Which critical thinking books do you like best?

[thundersweet]

Looking at Building Thinking Skills by Critical Thinking Co or Critical Thinking Activities by Dale Seymour. Is one better than the other? Any other recommendations for a 7yo?

Thanks,
Sandy

[Cornerstone Classical]

What about Lollipop Logic, there are some on this board that us it, maybe they will chime in....

http://www.prufrock.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=472

[Lori D.]

Building Thinking Skills seemed too formal for us. We did use the Critical Thinking book by Seymour -- but as one of a number of resources, in order to develop a wide range of thinking skills. Below are some of the things we used for critical thinking/logic in the kinder to grade 3 range. BEST of luck in finding what works for your family! Warmest regards, Lori D.

grade K-3

workbooks:
- Critical Thinking Activities in Pattern, Image, Logic (gr. 1-3) -- by Seymour
- Logic Safari (book 1 = gr. 2-3; book 2 = gr. 3-4)
- Lollipop Logic (gr. K-2)
- Primarily Logic (gr. 2-4)
- Connections series (by grade level)

puzzle books:
- Gifted and Talented series (K-4 gr.) -- by Amerikander, or others
- Puzzlemania series (gr. 1-5) -- best of Highlights magazine variety of puzzles
- Hidden Picture Puzzle books -- collection of hidden picture puzzles from Highlights

software:
- Logic Journey of the Zoombinis (by grade level)
- Revenge of the Logic Spiders (by grade level)
- Crazy Contraptions series (gr. 3+)
- Operation: Neptune (gr. 3-6)
- Mission: T.H.I.N.K. (gr. 2-6)

games:
- Set
- Duo
- Secret Door
- Blokus
- Scan (old Parker Brothers game, usually available on ebay)
- Clue

solo logic activities:
- Logix
- Scramble Squares
- Tangrams
- Rush Hour Junior

simple puzzle pages:
- mazes
- word searches
- Where's Waldo
- search and find type of books

[jadedone80]

:iagree: BTS was way too formal and frustrating to implement for us.

We found Blokus, Tetris, and the Mindbender series much more educational and fun.

[thundersweet]

Thanks so much!!

Sandy

[MyCalling]

We really like BTS. My 7yo looks forward to it every day. I do the written explanations he narrates though. His 6yo brother is jealous he doesn't have one, so it's on my RR wishlist for him.

[joannqn]

My kids love Mindbenders and whizzed through the books I got for tem. They've been begging for more.

[Annabel Lee]

I hope you guys don't mind but I just copied and pasted all those references into my "curriculum to look into" list. :) Thanks!

[Macrina]

We use Even Moor's Thinking Skills (http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Skills-Evan-Moor-Educational-Publishers/dp/1557998655/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232565462&sr=8-2) grade 1-2 for my 4yo ds and 7yo dd. We do one lesson every Thursday and dd says Thursday are her favorite! I am pretty pleased with it.