"We must empower students to become creative thinkers, critical thinkers, and problem solvers—people who are continually learning and who can apply their new knowledge to complex, novel, open-ended challenges." - Educational Leadership, Summer 2008, Volume 65

Engage your grade 3 students in thinking skills practice with Critical and Creative Thinking Activities! 140 pages of fun, imaginative activities motivate students as they practice thinking in multiple ways about a variety of curriculum and theme-based topics.

46 theme-based units make it easy to find activities that fit your core curriculum:

• Through the Year:
  Spectacular September, October Chills, Feasting in November, December Celebrations, January Is #1, February Fun, Marvelous March, April Surprises, Hey, It's May!, Jazzed About June
• Animals:
  Monkeys, Spiders, Ribbit!, Pets, Reptiles, Quack, Slugs and Worms, Bzzzzzz, Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Ocean Life
• Places:
  Home Sweet Home, In Our Classroom, In the Woods, At a Party, In the Garden
• Time to Eat:
  Pizza Time, Lunchtime, Eat Your Veggies, All About Apples, I Scream for Ice Cream
• Things I Use:
  All Wet, What I Wear, Boxes, Pockets, Bottles and Jars, Paper
• In My World:
  Cartoons, Listen!, On the Screen, Lost and Found, Nighttime, My Birthday, Homework, Books, Cents Sense