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It's
that time again! Time to plan for fun, educational activities that
will reinforce your child's gains from the past year, introduce her to
new ways of thinking and problem-solving, and spur on his mind.
Here are my ideas for use of our products to make this summer the
smartest one, yet!
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Tip #1: |
Swap a bedtime story with a quick riddle or two from
Dr. DooRiddles
and watch your child's
imagination take off! He or she will be actively engaged in
deductive reasoning, figuring out all those clues! An
amazing resource, these creative riddles develop fluency,
understanding of word meanings and associations, and improve
both spelling and vocabulary. |
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Tip #2:
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After dinner is an excellent time for quick, family-friendly
games and to encourage a life-long love of learning. Fun for
all ages,
Think-A-Grams verbal picture puzzles
will have the whole family laughing and shouting answers to
these familiar idioms, clichés, and common phrases. These
engaging verbal picture puzzles will connect and sharpen
students’ left-brain (memory) and right-brain
(symbolic/pictorial) thinking. |
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Tip #3:
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Interactive media (PC, online, console, and video games)
whether we like it or not, is the wave of the future. We
highly recommend joining the fun and choosing a game that
mixes game time with brain time. Challenge your child to a
two-player game of
Think Ahead Games
software. |
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Tip #4:
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Constantly amaze your little one with quick and simple
experiments that model scientific principles. Introduce the
physics of inertia with a few nickels, or the wonders of
floating with only a paper clip!
Developing Critical Thinking through Science
is chock-full of great teaching ideas and experiments
certain to inspire your growing scientist. |
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Below are some more ideas for
using resources to have fun this summer: |
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Car Fun/Quick Fun |
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Dr. Funster's Books:
Think A Minutes
- fast, fun, brainwork - complete with samples from a variety of our
critical thinking activity resources.
Creative Thinking Puzzlers
- creative problem-solving fun - train the mind for 'out of the box'
thinking
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Red Herrings
Mysteries - use inferential and deductive thinking skills - require
brainstorming and flexible thinking - great with groups |
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Dr.
DooRiddles
- associative reasoning - build on homonyms, synonyms, and
vocabulary |
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Thinker Doodles
-smart coloring books or 'coloring with a purpose'. organized
analysis, attention to detail |
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Can You Find
Me?-riddles to think with - approach with skills or thematically -
reading, math, science, social studies |
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Thinking Skills/Logic |
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Mind Benders
- deductive reasoning |
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Building Thinking Skills - core thinking skills
- great for building skills found in GATE and cognitive abilities
tests like the OLSAT, CogAT, NNAT, WISC and more.. |
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Deductive Reasoning/Reading
Comprehension |
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Mind Benders
- deductive reasoning and logic - great precursor to future
geometry, debate, law, and philosophical thinkers. Improves
comprehension and flows through to solving math word problems |
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Reading Detective
- reading comprehension - award winning |
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Mathematics |
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Mathematical Reasoning
- getting beyond the procedural approach to math to learning to think mathematically |
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Revenge of the Math Spiders
- math problem-solving in a game - lots of math word problems solved
under the auspices of 'play' |
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Language Arts |
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Dr. DooRiddles- associative reasoning
- build on homonyms, synonyms, and vocabulary |
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Revenge of the Riddle Spiders
- vocabulary & spelling in a game |
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Think
Analogy - build vocabulary and improve strategies for approaching
analogies. Great summer work to prepare for future assessments
measuring verbal reasoning and verbal analogies |
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Think A Grams
- visual/verbal puzzles - analyze using common idioms and words -
great with groups |
Some parent tips from one of our
customers:
I keep a
basket in the middle of my kitchen table
all summer for the kids. It is FILLED
with quick fun resources: (Dr. DooRiddles,
Think-a-Grams,
etc.). It is a real treat for the
kids in the summer to do something FUN
that they haven’t see before and is “not
schoolwork”…sssh, don’t tell them.
My
daughter, who is the least enthused about
schoolwork, started working on a
resource around bedtime last week and got
so caught up in working on the book that
she asked if she could keep it on her
nightstand so she could work on it again
first thing in the morning! Um, let me
think on that one…..ABSOLUTELY!
These “extra” books are great to take
with you on nights that you go out to eat
as well. I keep a bag packed by the back
door. My 4 y/o loves to work on her
“coloring books” (Thinker Doodles) while
we wait for our food. Plus, taking one of
the older kids’ books definitely makes
great table time discussion and before
you know it….the food’s at the table. from Lisa B., KY
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