Bonnie Risby

This very interesting little booklet with reproducible pages, detailed instructions for teachers and an answer key in the back is certainly both a challenge and a game for children of the targeted age-group K-2.

Seven logical skills are being explored: Sequences, relationships, analogies, deduction, pattern decoding, inference and critical analysis. Each "lesson" (as the individual pages are called) is accompanied by teacher's instructions that tell you how to preface the lesson and what to show more caution students about. Sometimes the instructions are in fact instructions for the students, to be read out loud.

This book is easy to work with both for school teachers and home schoolers. The illustrations are appealing and will animate younger students to grab their crayons to color the pictures after the actual task is fulfilled - that's bonus. Our daughter (5) loves it for entertainment and development-appropriate (mild) challenge. Will look for more material of similar good quality.

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As a parent of small children, and a former small child myself, I think this book is wonderful. I have always been a fan of logic problems and sequence questions, but in school we got very few of these. My teen got even fewer than I did. I hate to think how little my toddlers will get a few years from now.

Enter Lollipop Logic, a wonderful book about logic, sequencing, analogies and other kinds of wonderful thinking methods. So different than anything I've seen before, this book even makes me show more think and I think that is a wonderful thing.

We tried a few of the simpler problems with our three year old and though she needed a bit of prompting, she did eventually come up with the answer - and she loved the pictures!

We'll be putting this one away for her until next year perhaps when she'll be four and we'll see what she can do.

Definitely a wonderful addition to your child's education whether homeschooled or public schooled. show less

Of all the September Early Reviewer books I requested, Lollipop Logic 3 was the one I was really hoping for.

And I am not disappointed. Lollipop Logic has over 50 assorted logic puzzles like analogies, relationships, sequence, inference, patterns and deduction (my favorite!) for the early- and pre-readers. Completing the activities usually involves circling or drawing lines or minimal letter and number writing or can be modified for students still grasping writing concepts. The illustrations show more are pleasant and the teacher instructions are thorough so any adult (including home educators), even those unfamiliar with logic puzzles, will be able to explain and assist their students through the activities. Answers are also included.

I am a teacher and librarian at a classical school and while the younger grades are focused on grammar and the acquiring and learning of facts, it does not hurt for them to have experience with logic and "higher order" thinking. After all, young children solve problems every day; that's how they successfully navigate their world. I am encouraging the pre-K, Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade teachers at my school to use this book for all it's worth and will pursue Prufrock Press's other titles for the older grades. show less

As a second grade teacher, I am always looking for ways to challenge my students. While I love the concepts presented in this book, I was a bit disappointed by the content. I feel that this book would be better suited as a challenge for K-1 students, as it seems very easy for most second graders; however, it will be beneficial to some of my lower level students. My favorite sections of the book are the analogies and the critical analysis sections. In the future, I would love to see this book show more come with a digital copy that could be projected onto a digital whiteboard. show less