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Chinese Brain Twisters: Fast, Fun Puzzles That Help Children Develop Quick Minds

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The majority of this book is full of puzzles that you can do with toothpicks...take four toothpicks and make a square then move two of them to make something else. The last part of the book has word/logic problems like the man with the boat trying to move the goat, the cabbage and the wolf to the other side. (Of course the problem is the goat will eat the cabbage, and the wolf will eat the goat, so how will he do it?!?) The first part is good for spacial reasoning--getting kids to recognize and find alternative ways of looking at the problem. It will be a good book for younger kids, but it's also something you can do with older kids because it's the challenge that catches their attention. I've even pulled in logical-thinking should-be-doing-something-else adults for quite some time with these puzzles!

I bought this for my 11 yr old daughter, she loves it. She had used it in school with one of her teachers could stop talking about it. I finally bought it for her and we've both enjoyed it. Lots of fun!

I wanted to give my son practice and critical thinking, deductive reasoning, and otherwise "thinking outside the box." I believe this book did just that, and he loved it!

It didn't help my child at all. She is dumber now than when she started out. She learned more from watching Seasame Street. You need to come up with interesting art that will actually get a lift out of people. -anna poulter