Mind Benders Level 2

Mind Benders Level 2

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Timberdoodle's Review

Mind Benders Book 2

When I was about ten years old, my parents, with their six daughters, ages two to eleven, spent the summer driving a Dodge van from Panama to Oregon. Cars in those days did not have media centers. And if ours had a working radio or air conditioner, it was a well-guarded secret. But what we did have were several large tote bags of puzzle books. 


On this trip, I was first introduced to this absorbing type of puzzle. These deductive thinking puzzles, Mind Benders, develop vital logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills necessary for solving real-life problems.


Levels spiral in difficulty within grade ranges. Mind Benders Level 1 and Mind Benders Level 2 are intended for children as young as four years old. 


Your child will think about each story and its clues with your assistance. He will then identify logical associations between people, places, and things. Finally, he will deduce how it all fits together. 


A child that can master these skills at four or five years of age will almost certainly find the challenges of reading comprehension and mathematical story problems to be nonissues in the years to come. Mind Benders includes step-by-step instructions and detailed answers.

 

 

Download a sample page from Mind Benders Level 2 (PDF)

Features
Best-selling deductive thinking puzzles.
Develops reading comprehension, logic, and problem solving.
Prepares your child for testing.
Great for developing real-life, problem solving skills.

Publisher's Information
Author: Michael Baker
Pages: 48
Activities: 44
Black and White: Yes
Binding: Paperback
Copyright: 2005
ISBN: 0-89455-873-0
Publisher: The Critical Thinking Co
Printed In: USA
Consumable: Yes
Reproducible: Yes, for use within your own home or classroom. Not for any commercial entity or organization.
Faith-Based: No

Awards and Endorsements:
Mensa Recommended Materials for the Gifted
Practical Homeschooling Logic Award
Cathy Duffy 101 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Practical Homeschooling Software Award
Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
Cathy Duffy Top 100 Award
Learning® Magazine Recommended Resource for Successful Teaching
The Well-Trained Mind Recommended Resource for Logic and Critical Thinking

Customer Reviews

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Amanda M.

It's a little over my 7 yo ability to do independently, even though the age says 1-2grade. But we do it together, she reads it and I guide her by asking questions to help her find the answers.

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Achen
Great

We all love this book. I wish we had bought the next to levels. He was a little intimated at first but once understood the concept begs to do more sheets. My sons is a great learner but wasn’t thrill about math problems. This book helped him get over anxiety and frustration of problem solving math problems.

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Heather E.
Mindbenders Level 2

My 7-year-old son really enjoys doing these logic puzzles. We did Level 1 last year, so he was able to do the first set in this book pretty easily, but about a third of the way through he started hitting some more difficult ones that require him to think more. He gets frustrated when he can't immediately figure something out, so we have had to slow down and will probably have to continue this book into second grade. I think it's an excellent book for teaching children how to reason logically.

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Lauren
Great with working with my daughter

Great gear books are fun to do out loud. My daughter can’t do it on her own, but it’s fun to read aloud and talk our way through it.

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Jessica
Fun for my first grader

This book was fun for my first grader. She found most of the puzzles to be pretty easy but there were a few that she really had to think about. I like that it got her thinking in different ways. She had never done any puzzles like these before. Although the age says 1-2 grades, I do feel that it would be too easy for past first grade. My Pre-K child was able to figure some of these out when I read them to her. I am considering getting some harder ones for my daughter for second grade.