In using a set of Think Links™, all 27 cards are passed out to any number of players up to 27. A player to start is then picked to read the question at the bottom of any one of his or her cards after which the card is set aside. The other players then check their cards to see who has the response to what was read. The player with the response reads it and the question that follows, and the players again check their cards to see who has the response, and so on. The process continues until all the cards have been read back to the beginning card.

In looking at an intact set of Think Links™, the connection between the cards comprising the set is readily seen. However, once the cards have been cut apart, shuffled and passed out, it is hidden. Thus it seems magical when no matter which card is read first, all the cards are read back to the first card read. With this basic understanding of Think Links™, creative variations and refinements for it are numerous.

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What Is Think Links™ Math / Reading Readiness?

Think Links™ Math / Reading Readiness is a captivating way to motivate beginning counting and reading activities. In the words of one 8-year-old, it is “a game of paying attention.” Children read “Who has?” questions that are “linked” to “I have” responses that are linked to more “Who has?” questions and so on back to the first question read.

How Is Think Links™ Used?

A set of Think Links™ consists of 27 cards that are linked together: Card 1 to Card 2, Card 2 to Card 3, Card 3 to Card 4 and so on to Card 27 which is linked back to Card 1, all connected with “I have,” “Who has?” statements as shown below.

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