dancer67 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Tell me you loved this curriculum and your kids got a lot out of it. ? It arrived this week with all my other curriculum and I cannot wait to get started with this. I think I might learn a lot from it myself. For those who have used this, did you like it? Should I be excited over it, or is it just an "eh" program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 :bigear: I'm waiting for mine to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 :bigear: I'm waiting for mine to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anna~ Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I got mine the other day. Just the TE though. I have seen many good things about it, so I think it will be great. The only thing I am worried about it that it may be too challenging for my DD (this is our first year, and she has no prior logic experience). We are going to spread it out over the whole year I think, so there will be plenty of time for discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verity Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 AoA was my ds's favorite subject last year. Not only did he learn alot but in conversations with his younger brothers he used examples from the subject to teach them about logic and fallacies. Be excited! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyMama Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I've wondered about this too. Our co op is using it for a debate class but it didn't work for our schedule (and I'd already oredered The Fallacy Detective!). For those who've used this text, would it make sense to do this after we complete The Fallacy Detective + The Thinking Toolbox or would it be repetitious? I'm wanting to delay formal logic until later in HS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 We have never really done a formal logic program either. Well, we did use Logig Liftoff one year. But this seems like a whole other ball of wax. We are going to take a whole year with it. My dd is in 8th grade. I keep reading it, and I am learning SO MUCH from this. I don't understand why public schools do not use these programs. I honestly think(call me crazy) that it may help kids communicate better and cut down on bullying. I don't know, that is probably a pipe dream:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanna Tomlinson Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 We used this in our co-op last year, and we plan to do it every other year as we get new groups of kids. We loved it. It was my ds's favorite class. FWIW - it ties in very well with The Lost Tools of Writing. We didn't know this ahead of time, but we were introducing both programs to the same group of kids in the same year. The terminology is the same and many of the concepts fit well together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 It is excellent, one of our favorite curriculum. We did it together. Ruth in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I have had this in my cart forever and have held off. After hearing these rave reviews I am going to have to try and fit in. Do I need both the TE and student book or could we get away with one or the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 I know I couldn't teach this without the TE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I know I couldn't teach this without the TE. That is what I figured, since I have never formally studied logic. I figured it was worth checking though ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I just bought the TE. I simply covered up the answers while we orally answered the questions. Then slid the paper down to see if we were right. The tests in the back have the answers written separately, so I just photocopied the tests for him to write on. Ruth in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I just bought the TE. I simply covered up the answers while we orally answered the questions. Then slid the paper down to see if we were right. The tests in the back have the answers written separately, so I just photocopied the tests for him to write on. Ruth in NZ This is kind of what I thought from the descriptions of the two books. Thanks, off to buy one:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyOwl Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Does anyone have any thoughts on how Art of Argument compares with Critical Thinking Book 1 from the Critical Thinking Co.? I'm teaching a class for co-op. :bigear: TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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