A child needs his mind trained in good reasoning if you expect him to use it. Building Thinking Skills, published by Critical Thinking Books and Software, is the only pre-logic curriculum designed for children under the age of 13. This series of workbooks is widely available. I do not recommend doing workbooks with children before age 10. Teacher s Manual not needed.
Problems are easy for a parent to solve.
Teacher s Manual recommended. Problems can be challenging even for parent. In the Trivium Model of Child Development the Logic Stage is from ages thirteen through fifteen. The cognitive portion of a child s brain undergoes explosive growth beginning at age thirteen. At this age new connections are made between neuron-synapse routes in the brain.