I have been homeschooling for four years and I just found out about your company a couple of months ago. What a difference your products have made in our homeschool! We all love working together to answer the problems. We feel like mini-detectives in our own home and that's so much fun. Thank you!
Review by
Nancy
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Love It
I've used other critical thinking and reasoning books with my homeschooled children. This one is the best I've found. It goes beyond reasoning in mathematics and reading and moves into the word of logical thinking in everyday situations. Looking for evidence and evaluated the quality of the evidence is a key part of the program. It doesn't just cover true/false and fact/fiction. The book moves into the ideas of probably true and probably false concepts. And the kids don't grumble about working on it! Bonus!
Review by
Rachelle
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That this book is so effective in helping children develop and hone critical thinking skills is due, in part, to a format kids find both pleasurable and engaging. It is filled with short exercises and activities students experience as a fun detective game rather than work. It is an active, step-by-step learning process, with plenty of practice of a sort that instills in readers a growing sense of mastery and, with it, a desire to continue to improve. The illustrations, diagrams, and easy to understand explanations help kids learn to assess available evidence and use it to intelligently evaluate claims and arguments before making decisions. The clarity and conciseness of the writing contribute to the ease with which readers absorb and apply the concepts. The result is a marked improvement in students' critical thinking skills and a growing tendency to employ them often, traits that are likely to serve them well for the rest of their lives.
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