We've decided that once a month we're going to have problem solving day. I've invited Heather and her kids to join us, and just ordered some books from the Critical Thinking company. The idea came to us Friday night. I was looking through the catalog and they had some sample exercises included that the kids and I were working on. (Yeah, not how most people would spend their Friday nights, but we like it). The book is full of logic based problems requiring lots of different thinking to solve.
I've started gathering different problems the kids will be working on. We're going to do math story problems, logic problems, moral dilemmas, at least one science experiment, and discuss general problem solving tactics. It should be a lot of fun. Our first day is scheduled for October 30th. The kids don't have JET that day because of parent-teacher conferences, so it works out perfectly.
If anyone has any problems they'd like us to work on, send them my way.
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