Logical thought process is the basic foundation of intelligent thinking, however, it is sad to say that logic is very much overlooked when considering the challenges of learning difficulties in children. The application of logic can be defined as the way in which an individual arrives at a conclusion.
In order to make sense of problems requiring logical thinking, an ability to find structure, how facts are related to one another and the ability to create a chain of reasoning that makes perfect sense.
Dr. Karl Albrecht, in his book Brain Building, writes that logical thought is based on a sequence of problems that are eventually solved. In order understand how to apply logic one must be able to think in steps. Having the ability to form a chain-like progression with the relevant ideas put before them, along with the facts and conclusions is the way to truly apply logical thought.
People can actually become more intelligent with specific training in logical thinking and if these principals are taught at an early age, then they are less likely come up with short answers when faced with challenging problems like saying “This is too hard” or the old “I don’t know.” Teaching logical thinking skills to children gives them the tools necessary to analyze and solve complex problems and situations throughout their lives.
Logic is critically important when learning basic math skills. Since mathematics is such a process oriented subject, in order for someone to progress to the next level, they must first master the basic levels in the sequence and build from there; steps cannot be skipped otherwise nothing adds up.
The ability to think logically is not a miraculous process or something we inherited from our parents but instead something any of us can learn or improve on at any age.
One of the aims of dress up games is to teach children to think logically.
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