Quick! Your kids are hovering over you, asking you for the tablet, begging for another 15 minutest of video games and all you want to do is drink your tea and close your eyes against the onslaught and cacophony of voices! What do you do? Why you give them this paper triangle puzzle of course!…
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Brain Teasers
Our family loves a good, clever brain teaser! They serve as boredom busters for thinking kids and help children learn how to apply problem solving and logic skills. In this collection of brain teasers you will find everything from diy puzzles, waiting games and logic games. Have fun!
Have Patience! Two Brain-Building Solitaire Board Games
It may seem like all your kids want to do is play games online, and you are wondering how you can get your kids off the iPad! With a little encouragement, screen-free solitaire board games can be just as tempting (really!), after all, people have been playing them for centuries! And bonus: no battery power…
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15 Brain Games for Kids Your Kids Will Love
What if I told you there is a way for your children to become better thinkers, keep their eyeballs healthy and build social skills all at the same time? Brain games will do just that! Brain games for kids are an essential part of my parenting toolkit. They fill the time while waiting in line,…
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Sim Pencil Game: A Mathematical Brain Teaser for 2 Players!
Where has this game been all my life? I’ve always liked dots and boxes for a great on the go waiting or travel game, and the Sim pencil game, also known as “the game of Sim” is a great new discovery for us! It’s more than a game, it’s a brain teaser for two players!…
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Game of the Month: Cat Crimes
I bet you love it when your children can sit down and play a quiet brainteaser or thinking game. You know that they are building their brains and keeping out of mischief at the same time! ThinkFun is one of my favorite go-to game resources because they have a huge repertoire of single player brainteasers…
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Five Pointed Star: A Math Card Puzzle
Long time readers of this blog know that my kids love math and as a family we have enjoyed many an evening playing games, teasing out puzzles and solving brain teasers. Bethany of Math Geek Mama is here today to share something that combines all four topics into one stupendous activity: a math card puzzle…
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Gift Guide for Kids: Best Single Player Logic Games
There is no greater gift you can give parents than a single player logic game for their kids. I’m serious. Single player logic games do the following: Increase kids’ brain power; and Keep the quietly busy for house of independent play. Convinced, yet? I thought so. We happen to have a rather larger than average…
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Take-Along Boredom Busters for Kids
Every parent is intimately familiar with the one thing that must be in her (or his!) purse at all times. AT ALL TIMES. A boredom buster. Or two. Maybe even a dozen. For several years now I have been taking along my friend Carolyn’s I Spy printables every time we go to a restaurant. EVERY…
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