Favorites from The Critical Thinking catalog?

[tammyw]

I am looking to order some things but not sure what others really like and wondered if you might consider sharing?

[AAK]

We really like the Mind Benders. Only, I really don't think they are the best value out there. This is one book that we don't write in--easy enough to make a grid on paper. I plan on using ours for all three kids. I need to get more bang for my buck!

amy

[yitlan]

I like several things, including the Can You Find Mes, math reasoning, and I use the Lang. Smarts as a supplement. Mostly, the colorful pages attract my kids and so I use them to spice things up now and then. But I don't use them as core curric. I also use some of the puzzle books for travel games. One child can read them out loud and the others can help solve.

[zjande]

For my 7th grader next year, we're using Real Life Math Mysteries (although I ordered it somewhere else cheaper), & Mind Benders. I plan on ordering Think A Grams, they look so fun! Those 1st 2 books I mentioned always seem to get rave reviews online in the forums I frequent (although I do have to admit that I was a little surprised by how thin the Mind Benders book ended up being. We won't be writing in ours either!) . I also am drooling over Fallacy Detective & The Art of Argument. I don't think the Critical Thinking Co carries those though. But those also constantly seem to get fantastic reviews from homeschoolers.

[tammyw]

Thank you for the suggestions. I think these look fantastic for more fun activities, take-along, etc.!

[binxsmom]

we do mind benders and daily mind builders. the kids ask for them. like the pp said, the mind benders aren't the greatest value so we don't write in the books.

[amis2girls]

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