What's included
Meets on Demand
schedule meetings as needed45 mins
per sessionTeacher support
Class Experience
The "Logic and Critical Thinking Mastery" one-on-one class provides students with a tailored platform to develop essential cognitive skills. By focusing on solving complex cryptograms, sudoku, ken-ken, logic puzzles, crossword style games, and more, this class lays a strong foundation for success in various areas and connects with important learning aspects. Enhancing Cognitive Abilities: Engaging in diverse logic puzzles and challenges sharpens critical thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving skills, which are crucial for academic excellence and professional success. Building Confidence: As students conquer complex puzzles and challenges, they gain a sense of accomplishment, boosting their self-confidence and motivation to tackle new, unfamiliar tasks. Improving Analytical Thinking: The class encourages students to break down problems into smaller components, fostering analytical thinking and systematic problem-solving approaches that are valuable in any field. Strengthening Memory and Focus: Solving intricate puzzles requires concentration and memory retention, enhancing students' ability to retain information and sustain focus in other learning environments. Boosting Creativity: Encountering diverse logic challenges stimulates creative thinking and encourages students to explore multiple solutions to a problem. Applying Mathematical Concepts: Games like sudoku and ken-ken involve number manipulation, honing students' mathematical skills and helping them understand mathematical concepts in a fun way. Language Skills and Vocabulary: Crossword-style games foster language development, enriching students' vocabulary, and enhancing their language comprehension abilities. Promoting Perseverance: The class teaches the value of persistence and resilience in the face of challenges, instilling a growth mindset that extends beyond the learning space. Transferring Skills to Real-Life Situations: Logical thinking and critical reasoning skills developed in the class are applicable in real-life scenarios, from decision-making to problem-solving in everyday situations. Fostering Lifelong Learning: The class cultivates a passion for learning and curiosity, encouraging students to seek out new challenges and pursue knowledge beyond the classroom. This class is personalized to meet your specific needs.
Other Details
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Florida Teaching Certificate in Social Studies/History
I have always been very curious and creative and I love to inspire it in kids (both my own and others) as well. I like to teach through projects, which give students a choice on the way they learn and show their understanding. I also love to teach through games and like to combine game elements in my classes.
I believe history, studied in context, to be extremely important. In fact, it's one of our best teachers. The other "subject" I believe to be of high importance is Logic. Unfortunately, logic has long been left off most curriculums. Knowing how to examine events and history through logical thinking and analysis gives us a deep, true understanding of our world.
I'm a big believer in every parent having all the need to school their children all the way through high school. So, if you are ever in doubt, let me encourage you.
My educational consulting company, It's A Potsick Education, exists to build up curious, creative learners. I do custom content/lesson design, private, online events, consulting, and more. Message me for anything you need.
I was a classroom teacher in the public schools for over 15 years and, for the past 14 years, have been helping my wife homeschool as well. I currently hold state certifications in Florida (certificate # 960883) in the areas of Middle Grades Social Science and Language Arts and Elementary Education. I have extensive classroom experience with all Elementary and Middle Grades subject content and have done private tutoring for many years in Math, Civics, Science, and Language Arts.
Contact me anytime to share any classes you would like me teach, for classes you really wanted to take, but didn't fit your schedule, or any feedback.
Reviews
Live 1-on-1 Lessons
$60
per sessionMeets on demand
45 min
Completed by 20 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-17