lulalu Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I am searching for picture books that cover some logic, thinking skills for k-1st. I want to casually introduce logic without using a workbook. Something I can add to our morning basket time. We don't have access to an English library so I need to buy several books to last us a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 From a classical education standpoint, logic is usually covered in the logic stage which starts around 5th grade. If I were you, I would shelve it until at least 4th grade. I just don't see it having value at K-1st. There should be problem solving type things in their math, and that is good enough IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Maybe look for puzzle books instead? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 What type of logic skills? There are piles of picture books with things like kids who imagine the worst and eventually experience a more likely, mundane event. Some books include some spatial reasoning. Most of these are pretty indirect. Suppose the Wolf Were an Octopus by Royal Fireworks Press offers questions based upon Bloom's Taxonomy, including logic-based discussion questions. The questions are for books that are commonly available in English, including many fairy/folk tales. I've found games a better introduction to early logic. Rush Hour, Balance Beans, Pirate Hide and Seek, Logic Links, Laser Maze, Chess, Dragonwood, Checkers, Connect Four, and so many others involve an introduction to logic skills. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domestic_engineer Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Along the puzzle book / critical thinking idea, Can You Find Me by Critical Thinking Press would be good. Perhaps Prufrock Press' Lollipop Logic? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 Thanks I will look into these. Any more suggestions welcome! I have looked at logic lolipop and think that is too formal. I really just want a few books to cuddle up with and figure out pizzles and word puzzles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domestic_engineer Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I came across this book, Deductive Detective, and thought of you ... I have no personal experience with it, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 That deductive book looks great! Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 That deductive book looks great! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Job121 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Can You Find Me by Critical Thinking Press would be good. My 5-year-old loved Can you find me. Actually he finished that book way too quickly. Then I stumble upon this book MouseMatics. It is a combination of math an logic (naturally) and my DS couldn't get enough of it. Highly recommend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdrinca Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Usborn has a large series of story-based puzzles. My kids really like them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usborne_Puzzle_Adventure_series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domestic_engineer Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I came across this book, Deductive Detective, and thought of you ... I have no personal experience with it, though. I came back to this thread to un-suggest this book. I checked it out from the library this week, and I thought it was lame. Perhaps that's too harsh, but it wasn't anything spectacular that I couldn't talk about it in some other way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I think you want the books from this living math list: http://livingmath.net/Readers/LogicSeriesProbSolvPuzzles/tabid/1013/Default.aspx We had Yes, No, Stop, Go and it was lovely. Really very good. And we had Anno's Hat Tricks, which is great. Look at the other living math books on that site - math books in general are good at encouraging logic. I can think of a few not on that list. For example, they list If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and there are a lot of good If, then or causation books out there. I like Because a Little Bug Went Ka-choo. Before After is a cute one I saw that is about how things change. There are also a lot of good spatial books. Things like The Grapes of Math help kids see patterns. Those Art Scandal books are good for looking for changes. Picture puzzles in general are good in that way. Zoom could be a good one as well - thinking about judging by what you see, needing context. A friend of mine just wrote a lovely little picture book that is about logical puzzles. It's soooo cute. Too bad it's not published... yet! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underthebridge Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 (edited) These are out of print, but are easy to find used https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-King-Karfu-Doug-Cushman/dp/ Usborne puzzle adventure books and Scotland Anderson's books are visual puzzle books https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0746087330/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1494713569&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=usborne+puzzle+adventures&dpPl=1&dpID=51XXjbpSTYL&ref=plSrch https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0744530067/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494713515&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=a+puzzling+day+at+castle+macpelican&dpPl=1&dpID=51Y8Z4YZ5ZL&ref=plSrch Edited May 13, 2017 by underthebridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobeha Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 One that I've picked up recently (but we haven't read yet) is Anno's Hat Tricks by Mitsumasa Anno. It's an older book, so you'll likely have to pick up one secondhand. Here's a description that I found on Amazon: "Three children, Tom, Hannah, and Shadowchild, who represents the reader, are made to guess, using the concept of binary logic, the color of the hats on their heads. An introduction to logical thinking and mathematical problem-solving." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Hat Tricks sounds awesome! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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