Building Thinking Skills® Level 1

We purchased this for my soon-to-be second grader over the summer along with a few other brands. She chooses this workbook EVERY time we suggest she do some work. This does what it says it does- builds thinking skills (critical) in a methodical, logical way. Each section slowly builds so your child is a master by the end. If I do the work with her- it is relatively easy. Leaving her to herself has helped build confidence. She is grasping these concepts and is full of passion for learning. Our schools do not send homework (gratefully) but I think this is a great resource for me to enforce some routines at home after school- bonus she WANTS to do this. (Note: my child is incredibly imaginative and playful, it is not in her nature to sit and work for long periods of time- she can sit for an hour easily doing this)

I have made great use of these books (all levels) for the past several years with my homeschooled children. We use them every morning as a brain warm-up before starting work on our core subjects. We typically do one page per weekday and the books generally span over about 1.5 school years at that pace. We don't do a lot of workbook type work in our homeschool, but we all appreciate these books. I think that they do a great job of getting my children to look at things very analytically and they enjoy completing them.

My daughter is in 2nd Grade and this book is her level. The only thing that could make this book more successful is to add some color pages into it. The whole book are black and white prints which is a little boring to little ones.

Book is used, and in good overall condition although its the first I have purchased that had writing in pen on the majority of pages... something I hadn't expected. Despite this, use of a lot of 'white out' will help fix this in order extend the thinking of the children I teach.

The book itsrlf is good and is what I was looking for, but I was highly disappointed with the condition if it. I realize it was "used", but was reportedly in great condition, instead it had all but about 10 pages scribbled and written on. I am having to carefully erase and clean up each page to use it. So 5 stars for book, and 1 star for buying experience.

develop logical thinking! solid exercises, no fluff. my kids loved their books (I ordered 3) I have two 70 percentile 2nd graders and a 99 percentile kinder. all 3 worked through their books and liked it. it was challenging but intriguing, increased in difficulty throughout sets. kids asked for the next book too. i'm thinking about letting the kids take it to school to do when they finish work early.

I bought this for my daughter who is starting 2nd grade. It's not very difficult for her so I'm thinking I could have gotten away with level 2. However she was the best reader in 1st grade so maybe my perception is skewed a bit. She loves this book and is especially thrilled with the activities. They are unlike activities in any other educational workbook and it is like a breath of fresh air for her.

I find it very difficult to hold my kid's attention, and I don't want to hold her attention beyond 20 mins or so. This essentially serves the purpose because it is quick to focus on just one or 2 exercise a day. My kids enjoy this so much, that it is a reward to do 1 -2 pages per day!!

The first 66 pages of the book has been filled out by another child - if I had've known that I wouldn't have paid what I paid for this book!!! Disappointed!