Thinking skills

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Have you read any of the comments below on your child's school report recently?
"Knows tables but must concentrate on how to use them"
"Needs more help with problem solving"
"Knows basic four rules but must work more quickly"

Problem solving

These puzzles will help improve problem solving and thought processes.

Maths puzzle

Maths puzzle 2

Reasoning puzzle 1

Reasoning puzzle 5 Free Download

Needs to increase confidence in his own abilities”
“Still needs to be more self confident”
“Work more quickly and with confidence”
 

Confidence

These puzzles will help to increase confidence and hence concentration

Concentrate and read

Crossword 3

Use every letter

Crossword 5 Around the world

Number crossword

Egyptian crossword

“needs to improve reading skills”
“must extend vocabulary”
“improve spelling and presentation”
High frequency words which should be covered for your child’s age group

Word search 1 reception

Word search 2 KS1

Word search 3 for KS1

Word search 4 Years 3-4

Word search 5 Years4-5

“must be able to relate one piece of information to another”
“be aware of all the implications to the question”
“be able to solve a problem in more than one way”

Spatial awareness and reasoning powers

Children's quiz Free Download

Spatial awareness 1

Spatial awareness 2

Spatial awareness 3

Spatial awareness 5

Puzzles for all

Can you work these out? Free Download

“Approach problems from a different angle”
“Needs to think around a problem”
“Must extend range of thought and thinking processes”
“Must develop more extended thought processes”
“Must develop the ability to predict results”
Lateral thinking

Lateral thinking 1 bottleneck and trains

Lateral thinking 2

Lateral thinking 3

Lateral thinking 4

Lateral thinking 5

Holiday family fun - Riddles Free Download

Puzzles

“Apply logic to help solve problems or tasks”
“Be systematic and logical in approaching work”
“Show the logic in arriving at their answer”
“Think slowly and with care to arrive at the correct answer”
Logic

Logic puzzles 1

Logic puzzles 2

Logic puzzles 3

Logic puzzles 4

Logic puzzles 5

Logic problem

Logic puzzles

Fun maths Many more ideas on the Fun maths page

Fun maths for KS1 Free Download

Fun maths for KS2

Fun maths Free Download

Fun maths for all the family

There are many more ideas to stimulate your children. Here are some examples with links to the pages:
I hope that these ideas are helpful and that they will encourage the children to keep thinking and learning although having fun.

The Brown family

Banana Legs

Platonic shapes

Puzzles and thought provoking

Maths puzzles

Brain teasers questions for fun

Shapes

Sudoku

Sudoku puzzles for all the family

Puzzles for all the family Free Download

Thoughtful questions

Maths puzzles & problems for year 1 & 2 Free Download

Maths fun for year 3 Free Download

Maths fun for year 4 Free Download

Maths puzzles and problems-years 5&6 Free Download

Mnemonics

Brain teasers

Tricky questions

Test your intelligence Free Download

All sorts of words

Word puzzle

Word play for all

Working with others

Brain game for Early years Free Download

I spy on the road

I spy seaside

I spy animals

20 fun things to do as you travel Free Download

Lotto board and cards

Geography what's what

History quiz - the Romans

You have to think

Feelings

Thinking skills Free Download

Brain teasers 2

Can you work these out? Free Download	Have fun with mazes	Joke book	Games to enjoy
Battleships	Fun holiday games for the family	Fun activities from African Penguin	Thinking and teasers
Memory games	Solar system quiz	Auditory games

Christmas fun

Christmas crossword Years 1 and 2 Free Download

Christmas crossword Years 3 and 4

Christmas crossword Years 5 and 6

Christmas crossword Years 7, 8 and 9

Word search for KS1 for Christmas

Christmas word search for KS2

Christmas word search for KS3

Family word search for Christmas Free Download

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