Fun logic and algebraic reasoning puzzles!

Move over Sudoku, here come Balance Benders™!You can use these activities as quick, fun logic problems or asstepping stones to success in algebra. Students develop deductivethinking and pre-algebra skills as they solve balance puzzles thatare more fun and addictive than Sudoku puzzles! Students mustanalyze each balance to identify the clues, and then synthesize theinformation to solve the puzzle. Try one—and then try to stop!The same quick, fun logic problems as the Balance Benders™ booksbut now as software! These interactive puzzles give you all thetools you need to work the problem out on-screen before selectingyour answer. Developing algebraic thinking used in balancing andsolving equations has never been more fun!This app won the Association of Educational PublishersDistinguished Achievement Finalist Award, Dr. Toy Best Smart Play /Smart Toy Product, iParenting Media Award, iParenting MediaExcellent Products, and The National Parenting Center Seal ofApproval!Grades: 2-6Author: Robert FemianoPuzzles: 40Balance Benders™ helps your students to succeed on standardizedtests and prepares them for higher-level assessments including:Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children® (WISC®)Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®)Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) / Talented and Gifted(TAG)California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST)Cornell Critical Thinking Tests (CCTT)Graduate Record Examination (GRE)Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)and many more!

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20 Games That Teach Letter Names and Shapes.Sing along and play to learn letter names and shapes... for FREEand Ad free!*Forget the old alphabet puzzles or entertaining videos thatdon’t truly teach! The Alphabet Song Game™ is the easiest way forstudents to learn the alphabet. The collection of 22 fun,easy-to-play games teaches students the names and shapes of bothuppercase and lowercase letters. It also helps students distinguishbetween similar looking letters, mirrored letters, and reverseletters. Students can play independently or with a parent orteacher. Parents or teachers can monitor students’ success in eachof the 22 games from the parent zone menu/scores screen.Grades: Toddler, Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st GradeThis app won the 2014 Tillywig Brain Child Award!* This is the full version of this app for free and ad-free.

This award-winning, fun, mind-building appuses the riddles in our Can You Find Me? books. Riddle Rabbit™reads the riddles to students, explains wrong answers, and keepstrack of student scoring. Students can play independently or with aparent or teacher for maximum benefit. Children love this softwareand you’ll love what the software does for your children!Riddle Rabbit™ develops skills in reading readiness, science,math, and social studies using five basic thinking skills:- Identifying Similarities and Differences- Forming/Following Sequences and Patterns- Classifying Objects and Groups- Identifying/Interpreting Analogies- LogicContent is based on state standards.Each colorful riddle requires identification of two or moreclues to deduce the answer. Activities may be enhanced by teachingadditional information about the animals, objects, shapes, letters,and numbers used in the riddles.This app won the Creative Child Magazine, 2014 Top App of theYear Award in the Problem Solving Thinking Apps Category!Authors: Michael Baker and Cheryl BlockRiddles: 109Riddle Rabbit helps prepare for many assessment tests,including:Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence™(WPPSI™)Otis-Lennon School Ability Test® (OLSAT®)Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) / Talented and Gifted(TAG)Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®)Stanford Achievement Test™ (SAT/10)TerraNova (CTBS) / TerraNova, The Second Edition (CAT/6)IA Tests of Basic Skills® (ITBS®)Primary Test of Cognitive Skills™ (PTCS)and many more!

Mind Benders®, our best-sellingdeductivethinking puzzles, develop the logic, readingcomprehension, andmental organization skills vital to achievinghigher grades and toptest scores in all subjects. They’re alsogreat for developingreal-life, problem solving skills.Students carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story anditsclues, identifying logical associations between people, places,andthings. The key is to start with the most obviousassociations,then deduce less obvious associations until everythingfinally fitstogether.This app has won the following awards: Cathy Duffy 101 TopPicksfor Homeschool Curriculum, Cathy Duffy Top 100 Award CreativeChildMagazine Preferred Choice Award, Learning® MagazineRecommendedResource for Successful Teaching, Mensa RecommendedMaterials forthe Gifted, Practical Homeschooling Logic Award,PracticalHomeschooling Software Award, and The Well-Trained MindRecommendedResource for Logic and Critical Thinking!Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, AdultSubjects: Critical ThinkingAuthor: Anita HarnadekFeatures- 26 activities (when purchase paid app)- Multi-user login- Self-tutoring- Self-grading- Detailed hints and solutions- Activities sequenced by difficulty- Answer check without showing solutions- Saves unfinished activities- Ad-freeMind Benders® helps students succeed on standardized teststodayand prepares them for future, higher-levelassessments,including:Cognitive Abilities Test® (CogAT®)Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) / Talented andGifted(TAG)Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence™(WPPSI™)Otis-Lennon School Ability Test® (OLSAT®)Primary Test of Cognitive Skills™ (PTCS)Cornell Critical Thinking Test (CCTT)Graduate Record Examination (GRE)Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)Graduate Record Examination (GRE)California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST)High Impact Player Assessment (HIP)and many more!------------------------------------Do you enjoy this app? Please help us by reviewing it in theAppStore. We are a small, family owned business made up of15talented, innovative, hardworking people that take great prideinthe products we produce. We would love to hear your experiencesowe can further improve our products. Thank you!

Using Higher-Order Thinking to Improve ReadingComprehensionTeaches a depth of analysis that guarantees superior readingcomprehension, top grades, and higher test scores!The standards-based critical thinking activities of ReadingDetective® develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skillsstudents need for exceptional reading comprehension. The activitiesare especially effective at helping students understand morechallenging reading concepts such as drawing inferences, makingconclusions, determining cause-and-effect, and using context cluesto define vocabulary.Students read and analyze short literature passages and storiesthat include fiction and nonfiction genres. Then they answermultiple-choice questions, citing sentence evidence to supporttheir answers.The Grades 3–4 (Beginning) level is organized into single-skillunits with a concluding mixed-skills unit and provides anintroductory lesson for each skill.Reading and literary analysis skills are based on grade-levelstandards.Features- 62 activities; 307 questions (in paid version)- Instructional lessons for each skill- Question hints- Explanations of answers- Detailed help- Detailed student statistics- Progress/award certificates- Ad-freeThis app won the following awards: Cathy Duffy 101 Top Picks forHomeschool Curriculum, Creative Child Magazine Media of the YearAward, Informal Education Products Product of the Year, Learning®Magazine Teacher's Choice Award, Mensa Recommended Materials forthe Gifted, The National Parenting Center Seal of ApprovalAuthors: Cheryl Block, Carrie Beckwith, Margaret Hockett, andDavid WhiteSubject: Language ArtsGrades: 3-4Reading Detective® guarantees top performance on assessmenttests, including:Stanford Achievement Test™ (SAT/10)California Achievement Tests (CAT/6)Iowa Tests of Basic Skills® (ITBS®)Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT)Florida State Assessment (FSA)Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP)Palmetto Assessment Challenge Test (PACT)New York State English Language Arts (ELA) TestLouisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP)State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR)Ohio Proficiency TestKansas State AssessmentsNorth Carolina End of Grade TestsNorth Carolina Competency TestsArizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS)Indiana Statewide Test for Educational Progress (ISTEP)Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL)Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT)Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA)California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)and many more!

Move over Sudoku, here come BalanceBenders™!You can use these activities as quick, fun logic problemsor asstepping stones to success in algebra. Students developdeductivethinking and pre-algebra skills as they solve balancepuzzles thatare more fun and addictive than Sudoku puzzles!Students mustanalyze each balance to identify the clues, and thensynthesize theinformation to solve the puzzle. Try one—and then tryto stop!The same quick, fun logic problems as the Balance Benders™booksbut now as software! These interactive puzzles give you allthetools you need to work the problem out on-screen beforeselectingyour answer. Developing algebraic thinking used inbalancing andsolving equations has never been more fun!This app won the Association of EducationalPublishersDistinguished Achievement Finalist Award, Dr. Toy BestSmart Play /Smart Toy Product, iParenting Media Award, iParentingMediaExcellent Products, and The National Parenting Center SealofApproval!Grades: 2-6Author: Robert FemianoPuzzles: 2 (get the full version for all 40 puzzles!)Balance Benders™ helps your students to succeed onstandardizedtests and prepares them for higher-level assessmentsincluding:Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children® (WISC®)Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®)Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) / Talented andGifted(TAG)California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST)Cornell Critical Thinking Tests (CCTT)Graduate Record Examination (GRE)Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)and many more!***THIS IS A FREE, AD-FREE DEMO OF OUR FULL VERSION THAT HASALOT MORE PUZZLES***