Critical And Creative 5
Build smarter thinking with puzzles, logic, and creativity—real-world problem-solving wrapped in fifth-grade fun.
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Critical And Creative 5
Critical & Creative Thinking Activities: Grade 5, encourages your child to approach problems thoughtfully, make connections, and consider ideas from multiple perspectives. Through 46 themed units, he'll strengthen both logical reasoning and creative thinking as he works through a variety of engaging challenges.
Each unit includes activities such as logic puzzles, mazes, secret codes, Venn diagrams, patterning exercises, and other problem-solving tasks designed to develop reasoning, fluency, originality, and flexible thinking. Rather than focusing on memorization, the activities encourage your child to analyze information, identify relationships, evaluate possibilities, and generate creative solutions.
The themes draw from everyday life, personal interests, and imaginative situations. Your child will find himself exploring topics such as dinosaurs, board games, breakfast foods, remote controls, caves, garage sales, technology, and other familiar experiences that provide a natural setting for higher-level thinking.
Helpful parent notes provide guidance, all student pages are reproducible for home use, and a complete answer key is included for easy review.
Published by a secular company, Critical & Creative Thinking Activities may include an occasional unit that does not align with every family's preferences and can be easily skipped if desired.
By combining creative exploration with logical analysis, this workbook helps your child develop the thinking skills needed for learning across subjects and for solving problems beyond the page.
See the first 8 pages of this book and browse all that it has to offer.
How to Use Critical & Creative Thinking Activities – Grade 5
- A simple approach is to complete two double-sided pages each week. This pace will carry your child through the workbook during a typical school year while leaving room for breaks and schedule changes.
- If your child prefers to stay immersed in a topic, consider completing two full units each week or four units every three weeks. Since each unit centers on a single theme, some children enjoy finishing the entire sequence before moving on.
- Adjust the pace as needed. The workbook works well as a regular thinking-skills course, an enrichment activity, or an occasional supplement alongside other subjects.
- Encourage your child to explain his reasoning as he works. Talking through a puzzle, code, comparison activity, or logic challenge often reveals as much about his thinking as the final answer.
- The units can be completed in order or selected to complement topics you're already studying. Either approach provides valuable practice in observation, reasoning, problem-solving, and flexible thinking.
- With regular use, your child will strengthen both critical and creative thinking skills as they work through a wide variety of engaging challenges.
Publisher's Information
Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Author: Rachel Lynette
Age Recommendation: 10
Grade Recommendation: 5th
Faith-Based: No
Consumable: Yes (reproducible, individual family only)
Pages: 142
ISBN: 9781596734050
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2009
Made in: USA
”They just take a few minutes to do each day. You can assign a page or two a day or a whole category.” Read the Review
Flanders Family
”It has been a great choice for keeping my kids engaged this summer, but it will make a great enrichment activity during the regular school year, as well.” Read the Review
A Mom's Quest to Teach:
“In Critical and Creative Thinking Activities, Grade 5, students will gain valuable practice through a broad range of thinking skills.” Read the Review
Homegrown Homeschool
- February 21, 2026
Critical Thinking
Kristen F.
I like how this book has a mixture of thinking questions that include math, puzzles, and everyday observations. We use this book 3 to 4 times a week.
- August 9, 2025
Good but…
Jen
I have mixed feelings about this because I personally thought this book was really nice. There’s tons of different activities in it to keep things interesting and exciting. There’s various topics and different things to think about that you don’t normally get with any other subject. Here’s the but… my student didn’t like it. I was so surprised because of how fun this book seems, but he groaned when I brought it out. I asked why and he’d just shrug. We never finished it so I might try it again next year but I won’t buy another unless he shows interest this time around.
- February 19, 2025
Good book
a
My daughter enjoys using this book and a fun edition to school
- April 20, 2024
Good balance of challenge
Jill W.
Lots of good puzzles and challenges. Daughter doesn't love it, but that shouldn't always be the goal. She does get enjoyment, especially when she completes harder ones and builds confidence. It challenges her in different ways and isn't too repetitive.
- June 25, 2023
Nurturing Critical Thinking and Creativity Skills
Dee
Critical And Creative 5 has had a profound impact on my daughter's intellectual growth, empowering her with enhanced critical thinking and creativity skills. The program's stimulating activities and challenges have sparked her curiosity and encouraged her to approach problems from multiple perspectives.
- June 6, 2023
We love Critical and Creative!
Melissa H.
We love these books. It is an easy and fun approach to thinking skills, and a great book that they can work on independently.
- April 2, 2023
sometimes it even stumps the parents
A. P.
Some of the pages in this workbook are wonderful and fun and others are stressful for the kids and the parents.
- March 18, 2022
Creative thinking skills
Kathy B.
My 5th grader has a logical mind and this book helps him to utilize his logic skills.
- October 30, 2021
Enjoy these challanges
Amanda F.
My kids are really enjoying this work book
- May 21, 2021
Great
Tammy H.
Just what I needed to add some fun to our schooling.
