The Critical Thinking ChildReviews of thecriticalthinkingchild.com

As a master’s level professor at University of Chicago, I have very high expectations for teaching and I can say that Critical Thinking Child has exceeded my expectations in every way. I have sent both of my Children to multiple boot camps at Critical Thinking Child and I can’t say enough good things. My children both LOVE learning and have LEARNED an immense amount. Many parents worry, myself included, that sending your child to a focused learning program will make them hate learning, but Critical Thinking Child has been the exact opposite. Critical Thinking Child has fostered a tremendous love on learning. I can’t say enough good things about Lemi Erinkitola and Critical Thinking Child

I have two children who both attended tutoring sessions and Bootcamp with The Critical Thinking Child prior to starting kindergarten. In both instances, they had such a good time that I am not sure they even realized that they were learning. In addition, staff gave my husband and I many ideas, tools and games to play with our kids at home to further enhance their development. I recommend The Critical Thinking Child to all of my friends, especially those who are navigating the selective enrollment process at Chicago Public Schools. Lemi and her staff are incredibly knowledgeable and patient with both students and their parents.

I can not express enough how much I appreciate Lemi and her team. My son took the practice test we were very impressed with the quality and rigor of the process. The feedback was extremely thoughtful and helpful as we continued to prepare him for the selective enrollment process. To go even further, Lemi offered to meet with me to go over some additional feedback (and to administer the gifted test to my son since we didn't originally get that). She went above and beyond to answer questions, provide practical tips and advice, and even followed up to see how things worked out for us. I'm proud to say that my son was offered a seat at one of the top 10 selective enrollment schools in the state and score in the 97th percentile in reading. I attribute a lot of this to Lemi's assessment which allowed us to focus in on his areas of development as well as positively reinforce him for areas where he excelled. I highly recommend this program and am so grateful for the support they have offered my family!

Lemi and her program are phenomenal! She helped me make sure my son excelled even under severe time restrains! Money well spent! Her program is fantastic!

The Critical Thinking Child Boot Camp class was an overall great experience for our family. Our daughter learned how to problem solve, extend patterns, and use critical thinking skills to enhance her already advanced reasoning. In addition, we parents learned strategies to use with her to help advance her reading, math, and critical thinking skills not only while actually doing the "homework" for class but also while participating in every day activities. She looked forward to (what she liked to call) her "Brain Games" class every week! Sidenote: She was accepted into our top choice CPS Regional Gifted Center program (even living in Tier 4!), and I'm sure part of it had to do with what we learned from The Critical Thinking Child Boot Camp. Thank you, Ms. Lemi and staff!!

I signed up my 4th grade daughter for Lemi's boot camp because her sister had benefitted from the class years ago. She was excited to attend and focused on doing her "homework" which alone would make it a success in my book. Working with her on the homework I could see that Lemi was teaching her skills that would be very helpful for upcoming CPS tests.

This presentation helped me understand how to better prepare children to be critical thinkers. As a parent I could relate to the stories and I know my kids need extra challenges like the ones that were described.

The Critical Thinking Child is a unique program that empowers parents to unlock the natural academic ability of their children by focusing on the right tools to work with their children. I met the founder when my child was not yet 2. I had read all of the books on brain development of children, but still was initially skeptical of what a two year old could do. The owner assessed my child and created a plan that I followed. By the age of three, my child knew letters and sounds of letters and was starting to read CVC words. A year later, my child is reading over the first grade level. My child is also developing math skills. My child greatly enjoyed the academic boot camps as well. Again, this is not just a tutoring program. As a parent, I always felt empowered to try different fun, and engaging activities with my child. If possible, I would recommend starting as early as possible. You will be especially amazed at what your child can do at a young age. The cost is not cheap, but I was already working significantly with my child and locating lots of home school type resources to do activities at home. I found that this program's recommendations almost always was different than my own research, and the reading recommendations in particular advanced my child much further than any reading resources I located on my own. As a busy parent, I appreciated receiving recommendations for proven resources instead of having to waste money trying multiple programs or workbooks to see what worked. This was a long review, but I highly recommend this company!