| One of the memories we have as kids is playing with | | | | simple jigsaw puzzle comes into play with easy to |
| puzzle games or brain teasers which they are also | | | | assemble puzzles right up to obscure shaped puzzles |
| known as with many different varieties around such | | | | with shaped which have their own individual shapes |
| as the classic maze with a ball bearing to the | | | | making the puzzle much harder to put together. Spot |
| extremely popular Sudoku. | | | | the different is another very popular game with many |
| All of these brain teasers give kids the opportunity to | | | | books available from shops with kids puzzles with spot |
| stimulate their brain cells and develops their cognitive | | | | the difference being a variation which does not age |
| thinking skills which can reflect to a positive nature | | | | with time and fun to do for kids of many ages. |
| throughout their life. As mentioned there are many | | | | Vocabulary puzzles |
| different types of these brain puzzles available such | | | | Anagrams are a fun way to stimulate the brain with |
| as the following - | | | | letters, even simple words can help. Additional puzzles |
| Memory Games | | | | could be to take a word and ask the participant to |
| Coordination with the eyes and the brain is a skill that | | | | create 10 more words using that word by adding |
| can easily be developed with many people still lacking | | | | letters to the start of end and not just by adding an s |
| later in life. Simple games can help in the coordination | | | | to make it a plural. |
| and reflex actions of visually seeing a puzzle and | | | | One of my favourites as a child was the Rubix cube |
| coming up with the answer. The concentration can | | | | which stems from the toy side of puzzles which to |
| also increase which can be passed to lessons at | | | | date still sells very well across the word. Even this |
| school providing better grades to. A very simple | | | | simple toy can stump many for weeks on end but |
| example would be picture cards with many in front of | | | | there is a system to be able to complete it. Even so, |
| the children, taking one away and seeing if they can | | | | the stimulation of moving the colours around can do |
| spot which is missing. | | | | wonders for concentration and overall memory for |
| Visual Memory | | | | later life. |
| The above can lead onto memory games where the | | | | |