Unconventional Invention Book: A Good Apple Activity Book for Grades 3-12, The

"Classroom teachers are always on the lookout for activities that will develop inventive thinking skills, and the collection that follows is a gold mine for such activities. The book provides thorough and easy-to-follow teacher's guides and offers hundreds of suggestions about how to accommodate inventive and creative thinking in a variety of classroom projects and instructional approaches. The work sheets are 'ready-to-use" and delightfully illustrated. But, what is more important is the fact that almost all of the activities are open-ended, and they therefore allow each child to "escalate" his or her level or response in these highly imaginative thinking exercises. The author has also provided excellent suggestions for varying the activities so that each activity, in effect, represents a takeoff point for the classroom teacher to develop additional related activities of his or her own. Also offered are suggestions for warm-up activities and ideas for following through on each lesson. This approach helps to extend the content of the book" (Amazon).