The Critical Thinking Mind Benders Book 4 School Workbook

As a former homeschooler, we needed something to work on over the summer because we used to school year-round. This was a quick and fun activity for both my 9 and 11 year olds who had never done logic puzzles before. Starts out simple and the puzzles seem to get more complex.

This is a great workbook for practicing logic skills. My son enjoys these puzzles. Some are quite tricky!

This short book provides a lot of helpful exercises related to logical reasoning. The puzzles are straightforward and initially easy, but grow in complexity as you move through the book. Overall, the puzzles are appropriate for most 9-10 year old children. Highly recommend. I also recommend the Balance Benders books. We have had great success with those as well. Balance Benders(tm), Level 2

Ordered this and some other logic and sudoku puzzle books for the grands during long trips. The logic puzzles are good, some require careful reading, and the kids enjoy doing them. I'm very pleased with this product and so are their parents.

Even my adult children still talk about these books

We have used Mind benders books earlier and found them interesting to fill in the "I am bored..." period. Pros - puzzles make the kids think about indirect connections - good way to help kids exercise brains, which is not school work. Cons - (photo attached) - Incorrect answer for the puzzle. An adult must check kid's work as incorrect answers don't help. - Ambiguous names, can be male or female. Bobby, Pat can be boy or girl. I feel the kids are expected to figure out indirect connections here. I would say about 50% of the puzzles in the book will require for the kid to focus well and spend time finding the relations, specially the 2-D puzzles. If you are looking for quick-solving puzzles, then this may not be the right one. My 9-year old enjoys solving these puzzles, and checks his work on his own, except the one that has wrong answer printed. Overall, I would say a good puzzle book and can help act as a good change from standard school work, alongwith other variety of puzzles.

It was great for my son. it is really hard to motivate kids to do repetitive homework that comes from school. I think exercises like these definitely help kids develop their critical thinking and problem solving skills. He was enjoying to solve these problems.

We've used the Mind Benders books for our children for the past several years. However, when my eight year old got to this level, many of the clues became unclear. Some of the clues are somewhat subjective. For example, for one puzzle, the clue states "these two people fix things that are mostly used for entertainment." The options are "computers, radios, small appliances, and TV sets." Also, the age range for this book states "grades 3-6." Yet to solve a different puzzle, the child must have knowledge of TV shows such as "The Dukes of Hazzard, Star Trek, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." Lastly, as another reviewer pointed out, sometimes the names which are intended to be male or female are not very clear. Pat can be either female or male. Although I love the concept of puzzles and logic, I don't love the implementation of them in this book and will be looking for a different brand for future purchases.