Description: 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. This book of 50 games gives you many teaching options: -reinforce a variety of skills games at two difficulty levels for most skills -use the games for therapy, learning centers, and take-home activities -meaningful, 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.

Author: Paul Johnson / Karen Stontz

Publisher: Linguisystems

Format: SOFTCOVER