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Think of Letter Getters as texting that’s good for kids’ brains! Here’s a sample—we certainly hope Y E I. (you enjoy it!)

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This week's free activity comes from our Thinkables packet, Smart Art II. It provides quick, fun-to-do drawing activities based on lively "opposite" prompts.

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Ted and Greta Rasmussen, teachers and journalists, started Tin Man Press in 1979. We believe critical thinking is more important now than ever. Ted and Greta's grandkids, about 15 years ago this upcoming autumn …

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Our Thinkables packet, Expand the Thought I, is designed to get young kids to think flexibly, and critically, about familiar subjects. Here's a sample.

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Our book, Just Write!, offers 50 lively activity sheets offering an abundance of writing challenges about a particular subject. There's the Bug Page, the Noise Page, the Square Page and many more.

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Here's a free activity from the Grade 4 version of our whole-year critical and creative thinking program, Start Thinking! It's adapted from our Adventures of a Dot card set series.

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Most of the activities in our book, Loosen Up!, involve some sort of "art." But the real point here is to encourage confident and creative thinking. And each activity is scripted, so careful listening and direction-following is required, too.

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This week's free activity comes from "The Question Kid." Like many Tin Man products, it encourages kids to think about familiar subjects in innovative ways.

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Our book, Looking Logic, provides great practice in honing analytical thinking skills while also requiring some language work. Kids must finish a sentence after examining a simple design. We provide the first letter of each word they must complete.

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A couple of years ago we started work on a series of thinking challenges featuring the 50 states. We've been busy with other things of late but hope to get back to that project sometime soon. Here's a sample activity.

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This week's free activity starts with the concept of "coyote" and then branches out in unexpected directions. You'll find it in the Grade 4 version of our whole-year critical and creative thinking program, Start Thinking!

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Our book "Going Places" is a great resource for building listening and creative thinking skills, and for fostering classroom camaraderie. It's on sale during the month of February for just $12—a $5 savings!

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We're working on the final installment of our whole-year critical and creative thinking program, Start Thinking! This one is designed for second-graders—here's a free sample!

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How do you get reluctant artists to put pencil to paper? Give them a variety of fun-to-do, non-threatening activities! Here's a sample from our Thinkables packet, Smart Art II, which is designed for grades 3 through 6.

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Our Letter Getters books offer quick language practice. Kids examine a simple drawing and then complete a sentence in a way that makes sense. We provide the first letter of each missing word. Here's a free sample!

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Here's a sample activity from the Grade 1 version of Start Thinking! The idea is to give kids a quick, daily dose of critical and creative thinking. Happy New Year, everyone!

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Our "What's That?" Thinkables activity packets are a great resource for honing analytical thinking skills. Here's a free sample from "What's That? II."

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Our book "Play by the Rules" is designed to help kids hone their listening and direction-following skills—and have fun as the do it! Here's a free sample.
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Our Just Write! series encourages reluctant writers to put pencil to paper with a variety of lively prompts. Here's a sample.

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