Gifted Test Prep
Reasoning at home
Games, habits and questions that build verbal, number and shape reasoning at home, with no screens required.
How Cub Climb builds reasoning, puzzle by puzzleA tour of the Cub Climb app on real screens: answer-then-why, puzzles that follow your child, the play between puzzles, and what grown-ups see.- Inside the apps
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12 reasoning games to play at home this weekBoard games, word games and puzzles that build verbal, number and visual reasoning — including the ones a large school board suggests to its own families.- Reasoning at home
Verbal, quantitative and non-verbal reasoning, explainedThe three kinds of reasoning gifted tests like the CogAT, 11+ and CCAT-7 look at, in plain words, with one puzzle of each to try with your child.- Gifted testing
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Why asking “how do you know?” helps children learnWhat research on self-explanation says, why it matters more than getting the right answer, and five ways to ask “why?” at home without it feeling like a quiz.- How children learn
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From the makers of this blog
Cub Climb: Gifted Test Prep — reasoning puzzles that ask “why?”
- All three kinds of reasoning: words, numbers and shapes, nine puzzle types, 3,600+ original puzzles for ages 8 to 14 (grades 3 to 8).
- Answer, then say why. One star for the answer, a second for naming the rule, then the cub explains it in plain words.
- Puzzles follow your child, missed ones come back after 1, 3, 8, 20 and 50 days, and up to four children can each have their own climb.
The first 20 puzzles are free. Then a season pass that never renews, or a monthly plan. See how it works.
Android: coming soon