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Smartphones, Televisions, Tablets, Computers: They're Everywhere!
Smartphones, Televisions, Tablets, Computers: They're Everywhere!
Smartphones,
televisions, tablets, computers:
They’re everywhere!
THINKING KIDSTM
carsondellosa.com
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Solve It
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Create It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mystery Sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Letter Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Fruit Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ice Cube Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 What’s the Diff? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Tissue Paper Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Secret Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Oatmeal Box Drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Counting Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Musical Glasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Picture Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Bean Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 What’s the Diff? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
See the Sunrise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Secret Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Marshmallow Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Puzzled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Creative Cereal Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 What’s the Diff? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Easy-to-Make Dough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Missing Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Clay Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Rhyme This . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Homemade Hideout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 What Doesn't Belong? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rock Buddies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 In the Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Paint with Your Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Get a Clue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Apple Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Nursery Rhyme Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Flag Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 What’s the Diff? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cornstarch Quicksand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Number This . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Trash Lid Birdbath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Secret Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Coin Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Feline Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Coffee Filter Flower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Missing Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Paper Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 A Slippery Peel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Pasta Necklace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Number This . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Stencils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Secret Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Paper Plate Shaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 What’s the Diff? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Food Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Mystery Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Bubble Wrap Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Big and Tall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Monster Goopy Goo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Rhyme Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Wrapping Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Be a Dinosaur Detective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Picture Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Secret Code .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Stop and Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Chubby Cheeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Bubbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Bits and Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Paper Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 What’s the Diff? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Picture Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Feelings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
TP Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Missing Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Milk Jug Watering Can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Peaceful Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Chalk Rubbings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Secret Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
See the Sunset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Mystery Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Sparkle Shaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 What’s the Diff? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
No-Blow Balloons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Mystery Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
New at the Zoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Missing Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Fancy Hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Secret Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Crayon Rubbings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Crack the Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Tulip Pot… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 What’s the Diff? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Make Your Own Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Cute Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
New “You” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Riddle Me This . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Fuzzy Caterpillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Secret Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Tissue Paper Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Sea Creatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Hand or Face? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 A Yummy Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Make Your Own Constellation . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Love Our Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Cereal Necklace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Ready to Feast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Egg Shaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 What’s the Diff? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
B Is for Butterfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Mouse House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
String Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Secret Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Paper Mosaic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Rhyme This . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The Book of You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Things That Are Alike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Treasure Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Snack Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
What’s the Diff? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Kindergarten 3
4 Kindergarten
Is your child ready for a tech timeout? The sections in this book
describe a wide variety of ideas for steering children away from
computers, smartphones, and TV. Each activity provides plenty of
screen-free fun. As children go through this book, have them keep an
eye out for red letters and this hidden monkey scattered through
the pages. They can keep track of them to complete activities at the
end of the “Solve It” and “Find It” sections!
Create It
Get creative! Your child will glue, tape, draw, paint, snip, tear, and stack
to complete craft projects. You may want to stock up on some of the
following items that will be needed for this section: paper (including
heavy paper, such as cardstock), colored construction paper, a roll of
butcher paper, crayons or colored pencils, glue, tape, scissors, paper
plates, paint, brushes, and decorative stickers.
Solve It
The activities in this section require little more than a pencil and
your child’s brain. Many of the puzzles put your child’s elementary
knowledge of the alphabet, numbers, and beginning words to the test.
Other puzzles require a keen sense of observation.
Find It
The hunt is on! Whether indoors, outdoors, or on the page, these
activities will have your child focused on tasks that require looking,
finding, and collecting.
Play It
Get your child up and moving. This section is filled with exercises and
other physical activities that should get heart rates up and burn off
energy. Whether it is running, hopping, dancing, or stretching, your
child is sure to get a healthy workout – and have fun at the same time.
Kindergarten 5
What does it look like? What color is it? How many legs
does it have? Is it big or little? What do you call it?
Kindergarten Create It 49
Fruit Basket
Match the letters in the code to the numbers. Use the
code to answer the question.
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Kindergarten Solve It 69
Snow Cap
Color each space to f ind the hidden picture.
Active Numbers
Play on your own or with a friend.
Write the numbers 1–10 on separate strips of paper. Fold
the strips and place them in a hat or bag.
Draw a number from the hat. Say the number out loud.
Then, choose an activity to do that number of times.
Each time you draw a number, pair it with a different
activity so that every number goes along with just one
activity. For example, you might hop 2 times, take 6 steps,
and skip for 9 seconds.
● Possible actions:
❏ hops
❏ skips
❏ jumps
❏ steps
❏ lunges
❏ stomps
❏ arm circles
❏ hand waves
❏ claps
❏ head nods
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Secret Code Counting Sheep
Here is a riddle for you! Solve the secret code to find the Match the letters in the code to the numbers. Use the
answer. code to answer the question.
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Secret Code
Which farm animal gives us wool?
H G D E T O R
S H E E P
25 14 11 11 22
71 72
Picture Clues How's the Weather?
Letters, numbers, and pictures take the place of words in Find and circle the words in the puzzle.
each sentence below. Write each sentence correctly.
sunny foggy tornado cloudy
are can you storm windy hurricane snowy
hot cold hail rainy
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I ate an apple. happy?
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Can you see my dog? What is your favorite type of weather? Draw a picture.
4. see .
Pictures will vary.
I can see you.
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blue red
Drawings
will vary.
yellow green
orange purple
164 165
Coming Up Roses Vehicle View
Look at the top picture. Circle 5 things that are different As you ride in the car, look out the window. What do you
in the bottom picture. see? Keep track below.
1= 5=
car
bus
motorcycle
bike
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