Customer Reviews

Thinking Through Analogies

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The book has a 2005 Copyright but is dated: My 8 year-old did not know typewriters had ribbons, and truckers mainly communicated by CB radios.

Also, the printing looks like a cheap photocopies. You get much better quality from an average computer printer. The book is folded and stapled 11 x 17 sheets with a glossy cover and only about 40 pages.

Overall though it is worth buying if you are trying to teach a child analogies.

Update 11/20/08:
A couple more things now that I am done with the book:

It is labeled "Grades 3-6": However, my 3rd grader had trouble with words like: philatelist, numismatist, caduceus, dulcimer, appaloosa and palomino.

There are also some typos like on page 21, the "Lesson" states that "roof:house :: man:hat" also raccoon is misspelled on the same page. In addition, the exact same analogy occurs on two pages in a row. A more minor point is that each page has an illustration, but at times the illustration does not have any relevance to any of the words on the page.

It appears that the book did not have thorough proof reading. If I spend $10 on a book, I expect someone would have sat down for a couple of hours and corrected the obvious mistakes.

I purchased Thinking Through Analogies for our 5th grade son. (The cover says 3-6, but my 3rd grader's eyes would glaze over!) It is a straight-forward approach to making connections in thought and word. Although there are a few words that *I've* never heard of, they are the exception to the rule. For example: quarry (not related to mining) as a synonym to prey. However, I don't mind them as it forces my son to utilize his dictionary and therefore build his vocabulary.

It is a reasonably priced addition to our family's home education as I plan to use it with his two younger brothers, making copies as needed.

It generally takes about 15 minutes and we do an exercise once a week. Keep that grey matter healthy and exercise it with this!

It is a very good book and my kid likes it very much. It arrived on time and in excellent condition.

This is an excellent guide to doing analagies. My only complaint is that it is short. However, very worthwhile.