Critical Thinking Skills for Kids

Critical thinking is an essential part of any child's development.  The ability to approach a problem from many different angles is a skill that should be honed to it's sharpest level.  It is so important to be able to employ these skills whether trying to solve a difficult math problem, or, just maneuver your way through the pitfalls that everyone experiences in living day to day.   At Learning Is Fun Store, we have entertaining programs that make developing these skills easy and fun.

Even young children should be encouraged to use their thinking skills.  A wonderful program for youngsters is Clifford Thinking Adventures, which features Clifford the Big Red Dog.  Clifford is a good dog and a true blue friend and it's time to celebrate his birthday. 

Your child needs to help his friends make it a special day by journeying through Clifford's neighborhood to find things that will do just that.  In the process, children experience engaging activities that will promote logic, problem solving, listening & following directions, memory, matching and spatial reasoning skills.

There is nothing better than a good mystery to get the mind working.  Elementary school children will enjoy playing Carmen Sandiego Jr. Detective, a globe-trotting adventure that has your child chasing wily Carmen and her gang through all sorts of exciting locales, including Brazil, Italy and Saudi Arabia. 

Not only does this program promote deductive reasoning and memory skills, it also teaches about other cultures, geography, how to read a map, and social studies.  Loaded with beautiful pictures and music, it will hold your child's attention so that they keep playing and learning.




Anyone, adults included, age 11+ can benefit from NeuroActive Program Learning.  This edu-game was designed by both brain experts and educators to help develop learning abilities.  Very user friendly, it is a series of sixteen different exercises that last four to six minutes each. 

These fun exercises help improve learning, make reading faster, boost memory, retention and problem sovling skills.  When used at least three times a week for fifteen to twenty minutes a session, it will produce measurable improvements.  By mixing up the different types of exercises, all areas of the brain are targeted and trained.