Gotta a Logic question too!!

[boymama]

I have Case of Red Herrings and tried to ask a few to my 9yo son and he has no clue how to figure these out. I know this is new to him but willhe get it? Should I "baby" him through it. We work them together? How should I start? Thank you in advance.

[Alana in Canada]

I had no clue how to even get started with "Red Herrings!"

 

A little hand holding when learning to walk is a good thing. :D

[amyco]

There are instructions in the front of the book, and answers in the back. Basically the student is supposed to keep asking yes/no questions until they come up with the answer (thus the teacher should look at the answers) and you can help them along with your tone of voice etc in how you answer yes/no.

 

I think a lot of handholding is necessary and good when you are starting out with these. Some of the stories are waaaayy outside the box and I didn't even make the children do those. If they came close to the answer, I accepted it.

[Matryoshka]

I must own at least half the titles put out by CTP, but the Red Herrings I just find annoying. I have no idea where to start with them and no desire to try. :glare:

[Bokons]

My 2 older boys loved them when we used them, but I didn't like them so much. These books work better with more than one person trying to guess. After doing a few, we took turns being the "teacher". My boys liked that too.

[Sunshine State Sue]

These books work better with more than one person trying to guess.

 

IMO, Red Herrings is best suited to a classroom. I found the answers too obscure to be figured out by a few (and I've got an only).