, or on the computer using a presentation system, The lessons in Thinking Skills provide practice in: thinking creatively - fluency, flexibility, original ideas, divergent thinking, mental imagery, problem solving, thinking logically - analogies, generalizing, predicting, patterning, deductive reasoning, problem solving, thinking critically - sorting, ordering, classifying, analyzing, observing, comparing and contrasting, problem solving, The CD-ROM presents the charts in full-color in an interactive manner. You can enter brainstorming responses, drag and drop objects into a Venn diagram, and solve the matrix puzzles on your computer screen. The CD-ROM includes a printable PDF of the book. The teacher resource page is divided into five sections: Introducing the Skill, Using the Chart, Practicing the Skill, Extending the Skill, CD Tips (ideas for utilizing the lesson on the CD-ROM), One of the greatest benefits to be gained through these thinking activities is in the sharing of ideas and strategies among students (and teacher). Dimensions: 8.5" x 11".