50 Reason & Problem Solving Games

Target a broad brush of reasoning skills with games that are easy to set up and play. Give your students fun, positive ways to practice problem-solving skills with others.

Fifty games in one big book gives you lots of teaching options:

• Reinforce a variety of different skills
  
• Games at two difficulty levels for each skill
  
• Use the games for therapy, learning centers, and take-home activities
  
• Goal-driven stimuli for two to three players
  
• Many of the game boards can be customized with your own stimulus items
  

Teach 24 problem-solving skills:

1. Patterning
   
2. Identifying Facts & Opinions
   
3. Comparing and Contrasting
   
4. Stating Facts & Opinions
   
5. Describing
   
6. Absurdities
   
7. Sequencing
   
8. Analogies
   
9. Categorizing
   
10. Giving Reasons
    
11. Categorical Exclusion
    
12. Debating
    
13. Identifying True/False Statements
    
14. Cause & Effect
    
15. Answering Wh- Questions
    
16. Using Logic
    
17. Asking Questions
    
18. Identifying Problems
    
19. Idioms
    
20. Brainstorming Solutions
    
21. Predicting
    
22. Identifying Resources
    
23. Drawing Conclusions
    
24. Evaluating Solutions
    

Distribute the games as printed, or color and laminate them for future use. You will need different colored game tokens; dice; coins; crayons, markers, or colored pencils; paper; scissors; glue sticks; game chips; and a timer to play some of the games.