Paul F. Johnson+ Karen Stontz
Description
Ages: 6-12Grades: 1-7
Target a broad brush of reasoning skills with games that are easy to set up and play. Give your students fun, positive ways to practice problem-solving skills with others.
Fifty games in one big book gives you lots of teaching options:
- reinforce a variety of different skills
- games at two difficulty levels for each skill
- use the games for therapy, learning centers, and take-home activities
- goal-driven stimuli for two to three players
- many of the game boards can be customized with your own stimulus items
Teach 24 problem-solving skills:
- Patterning
- Identifying Facts & Opinions
- Comparing and Contrasting
- Stating Facts & Opinions
- Describing
- Absurdities
- Sequencing
- Analogies
- Categorizing
- Giving Reasons
- Categorical Exclusion
- Debating
- Identifying True/False Statements
- Cause & Effect
- Answering Wh- Questions
- Using Logic
- Asking Questions
- Identifying Problems
- Idioms
- Brainstorming Solutions
- Predicting
- Identifying Resources
- Drawing Conclusions
- Evaluating Solutions
Distribute the games as printed, or color and laminate them for future use. You will need different colored game tokens; dice; coins; crayons, markers, or colored pencils; paper; scissors; glue sticks; game chips; and a timer to play some of the games.
184 pages 8.5 x 11, softcover 2010
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