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to Parent Feedback:
Building Thinking Skills
& Mind Benders from Janet M., CA -
(.mp3 file -1
minute 30 seconds)
"I
just wanted to share some more results
with you. My son, age 7 1/2, has
finished his first book.
He finished the
Mind Benders, grades 2-4.
I am even more convinced than when I made
my initial purchase."
"MJ loves Thursday - it's his 'critical
thinking day'. We do a little every day,
but Thursday that's all he does - along with some reading. I'm so glad
we found these resources when we did.
What a difference it has made. It's MJ's favorite part of the day, and for
Kenzie the little school I do with her,
because she's only 4 years old now, at
least I know it's quality school, and
most of all it's fun!" (SJ, MN)
"He doesn't tire of
these books. With other workbooks, he tires of the repetition or is
bored because of the lack of challenge. Not that he knows all of the
material in those other workbooks, they just don't require him to learn
in a thoughtful way like
Can You
Find Me ? does."
"I took my kindergartner into the school for his
bench mark testing and he did fantastic!! Anyway, the teacher asked me
what I was using, I showed her
Dr. DooRiddles. The benchmark for initial sound fluency was 20-he
got 137. The benchmark for nonsense word fluency was 10-he got 64. He's
a 6 year old kindergartner and he's currently reading The Boxcar
Children by himself. 18 months ago he was just learning his letters. Out
of the three boys, he learned his letters last, but then I started with
these resources this past summer, and he just took off. It's
wonderful!"
"You've really got something good going
here. My son is no longer saying he is bored."
"Can I do double homework?".
(comments of a child who didn't want to stop working in our products).
"I noticed my dd was not doing well in
math. I started her on
Mathematical Reasoning and
Math Detective. Her teachers saw a steady improvement in
her math and they bought the curriculum. She was tested in math for
an advanced algebra course and was accepted. She now brings
the mathematical reasoning resource with her to school and the
school is considering purchasing more." M.H., OR
Beginning Math
Reasoning (ages 3-4)
The
Beginning Math
book is outstanding! It is so colorful and
engaging, it goes nice and slow for my 3
year old and my special needs
6
year old. Love it!
Thanks to
your resources, my daughter is now in the Gifted and Talented program.
We really like these materials. That's why we're purchasing more!
Li, NY
Building Thinking Skills
"My
daughter really enjoys the
Building Thinking
Skills and
Mind Benders. They are
proving to be a great way to keep her
challenged and learning."
"I like the questions that they have me ask him."
"She just loves the book (Building
Thinking Skills). Wants to work in it all the time. She got it
out to do some exercises this morning before we left for school."
C.O., Brooklyn, NY
Can You Find Me?
"Loves it! Wants to do it every day."
"I've been using the
Can You Find Me? with my 5 yr-old son
the past few weeks along with his learning-to-read program and he loves
these books! It's great to see his little mind working and how pleased he
is when he figures something out. I like that these products are more
challenging and thought-provoking than most workbooks geared for his grade
level."
"My
daughter absolutely loves the
Can You Find
Me? book. That is her favorite.
I like it because I can ask her questions
about how she arrived at the answer and
understand her thinking processes.
Also, that way I know if she is guessing or
really knows why that is right. I
never tell her if she gets an answer wrong,
I simply use that information to know what
subjects we should read about and talk about
in the rest of our preschool time. I
like that she is just not memorizing things
and really has to think logically to arrive
at the answer. It also helps me gauge
how much she is learning from other
curriculum. These are great for
teaching many of those abstract concepts
that aren't covered in more traditional
curriculum."
Dr. DooRiddles
"The whole family likes to sit around and work these together."
"I took the
Dr. DooRiddles, cut them up and
pasted them to business cards. Then, combined the set on a ring.
We take these cards with us outside to the swing set and wherever we go.
I've also designed a Birthday Party Treasure hunt using the riddles,
slightly modified to fit the areas/things around my house."
"I took my kindergartner into the school for his
bench mark testing and he did fantastic!! Anyway, the teacher asked me
what I was using, I showed her Mind Building Reading and
Dr.DooRiddles. The benchmark for initial sound fluency was 20-he
got 137. The benchmark for nonsense word fluency was 10-he got 64. He's
a 6 year old kindergartner and he's currently reading The Boxcar
Children by himself. 18 months ago he was just learning his letters. Out
of the three boys, he learned his letters last, but then I started with
this program this past summer, and he just took off. It's
wonderful!"
Mind Benders
"The
MIND BENDERS are a HUGE hit!
Originally I purchased the A1 book for my
9 year old son. This was my first
Bright Minds purchase. My sister
then had a workshop, so I ordered the
second book for my son and the first book
for my 3 year old. by the time I
had my own workshop...surprisingly, it
wasn't my son or my daughter wanting the
next books...it was my Husband! So,
I worked extra hard, had a great show and
ended up getting B1-B4 in the software
version for FREE along with a ton of
other incredible products!
My son absolutely LOVES
Mind Benders!"
"I just wanted to share some more results
with you. My son, Matt, age 7 1/2, has finished his first
Minds
Benders. I am even more convinced than when I made my initial
purchase. Matt and I worked together through the book until about
the last 1/3 of the book when he became independent in solving the
puzzles. Immediately after finishing the book, Matt created his own
Mind Bender
puzzle for his father to solve! I've always heard that a
person has mastered a concept when they can teach it back to another
person. He's already begging for the next level in
Mind Benders."
" My daughter really enjoys
the Building Thinking Skills and
Mind Benders. They are proving to be a great way to keep her
challenged and learning."
Reading Detective
"It really does a good job of making them look into what they are
reading and having them pull out the information."
"It makes them slow down and get the details."
"I've found the
Reading Detective to be so
good, I've put away my EPS material,
permanently.
Reading Detective
is all
I'll be using from here on out." (Tutor, MN)
"10% jumps every year in the reading
comprehension component of the Iowa Test of
Basic Skills, and I attribute it solely to
his work in
Reading Detective. More
importantly, his confidence with this kind
of work is huge! He's at the top of
the scale now after two years."
Revenge of the Math Spiders
"Working fabulously. She loves it and is very
challenged by it."
Science Detective
"I just
love that book. You'll have to pass on to (the office) that the
"beginning" book is great, and they should hurry up with more!"
"My son's science section of the ITBS went
from a 5th grade level to half way through
9th grade, largely due to his work with
Science Detective." (CR, MN)
Word Benders
"I like that she
has to use both a dictionary and thesaurus to solve these."
Visual Perceptual Skill Building.
"LOVES the
Visual Perceptual Skill Building."
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