Click here to download Evan-Moor’s Critical and Creative Thinking Homeschool Curriculum Guide.
Critical and creative thinking skills are fabulous tools that kids can use to apply the skills they have learned.
If you are looking for resources for your kids to practice critical and creative thinking skills, Evan-Moor has resources that are kid-approved!
Each of these Evan-Moor titles invite kids to use thinking skills in realistic ways with simple activities.
There are a variety of ways you can use each of these Evan-Moor titles in some engaging activities throughout your homeschool day.
WARM UP
For a quick warm-up to your school day, Critical and Creative Thinking Activities offers imaginative activities to motivate students as they practice thinking in multiple ways.
The book is organized by theme-based topics that interest kids.
The pages are just the right balance of fun and challenge that kids can accomplish. My kids ask to do extra pages because they enjoy these books so much!
TEACH
When you are ready to teach your child strategies for both logic and creativity, Thinking Skills is a great choice. Thinking Skills teaches your child creative, critical, and logical thinking skills with fun and engaging activities.
It is organized into short units that focus on a specific type of thinking skill. Each unit includes a teaching guide and shares ideas of modeling and practicing the thinking skills that go with each unit.
PRACTICE and EXTEND
One of my absolute favorite Evan-Moor titles is Hands-on Thinking Activities. My kids enjoy these activities so much that they think we are just playing games! It makes logic and problem-solving a delight.
First, we do the activity together. Most of the time the kids can figure out the puzzle themselves, and I am there just to ask a guided question if needed.
They always ask to play it again after they are finished.
Then, I put the activity in our rotation of independent activities. For example, the kids can use these fun activities as a review activity in our workboxes.
Here is a blog post I did about using Hands-on Thinking Activities in our homeschooling.
Another Evan-Moor book to consider is Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking, a full-color activity book, to give your child extra practice in a fun format.
Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking is organized into kid-friendly units. Each of the units practice a variety of critical thinking skills, which are listed on each activity page.
There is also a “Test Your Skills” page that can be used as an assignment if needed.
Both Hands-on Thinking Activities and Skills Sharpeners: Critical Thinking have colorful, hands-on activities that are great for workboxes!
ONE FINAL NOTE:
For additional guides by subject area, see Homeschool Curriculum Resources and Guides.
If you want to use any of these resources in your homeschooling, you can buy each of these titles individually.
You can also access all of the lessons in these books in Evan-Moor’s TeacherFileBox.
TeacherFileBox is a digital collection of lesson plans and activities from over 450 Evan-Moor titles in all subject areas. We use it every day of our homeschooling!
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Amy Michaels is a certified teacher with 11 years of elementary classroom experience who is actively homeschooling her own children. Her mission is share the best teaching methods and resources with all homeschoolers. Amy supports parents through her podcasts, webinars, and online training for homeschoolers on her website www.thrivehomeschooling.com.