The Critical Thinking Mind Benders Level 1 Workbook - Deductive Skills Puzzles (Grades PreK-K)

I ordered some analogy and logic books for my kids, ages 6-13. This is my favorite that I have received so far. It is exactly what I was looking for. This actually shows the youngest kids how to solve logic problems, using a graph to fill in with Yes or No based on the clues. (For example, 3 people have 3 pets and you get two clues to figure out which person owns which pet.) The book is labeled level PreK-K. I ordered the first book to use with my 8- and 6-year-old boys. I would say that the level rating is about right---it is too easy for my second grader and about right/almost easy for my kindergartener. It is not too babyish for my second grader, though. He really liked doing the puzzles and said that it was just like what he was doing at school. It's a great intro to logic. You can see a sample from this book at The Critical Learning Co. LOVE it, and can't wait to get the next books.

I grew up doing Mind Benders and LOVED them as a kid (and, let's be real, I loved them when I dug some of the upper levels out last year and challenged my husband a Mind Bender's race - he was not prepared). So, I was super excited that my godson has shown a knack and love for puzzles and logic/deduction games. I recently purchased the first level for him to try - I'll try to remember to update once he's had a go at them.

My kids love mind benders!!! We wish there were more in the series! Excellent tool to keep kids motivated and excited about school work.

If you are looking for critical thinking exercises i promise this is the one! My 5 year old hounds me about doing these. If I appear to not be doing anything she is walking up to me with the book and her pencil. The puzzles themselves have the same layout. I like this because we dont spend a lot of time figuring out what the puzzle wants. She knows what she is supposed to do, and the puzzles get harder and harder as the book goes on. Also, the wording is pretty easy as well so my 5 year old can read alot of the words in the puzzle so it is a great reading exercise too. I spent a lot of time trying to find a critical thinking book for this summer and I saw a comment on a different book mention this book. I'm so happy we found these!

I got this book for my 4.5 year old daughter and she enjoyed completing the exercises. She was easily able to complete all the 3x3 matrix exercises. I would recommend this book to teach young children problem solving and logic skills. The only think I did not like is how you had to mark Y and N in the results matrix. My daughter would just draw lines to match the results. I would prefer the results layout to be more like a matching then matrix. There is no way a 4 year old can understand to put her results in a matrix form.