Mind Benders 7 Review

I have something to share with you today from Timberdoodle, Mind Benders 7!  Mind Benders is published by The Critical Thinking Co. and this book, level 7, is geared for students in grades 7-12th and beyond.  Our book is 62 pages and has 23 activities to complete.  While this is a consumable book, you do have the ability to reproduce it within your own home or classroom so I can make copies for A-D without having to buy them each a book 😃.

Our book gives a sample puzzle and walks you through how to solve it.  This is particularly helpful if you have never solved a puzzle like this.

I absolutely love these types of deductive, logic puzzles.  They were my favorite when I was a kid.  Mind Benders help students develop vital logic, reading comprehension and mental organization skills that will help them with future test taking and problem solving life skills.

1st puzzle in our book - Pets at Home

With Mind Benders, students learn how to analyze each story and its clues.  The biggest key is to start with the most obvious associations, then deduce the less obvious associations until you can fit everything together and solve the puzzle.  I usually have to read through the clues multiple times, filling in the chart as I pick up on more and more as I go.

Our completed puzzle

I really appreciate that our book includes step-by-step instructions and detailed answers for each of the 23 puzzles.  You can see above how to solve this puzzle and what information can be deduced from each of the clues given.

I plan on having the older 4 kids work their way through this book throughout this upcoming school year.  I will most likely give them a puzzle a week with the challenge of seeing who can correctly solve it the fastest.  I plan on competing with them as well!

 

Mind Benders 7 is such a fun way to incorporate logic skills into your homeschool and I highly recommend it!

 

Disclosure:  Huge shout out to Timberdoodle for selecting me as a Timberdoodle Blogger.  I received Mind Benders 7 at a discount in exchange for my honest review.  All opinions are my own.