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Kristen in NC
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My oldest son will be in 5th grade next year and he is entering the logic stage. I had already planned out everything for next year, but realized I'd forgotten logic study. I looked in my copy of WTM (1st ed.) and saw that Mind Benders is recommended for 5th grade, then Introductory Logic by Wilson in 6th (if ready), then Intermediate Logic in 7th.

 

Can anyone tell me what the updated recommendations are? I'd also love to hear people's experiences with any logic curricula that they have used.

 

Thanks.

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I really liked using Thinking Toolbox and Fallacy Detective in 6th grade. Though they had a few illustrations which may offend people who don't agree with their political/morals stances, and there were a few questions which were just hard to figure out, on the whole it was a very enjoyable experience. This was a curriculum we read together and answered the questions together. I think doing it with the student or having the student participate in a group setting with this would be much more educational than trying to teach yourself.

 

We started the "Art of Argument" this year. It seems quite duplicative of the other two books mentioned, and after a few chapters, we just didn't become engaged with the book the way we did with the Bluedorn's books described above. The advertisements of the fallacies are entertaining, but the lengthy descriptions using Latin derivatives just didn't get us started on this book.

 

I also purchased the Introductory Logic (Wilson) and Traditional Logic choices. I will try to use Wilson material next as I think it seems easier to teach (and understand for me--someone who didn't study logic before.) I think the Traditional Logic has enough difficult vocabulary to make it challenging for me to teach without studying it a while first, which I may get to in a year or two.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Pat

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I'm getting ready to use Mind Benders for fifth next year, too. It will be my second time around with them. I like them.

 

I will be using Fallacy Detective and Thinking Toolbox for sixth grade. (Have them, but have not used them before, myself. Older son used the first in a coop setting for ninth grade.)

 

I will use Introductory Logic in seventh. I used this in sixth with my older son. I have decided to do informal logic first this time around, then move into formal logic study.

 

I do not know yet what I will do for eighth. I already own Traditional Logic I and II, along with the CD's, so may use those again.

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I've done the first two Mindbender CDROMs with my kids as a logic warm-up. I really liked these as they are re-usable for all kids, self correcting (without giving the answers away), and include a little game. My kids all really liked 'playing' with logic on the computer. Now I'm doing Fallacy Detective with my 6th and 7th graders (yet the 8 year old loves to sit in and tries to figure it out also). I had hoped to also do Teaching Toolbox but I don't think we will have time this year. Maybe over the summer or in the fall. Next year I'd also like to do formal logic with Intro to Logic & Intermediate Logic... although my rising 8th grade dd will also be taking a debate class so time will be an issue here.

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I started my son in 4th grade with the Critical Thinking Materials. He is finishing 6th grade and so far we have done:

 

Mind Benders

Building Thinking Skills Level 1 and 2

Math Detective

Reading Detective

Logic Liftoff (Dandylion Press)

Orbiting with Logic (Dandylion Press)

 

We have enjoyed these materials. They have challenged his brain in ways that regular schoolwork does not. For 7th grade we are going to use Thinking Toolbox, Fallacy Detective and then Art of Argument.

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