Foster your second grader’s critical thinking skills and see confidence soar with this engaging full-color workbook! Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. Like reading and math skills, critical thinking skills require practice. The variety of fun and creative activities in Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking will challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom’s Taxonomy. The 20-pack contains twenty identical editions of the student book.Every page provides a new and interesting activity that will help your child: Think outside the box and use higher-order thinking skills through open-ended questions and challenges Tap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activities Become a better learner by practicing critical thinking skills in cross-curricular activities (based on science, math, social studies, and language arts content) The 100+ activities are organized around these 2nd grade themes: Animals: Alligators and Turtles; Bats and Bugs My Body: Eyes, Teeth, and Hair; Hands and Feet Things: Things We Use; Things We Like Places: Oceans and Forests; Deserts Grade 2 activities include puzzles, word problems, riddles, and drawings that involve critical thinking skills such as: Analyze Solve Justify Categorize Create, and more! Plus, each page lists the critical thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing. Includes answer key. Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! The Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking Teaching Guides include: How to Use directions for teaching critical thinking skills Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities Teaching suggestions for learning to problem solve Extension activities that include journals, behavioral verbs, and additional discussion topics About Evan-Moor Educational PublishersIgniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK – 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor’s award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children’s hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.