Customer Reviews

Logic Safari (Book 2)

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Logic is something that is often over-looked in education so I ordered this book for my nine-year-old. He loves it. I would recommend this book for ages 7-8. The lessons are a bit too easy for my son, but he enjoys the puzzles. I will order a level above next time.

This is a great tool to build logic and reasoning skills in young children.

I'm somewhat torn in this review because I love logic, and as both a mom and a teacher, I feel that logic is extremely important for young children to be exposed to. I ordered this for my daughter who was 8 at the time. While it a little too easy for her, it was an introduction to logic, and she enjoyed it. I would recommend copying the page so that you can reuse the book with another child or have the child complete it again at a later date, if they had difficulty.

Not too long ago we purchased the set of Perplexors, and these have a superior set up. Similar to Logic Safari, there is a brief story with all the clues. However, there are bands of categories where you cross off your answers to each question individually in Perplexors. In Logic Safari, the child has to be able to use a grid. I find it so much easier for a child to work with the set up like that of the Perplexors. I grew up using the Logic Safari model and could become confused at times.

Other than the difference in models, the book is a quality book. While it is a little short, I find anything that we enjoy is too short!

At first my 6 year old had trouble with the basic concept of solving these puzzles, but she quickly got the hang of it and now zips through them with pleasure. Her initial trouble was in realizing that a statement such as "Daralynn, the boy with the yo-yo, and the girl with the jump rope..." does NOT mean that Daralynn is the boy with the yo-yo. The book has 29 single page puzzles of increasing difficulty. The first six lessons have 3 pairs to match (it's Kevin who had the yo-yo), the rest have 4.

The booklet had the type of problems which I was looking for my 7 year old, however it is too short. By the time I got home, he completed all but several pages. The problems are good, but it should have more problems, and it should be increasingly more difficult.