Activities to Encourage Critical and Creative Thinking!

Written by Barbara T. Roberts and Charlotte S. Jaffe.

Thinkathon provides activities to develop and test higher-level thinking skills. They may be used as an exciting contest between groups, classes, or even schools. Each book is divided into 6 sections: Thinkathon I includes Brainstorming Skills, Categorizing Skills, Memory Skills, I.Q. Testers, Analogies, and Language Skills. Thinkathon II includes Hypothesizing, Which One Does Not Belong, Making Comparisons, Trivia, Math and Logic, and Language Skills. Instructions for setting up teams, presenting activities, and scoring are included in each. 96 pages each. Grades 2 to 6.