LET'S GET REAL: Homeschool Review Crew: Our Review of The Critical Thinking Co.™

I believe that teaching critical thinking skills should be one of the top priorities on our list as we educate our children. I was thrilled to see that The Critical Thinking Co.™ has some wonderful resources to help with this. Recently we were given an opportunity to review Critical Thinking Detective: Vocabulary from this company and I was very impressed with it.

It didn't take our son long to pick up the book and begin doing the lessons. He loves to solve puzzles and this book had some wonderful little mysteries to solve. After each lesson he would ask his big brother to read it and see if he could solve it also. It was like a game for him. He was learning critical thinking skills and didn't even know it.

Critical Thinking Detective Vocabulary can be purchased as an e-book or you can get a paperback version. My kids like to hold their textbooks in their hands, so we were glad we got to review the paperback version. This particular resource is recommended for grades 5-12. Our son is in 8th grade and it was a perfect fit for his mind. I felt it was challenging for him, but not too hard. He didn't fly through the lessons, but he didn't struggle either. It did work his mind and improve his skills in this area.

This book has 12 cases for your young person to solve. We did 3 lessons a week, so it only took him 4 weeks to finish the book. Each lesson consists of an activity that features 18-25 vocabulary words. Each of the vocabulary words are important to aid your child in solving the mystery. The reader must analyze each work carefully and determine which suspect is guilty. It really makes them think through the problems to get the correct answer. What a wonderful way to exercise their brains!

At the back of the book, you will find the answer keys to each case. It makes going over the lesson simple and grading a breeze. I always rip out our answer keys before giving the books to my kiddos. I keep them in a folder so I can keep track of them.

Would you like to learn more about The Critical Thinking Co.™, I encourage you to check out their website or their social media pages listed below:

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We also have more reviews of this product along with others including: Understanding Pre-Algebra , Something Fishy at Lake Iwannafisha , Critical Thinking Detective Book 1 , Dare to Compare Level 1 , and Vocabulary Riddles Book 1 over on the Homeschool Review Crew website. Just follow the link below

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