Mind Benders Verbal (Grades K-2) - was Mind Benders Warm Up

Deductive Thinking Skills Logic Puzzles

Develops reading comprehension, logic, and problem solving.
Prepares students for testing!

Grades: K-2
Subject: Critical Thinking
ISBN-10: 0-89455-038-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-89455-038-6
Type: Student Content w/Answer Guide
Media: Paperback Book
Author: Michael Baker
Activities: 78
Pages: 32, perforated
License: Reproducible

Description & Features

Mind Benders®, our bestselling deductive thinking puzzles, develop the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects. They're also great for developing real-life problem-solving skills.

Methods

Your child will carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to start with the most obvious associations, then deduce less obvious associations until everything finally fits together. The Verbal Warm Up book used auditory processing with no charts.

Teaching Support

Include step-by-step instructions and detailed answers. Levels spiral in difficulty within grade range. The software also includes many other features that allow your child to play and learn with little or no parent time required.

Awards

Practical Homeschooling Magazine Logic Award

Jenkins Group Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Bronze Medal

Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice

Mensa Recommended Materials for the Gifted

Practical Homeschooling Logic Award

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

Test & Exam Preparation

Mind Benders helps students succeed on standardized tests today and prepares them for future, higher-level assessments including:

• Cognitive Abilities Test® (CogAT®)
• Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) / Talented and Gifted (TAG)
• Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence™ (WPPSI™)
• Otis-Lennon School Ability Test® (OLSAT®)
• Primary Test of Cognitive Skills™ (PTCS)
• Cornell Critical Thinking Test (CCTT)
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
• Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
• California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST)
• High Impact Player Assessment (HIP)
• and many more!

Product Reviews

"Mind Benders® has helped our students perform better on multiple choice tests. The puzzles improve reading comprehension and sequencing as well as general critical thinking. Our scores keep going up!" -Kathy, Memphis, TN

"This kind of practice in thinking helps our students achieve academically." -Montessori Teacher, Ft. Myers, FL

"Great introduction to logic…ample preparation for the more rigorous courses of logic study we've undertaken this year." -Educator, Chicago, IL

"Some of our students who've returned home from college tell us that, of all the things they picked up in the gifted program, the one thing that helped them most was the Mind Benders®." -Director of Instruction, Greenville, KY

"We love your Mind Benders®....I find the deductive reasoning invaluable. It has helped my [students] very much. They love to figure them out. I have observed them using the deductive thinking in other areas of study and just in daily problems or situations." -Wendy, via the Internet

"I've been using your products for years. They're treasures.…Children have always enjoyed the Mind Benders® books.…These materials are the best I've seen anywhere." -Gail, Westland, MI

"My children and I just love your company...Yesterday was our first day of homeschooling for this year and my 4th grader just couldn't get enough of the Mind Benders®. We LOVE those!" -Nancy, via the Internet

"The best logic puzzles we've found are in the Mind Benders® books." Recommended! -The Well-Trained Mind

"These books are great for stimulating a child's thinking skills needed for other schoolwork, standardized tests, and problems in daily life…and kids think they're fun!" -Peggy Zorn, Harvest Home Educators Newsletter

"These activities appeal to children because they are like 'detective work.'" -Cathy Duffy, Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual

"I have used Mind Benders® for 17 years with my gifted children--I LOVE them!" -Norma, Overland, MO

"The best logic puzzles we've found are in the Mind Benders® books" -Jessie Wise & Susan Wise Bauer, The Well Trained Mind

"You wouldn't think something so fun could have such a profound effect on your thought process! Mind Benders® sharpen organizational and informational processing skills as well as strengthen reading skills. -Merrilee Defoe, Reviewer

"Mind Benders® Warm Up has been great in preparing my children for logic courses and subsequent Mind Benders workbooks. The problems appear easy for adults, but children under eight or nine find them challenging and interesting. I strongly recommend this workbook before starting higher level logic books." -Dianna, Juneau, AK

"When we did our first Mind Bender®, we were all stumped at first, but as we worked through them, we realized we were getting better and better. I can't tell you how it made us feel to realize we could think this way. Mind Benders has really trained all of our brains." -Tricia, Ocean View, NJ

"Mind Benders® is truly phenomenal. It combines critical thinking skills with a great amount of logic. I highly recommend it." -Mike, via the Internet

"My students have been nagging me to order more, harder, levels of Mind Benders®. They've gotten pumped up and very proud because they've worked hard at learning to do them. What they've learned to do is really impressive." -Richard, New York, NY

"The best logic puzzles we've found are in the Mind Benders® books." Recommended! -The Well-Trained Mind

"Put young detectives on the path to better problem-solving skills. These books, new additions to the deductive reasoning series, help develop the logic, comprehension, visual tracking, and mental organization skills vital to student success." -Learning™ Magazine, Resources for Successful Teaching

"Mind Benders® sharpen organizational and informational processing skills as well as strengthen reading skills." -Merrilee Defoe, Reviewer