TOS Crew Review~  http:/The Critical Thinking Co. -  Beginning Mathematical Reasoning

The Dude and I got a chance to review The Critical Thinking Co.’s  Beginning Mathematical Reasoning  (pre-K) workbook.

This workbook is large and covers many subjects:

Counting

Identifying

Matching

Ordering

Position

Comparing & Estimating

Addition

Subtraction

Locating

Writing

Grouping

Patterns

Geometric Shapes

Measurement

Data/Probability and

Fractions

There are directions on how to use the book and teaching suggestions at the front of the paperback volume.

We just had an I.E.P. meeting for the Dude last week and we were told he has problems with certain positional phrases among other language delays. I was happy to see that we’ll be touching on that a bit later on in the workbook.

I got a bit of a chuckle out of the self-description on the back of this thick workbook: they actually called it a booklet. Lol. This “booklet” is 230 pages of brightly colored, fun worksheets to sit down and enjoy with your preschool aged child. And the Dude and I have been enjoying it.

He always says “yes” when I ask him if he’d like to do some math work. At first, he had a tiny bit of trouble following directions until I realized I need to say them to him slowly, perhaps repeat them and use my hands to give him some visual cues to what I’m saying. Since then he hasn’t had much trouble understanding me. He likes to bring out his little box of crayons to work on his workbook. In fact, once I left the book out after we’d finished working together and he snatched up the opportunity to color in some of the next few worksheets without me! Lol.

Needless to say we’re getting good use out of this workbook. I’m pleased we were chosen to review it and I’ve discovered another excellent resource.