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Big Thinkers 1st Grade

Big Thinkers 1st Grade is the perfect learning supplement to your child's classroom experience. Ben and Becky Brightly's contagious wonder and ability to transform themselves into a variety of shapes and forms engage kids in a fun world of learning and discovery!

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August 18, 2015
10 years and 352 days ago
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About the Game

Humongous Entertainment presents Big Thinkers!, the first educational products with personality – well, actually, two personalities. Ben and Becky Brightly, the superstar twins of learning and laughter, guarantee fun as they create ways for your child to master the lessons essential to success in first grade. The tumbling, twisting twins don't just host the curriculum-based activities, they are the activities as Ben and Becky flex and form into animals, airplanes, globes and other amazing shapes to help your children collect SmartStars, fill their Brain Banks, and demonstrate that your kids can do amazing things when they think big.

  • 16 fun activities to help your first grader learn amazing things.
  • Your kids just may be ready for the circuit in Light Bulb Math.
  • Everyone wins when they play First, Middle, or Last, the fun phonics game show.
  • Even Ben and Becky's garage is full of fun things to do!
  • Addition and subtraction are the games as kids buy Ben's Bargains.
  • Rewards are in store once kids have collected enough SmartStars to take on the SuperStar of Smarts Challenge.
  • All the animals get in the act when Ben and Becky become the Barnyard Band.
  • SmartCharts allow you to track each child's progress.
  • Kids always feel successful as all of their efforts are rewarded with SmartStars
  • The pantry's the place as kids arrange the jars in Shelf Shuffle.
  • Ben plunges into the art world as your children create their own Murals.
  • Kids help pickup the pieces of the customizable jigsaw puzzles.

Think 'n' Go ensures that your child's favorite activities are never more than a couple of clicks away.

Kids can use the simple interface to print out their favorite screens and activities.

Adjustable difficulty levels allow many activities to grow with your child.

Big Thinkers 1st Grade is the perfect learning supplement to your child's classroom experience. Ben and Becky Brightly's contagious wonder and ability to transform themselves into a variety of shapes and forms engage kids in a fun world of learning and discovery unlike any they have experienced before.

Your little learners always feel successful as they collect oodles of SmartStars. All of their efforts and successes are rewarded on their way to the Superstar of Smarts Challenge. Your children are in control as they laugh along while the Brightly twins bend and stretch to provide activities that help kids learn all the skills necessary for success in first grade.

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