Little Thinkers
Picture puzzles, coloring, matching and cut-and-sort games. A grown-up reads each page aloud.
Thinking
Print this chapterOdd one out
10 min · Critical thinking
Rain detective
10 min · Critical thinking
Three ways to carry water
15 min · Alternatives thinking
Circle magic
15 min · Alternatives thinking
What’s wrong here?
10 min · Problem-finding
Fix it!
10 min · Problem-finding
Best for the snow
10 min · Judgment and taste
I like, I don’t like
15 min · Judgment and taste
Pick a sock
15 min · Probabilistic thinking
Will it happen?
15 min · Probabilistic thinking
The flower circle
10 min · Systems thinking
What happens next?
10 min · Systems thinking
Real or made-up?
15 min · Checking what's true
Whose shadow?
10 min · Checking what's true
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Self
Print this chapterI can do it myself
10 min · Agency
My plan
15 min · Agency
Keep going!
15 min · Determination
Try, try again
15 min · Determination
How I learn
10 min · Learning how to learn
Then and now
10 min · Learning how to learn
My tower fell down
15 min · Resilience
Big feelings
10 min · Resilience
Count carefully
15 min · Deep attention
Finish the pattern
10 min · Deep attention
People
Print this chapterTell the story
10 min · Communication and storytelling
Draw the ending
15 min · Communication and storytelling
Foods we share
10 min · Working across cultures
How my family says hello
10 min · Working across cultures
Kind or not kind?
15 min · Values and ethics
Fair share
15 min · Values and ethics
Promise stars
5 min · Trustworthiness
How would they feel?
10 min · Trustworthiness
Doing
Print this chapterPaper bridge
15 min · Imagination and building
Invent a toy
15 min · Imagination and building
Tell the robot: brush teeth
10 min · Directing AI like a team
Robot to the cookie
15 min · Directing AI like a team
Snack with 10 coins
10 min · Money sense
Need or want?
15 min · Money sense
Move like animals
5 min · Body and hands
Snip snip
10 min · Body and hands
Mental models
Print this chapterHow to make a mess
10 min · Inversion
And then what?
10 min · Second-order thinking
Shapes make things
15 min · First principles
Pick just one
10 min · Opportunity cost
Double it!
15 min · Compounding
What will you see?
15 min · Base rates
Map of my room
15 min · Map vs territory
Why did they do it?
10 min · Incentives
Thinking Games for Curious Kids
Logic puzzles, journals, comics and trackers that kids can mostly do on their own.
Thinking
Print this chapterWho stole the cookie?
15 min · Critical thinking
Claim, Evidence, Reason
20 min · Critical thinking
20 uses for a paperclip
10 min · Alternatives thinking
Three ways across the river
15 min · Alternatives thinking
Bug hunt
15 min · Problem-finding
5 Whys ladder
15 min · Problem-finding
Rank the lunchboxes
15 min · Judgment and taste
Better or worse, and why?
15 min · Judgment and taste
Coin-flip forecaster
15 min · Probabilistic thinking
How sure are you?
10 min · Probabilistic thinking
Screen time and sleep loop
15 min · Systems thinking
If the bees disappeared…
15 min · Systems thinking
Real or fake?
20 min · Checking what's true
Fact, opinion or can't tell
10 min · Checking what's true
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Self
Print this chapterMy mission planner
15 min · Agency
Write the missing branch
15 min · Agency
21-day streak tracker
10 min · Determination
Challenge ladder
15 min · Determination
Brain dump and check
15 min · Learning how to learn
Teach it to a toy
15 min · Learning how to learn
Bounce-back comic
15 min · Resilience
Worry thermometer and reframe bubbles
15 min · Resilience
Spot 12 differences
15 min · Deep attention
Five-minute slow look
10 min · Deep attention
People
Print this chapterStory spine
15 min · Communication and storytelling
Six-panel storyboard
20 min · Communication and storytelling
Two breakfasts
15 min · Working across cultures
Interview a grandparent
20 min · Working across cultures
Helped or harmed?
15 min · Values and ethics
Agree, unsure, disagree
20 min · Values and ethics
Promise tracker
10 min · Trustworthiness
Saying sorry well
15 min · Trustworthiness
Doing
Print this chapterInvent it
20 min · Imagination and building
Build the tallest paper tower
20 min · Imagination and building
Program your grown-up
20 min · Directing AI like a team
Make the vague request clear
15 min · Directing AI like a team
Penny doubled or $500?
20 min · Money sense
Save, spend, give
10 min · Money sense
Fold a paper fortune teller
20 min · Body and hands
Measure your home
20 min · Body and hands
Mental models
Print this chapterThe worst birthday party ever
15 min · Inversion
And then what?
15 min · Second-order thinking
What is a chair really for?
20 min · First principles
One free hour
15 min · Opportunity cost
Rice on a chessboard
15 min · Compounding
Guess the left-handers
15 min · Base rates
Draw your street from memory, then check
20 min · Map vs territory
Why are sweets at the checkout?
15 min · Incentives
Think Like a Founder
Thinking tools for teens: decisions, money, ideas, and building things people want.
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