I have a logic curriculum for the children. I believe it is called Building Thinking Skills*, or something like that. Problem is, it is a workbook. And a fairly expensive one.

Workbooks don’t work very well for my family – because there are eight children needing workbooks. Normally what I do is cut out the pages to the workbooks, and stick each page in a plastic page protector*. The children have their own dry erase markers* and they do the problems/questions on the page protector. When finished, we wipe it off. This is how we do their math, handwriting, and vocabulary workbooks.

But I really don’t feel like doing that for these logic books. My solution? Let the children play free cell on the computer. It is a great logic builder.

In this photo Brett is playing free cell. She’s holding the mouse because it doesn’t work very well. It is actually easier to roll the mouse ball with your hand than to move it on the desk. (Which is another skill, b/c you have to move the mouse opposite to the direction you want to go). Fletcher and Emery are watching her, shouting out moves for her to make.

As for Jade, she’s asking me, “Aren’t I a bit young to be learning logic?”

My answer – “You’re never too young to learn!”

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