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Chinese Brain Twisters: Fast, Fun Puzzles That Help Children Develop Quick Minds | 
 enlarge | Author: Baifang
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 700998
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 0471595055
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.73
EAN: 9780471595052
ASIN: 0471595055
Publication Date: January 1994
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Product Description
A smart way to teach children to think logically and creatively One of the most precious gifts you can offer a child is a sharp mind. The 56 puzzles in this delightful collection were passed down through generations of Chinese families who wanted their children to develop concentration and mental agility. Baifang spent hours enjoying them with her family and friends as she was growing up in the north of China. Now living in San Francisco, Baifang is passing them on to her own children and to families everywhere. Each puzzle inspires clear, precise, and inventive thinking. Some teach math concepts; others involve spatial relationships and visualization. All of them have fascinating solutions and help improve memory and problem-solving skills. An inexhaustible source of challenging fun, these are mental calisthenics for stimulating interaction between lively minds from ages 8 to 80.
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 A Great Book December 18, 2008
I wanted to give my son practice and critical thinking, deductive reasoning, and otherwise "thinking outside the box." I believe this book did just that, and he loved it!
challenging January 4, 2001
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
The majority of this book is full of puzzles that you can do with toothpicks...take four toothpicks and make a square then move two of them to make something else. The last part of the book has word/logic problems like the man with the boat trying to move the goat, the cabbage and the wolf to the other side. (Of course the problem is the goat will eat the cabbage, and the wolf will eat the goat, so how will he do it?!?) The first part is good for spacial reasoning--getting kids to recognize and find alternative ways of looking at the problem. It will be a good book for younger kids, but it's also something you can do with older kids because it's the challenge that catches their attention. I've even pulled in logical-thinking should-be-doing-something-else adults for quite some time with these puzzles!
 It is very boring April 28, 1998
4 out of 32 found this review helpful
It didn't help my child at all. She is dumber now than when she started out. She learned more from watching Seasame Street. You need to come up with interesting art that will actually get a lift out of people. -anna poulter
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