This game has is fun for adults as well as kids. It introduces a set of brain exercises for adults as well as kids! Let your child's brilliance soar through 'Kids Brain.
Rolling Tires 3 is an innovative, interactive physics-based puzzle game, and a sequel in the awesomely challenging Rolling Tires series of ‘removing blocks’ brain teasers. Set in a vehicle construction / scrap yard, you have to figure out a logical solution in each level so that you successfully move and channel an errant wheel toward its parent truck. The trick is to strategically eliminate wooden blocks in such a way so that you create a pathway, engineer a bridge, or even physically knock the wheel toward its desired destination.
This highly inventive mouse-clicking science-based game is a very stimulating test for fans of fun online problem solving puzzles with a twist, or anyone who likes a good opportunity to practice his/her creative engineering skills. Good strategy is extremely important here as you often have to think two or three moves (block removals) ahead in order to create an effective pathway for the wheel to reach the truck. Trial and error also plays a big part in the Rolling Tires game series, so be prepared to stick it out (every great scientist, engineer or entrepreneur is blessed with endless determination to solve a problem and succeed!). Let’s see if you’ve got the problem solving skills to complete 20 increasingly difficult levels! If you get completely stuck, ask a family member, friend or your classroom buddies to work with you as a problem solving team. Great teamwork leads to great solutions!
Frosty’s Adventure is a challenging, skill and strategy-based platform puzzle game for young kids to teens where you have to reunite Frosty the Snowman’s head with the rest of his body by carefully rolling and jumping his head through a series of obstacle-filled levels! Fierce winds have blown the friendly snowman’s head off of his shoulders, and into awkward positions far from the other parts of his body. Our snow-based hero needs your expert help to carefully guide his head from ledge to ledge, collecting stars and avoiding traps along the way. However, this is more than just a jumping challenge; you also need to create pathways, solve problems, flip switches and perform other puzzle-based tasks in this wonderful winter-themed adventure!
The gameplay here is reminiscent of good old-fashioned jumping games . This interactive platform game is a fun activity for young children to get into the festive spirit while also enjoying a challenging puzzle. You must think logically here, and carefully plan your route through each tricky level by using good keyboard controls, expert timing, and crafty problem solving skills. Enjoy the head-helping action!
Family at the Bridge is a fun and addicting logical thinking game for all the family. Help the family to cross to the other side of the bridge without any victims in this time-limited adventure puzzle game. Note that it is night time, and there is only 1 lamp that the family members have to share. A maximum of two and minimum one person can cross the bridge at the same time and the lamp must be carried with them. Each person walks at a different speed: 1 sec, 3 sec, 6 sec, 8 sec, 12 sec respectively. Each pair must walk together at the speed of the slower person. Remember that the lamp only has enough energy for 30 seconds. So you have to be quick and smart! Can you get all the family members across safely?
Become a solitaire tile matching master by conquering a massive 300 levels against the clock! Mahjong Classic is an awesome virtual version of the ancient Chinese tile matching game, playable on mobile phone, tablet, notebook, laptop or desktop PC. Your task in all THREE HUNDRED levels is to find and eliminate identical, unblocked pairs of tiles from a jumbled Mahjong grid against the clock. The grids come in all shapes and formations, and you must use good strategy to figure out the best way to eliminate all of the matching pairs at speed.
Reasons to play: Mahjong Classic is a very long, multilevel, matching tile board game and visual puzzler for kids, teens and adults who love tricky visual brain teasers. It's rare that you come across any game online with an awe-inspiring 300 levels, and you can truly claim to be a Mahjong Master if you complete every tile puzzle here. Test and exercise your observation and concentration skills, analytical thinking / problem-solving skills, decision making, patience, determination and stamina as you carefully eliminate pairs of identical tiles with the overall goal of clearing the entire grid!
Bedazzled - Match colored gems in this fun, colour matching puzzle and fast thinking reactions game for young kids. Place three or more same-colored gems in a row (vertically or horizontally) to make them disappear from the board. You need to swap 2 gems next to one another in order to form a row. You can swap their positions horizontally or vertically only, and you should be looking for the ones that can form a row of 3 or more with one move. There are various bonus gems that double or even triple your points or blow a pile of diamonds at once, after you eliminate them. You earn more points when you create combos. If you can't find a move to make next, click the Hint icon on the left side of the game screen, and a gem that can be swapped will spark for a second. You have three hints all in all, so use them only when you get really stuck. The game is time-based and it forces you to think quickly. You get only 1 minute of play time at the start, however, additional seconds are added with each row you eliminate. The larger the pile of diamonds you eliminate, the more extra seconds of play time you earn. Your time is indicated at the bottom of the game screen, and your score and personal best are displayed at the top of the game screen. The game is over when you run out of moves or when your time is up. See can you appear in the high-scores board. Good luck!
Original Sudoku: 'Sudoku' means single number and it was invented by an American puzzle maker in 1979. Sudoku is a simple and fun game that requires lots of logical thinking. Simply fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through to 9. It is very simple to learn how to play because the game requires no calculations, but it provides a surprisingly wide variety of situations where logic is needed. From children to adults, all strategy game enthusiasts can enjoy Sudoku as a pass-time or challenge. Have fun!
Moverage is a brain teaser skill-based game for children, teens and Big Kids that requires a lot of patience and concentration. Play this fun physics puzzle game to test your understanding of the universal laws of balance, gravity and force. In this challenging problem-solving activity, you have to catapult a moveable stone square to its final destination while overcoming tricky obstacles and challenges.
These square playing stones can be catapulted in any direction by applying the correct level of force. The level of difficulty increases as you progress. You will have to position several boxes at a time and overcome near impossible targets to reach. Think you have got what it takes? OK, Bulls-Eye, let’s find out!
Mine Solver is a straight-forward yet challenging, maze-based, brainteaser puzzle game where you must logically push all special blue marble gem stones (jewels) onto outlined target areas in order to progress. The catch is that one wrong move could result in a gem becoming ‘unmovable’ in a corner of the narrow, confined maze areas.
Good logic and analytical thinking skills are extremely important here; you must strategically plan out your moves. Trial and error also plays a big part in overall success. Ok Mine Solver, let's see your problem-solving skills in action!
Wolf, Sheep and Cabbage: In this challenging and addicting puzzle game, help the man in the boat to move the wolf, the sheep and the box of cabbage to the other side of the lake. You can take only one of these with you at a time, but remember that the unguarded wolf will eat the sheep and the unguarded sheep will eat the cabbage, when the man isn't around. Can you solve the puzzle? Good luck trying!
Play a cool, math-based, adventure game for children ages 4 and up, and explore rainforest, cave and desert worlds as you guide a fearless frog in a search for lost jewels while discovering number lines, and comparing and learning fractions, decimals and percentages. Treefrog Treasure is a highly-stimulating, interactive, educational math-based platform game where you must control an acrobatic tree frog as it journeys through a series of tricky, ledge-based tasks featuring fractions and number line problems to be solved.
Your bouncing and energetic tree frog can only overcome (break through) barriers if he leaps at the correct ‘weak point’ in a number line chain. This weak point must first be determined by your logical calculations – which depend on the different numerical clues provided to you.
Reasons to play this fun, point and click, platformer puzzle game: Exercise your math and analytical thinking skills as you figure out where to jump at each barrier in order to progress. Learn about simple fractions, decimals and percentages, and ‘number line’ problems as you guide your frog through 36 difficult levels.
Strategy to win: Combine simple math-based problem solving skills with accurate mouse clicking! Your tree frog hero moves via the clicks of your computer mouse, and can only progress if you choose the correct area on each barrier to attack (based on your mathematical calculations).
Are you searching for a challenging, interactive jigsaw puzzle game with levels suitable for both kids and teens? If so, it’s time to pull out your magic wands because we’ve got just the treat! Harry Potter Jigsaw is a fun, mouse-clicking online puzzle game with 4 distinct difficulty levels – Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert. In each level, you play against the clock to carefully piece together a jumbled jigsaw puzzle. Your goal is to re-assemble a striking image of legendary boy-wizard Harry on his beloved broomstick trying valiantly to catch the Golden Snitch (the most important ball in the game of Quidditch, as all Harry Potter aficionados know very well). As the game increases in difficulty, the puzzles feature more and more jigsaw pieces.
This highly-stimulating brain teaser presents a good test of your eyesight, concentration skills, memory, and determination. Your quick reactions and ability to perform under pressure (from a ticking timer!) are also important. Keeping a cool head is essential here as you attempt to sort through the randomly-jumbled pieces. Younger players should enjoy the fun and fast-paced action, while more experienced jigsaw enthusiasts can really get their minds into the more difficult problem-solving levels (192 pieces – whew!). Ok, it’s time you performed like Potter, and produced some real puzzle magic! Enjoy!
Unscramble: Try and spell the word correctly before it disappears off the game screen in this fun and challenging word puzzle game. There is a scrambled word definition given in the top right corner of the screen to give you a clue. Rearrange the letters in the correct order before the word reaches the bottom. This entertaining game also develops keen observation, quick-reaction and English language skills. Good luck unscrambling!
Wooden Path 2 is a tricky, interactive, isometric visual-style construction puzzle and bridge building game with 3 difficulty levels where you must carefully and strategically slide wooden bridge pieces around the game grid so that they form a crossable bridge across a river. As Chief Structural Engineer, you must oversee the visual problem solving and bridge building work, and are rewarded with higher scores for completing levels in fast times. With a massive 54 levels to complete, you must contend with immovable wooden bridge pieces, rocks that block your path, special colored tiles & blocks that must be removed, and more.
Reasons to play this cool, construction-based puzzler: With 3 difficulty levels, this game is suitable for elementary school age kids, middle school and high school students as well as visual-puzzle-loving adults. Wooden Path 2 really is a fun game and block-shifting, brain-teaser challenge for players who enjoy thought-provoking puzzle game that require smart analytical thinking and logic-based problem solving know-how. Exercise your creative engineering skills and spatial visualization ability as you complete simple to more advanced building tasks throughout the three different ‘worlds’.
Best strategy to win: As with any construction-based activity in real life, you must be careful and deliberate in your actions. Patient observation and planning combined with determination and persistence are very important attributes required here; there is a solution to each construction puzzle, you just have to stay in the game to figure it out using well thought out step-by-step procedures!
3D Sudoku is an Original Japanese Sudoku game. This challenging game is similar to a number placement puzzle also known as 'Number Place' in the US. 3D Sudoku is a fun and addicting educational puzzle game for kids which helps develop logic and mathematical knowledge. Complete the puzzle by making each row, column and 3x3 square contain the numbers 1 to 9. Note that numbers cannot be repeated in one line. Sudoku requires no calculations, and provides a surprisingly wide variety of situations where logic is needed. You can choose from 'Easy', 'Medium', 'Hard' and 'Very Hard' levels of difficulty depending on your ability. You don't have to guess to solve Sudoku Puzzles, every solution is unique and logical. Have fun solving the puzzles!
Play a fun physics-based strategy game: Use good timing, keyboard control skills, and smart thinking to guide a slow-moving yet spirited snail through a series of construction-themed obstacle courses! Snail Bob is a playful, interactive, platform-based adventure game where you must alter each level environment in order create a path for your new snail buddy to safely make it through to the right side of the play area. Lower bridges, flip switches, remove obstacles, activate springboards and more as you strive to create a safe route for Bob through the chaotic construction sites!
Skills required: This fun, problem solving adventure puzzle game requires logic, tactful key control skills, sharp reflexes, and the ability to see the ‘bigger picture’ in order to secure Bob's safe passage. Sharp analytical thinking and smart strategy are called into play, especially in later levels when there is more of a brain teaser theme to the action. A willingness for some old-school trial and error is also important as you often have to perform tasks in a specific sequence in order to progress.
Stack smiling cheese blocks and shapes in this challenging, classic-style, drag-and-drop, construction-based block stacking game for kids: Happy Stacking really tests and exercises your analytical thinking and creative engineering skills and block-balancing ability! In this interactive, physics-based brainteaser, you quickly learn whether your creations really do ‘stack up’ to the test of time.
This stimulating, problem-solving Flash game should prove a good fun activity for young gamers who enjoy block stacking and creative, physics-based challenges. Steady hand and mouse control are key abilities required as you construct stable tower structures that must remain upright for as long as the clock timer goes round. Enjoy the tricky block balancing action!
This fun and highly-challenging interactive visual brain teaser and rotating tile puzzle (for kids, teens and adults) is playable on most mobile phone, tablet, notebook, laptop and desktop PC browsers. In Illuminate 1, test and exercise your analytical thinking skills to solve a fun yet challenging series of interactive puzzles where you must connect all the lamps on a circuit grid to the main power source (battery) in order to turn on the lights.
Unjumble, re-arrange and connect the electrical current-carrying wire and circuit parts by clicking your mouse or tapping on the tiles to rotate the wires into favorable positions that create a connection within the circuit in order to ultimately light up / ‘illuminate’ all of the bulbs. Featuring 20 increasingly-complex levels, you must work against the clock and solve the maze-style puzzle before it's too late!
Skills required: In this fun and stimulating problem-solving game for children of elementary school age and Big Kids of all ages, you must use sharp logical and creative thinking skills, engineering skills, visual awareness, concentration, focus, common sense problem-solving, great determination and stamina to rotate tiles in order to get power to all of the lamps before the clock timer runs out. A sense or urgency and willingness for trial and error is also very important here as you imagine and try out multiple different possible routes for the power circuit to take.
Play a fun interactive, analytical thinking puzzle game: Transform red-colored balls to orange with sharp aiming skill, accurate collisions and skillfully-managed ricochets! Clash It is a multi-level, physics-based puzzle and billiard-style, arcade skill game for little kids through high school teens and adults where you must launch an orange ball around a confined game screen, and try to make sure it comes into contact with (and transfers its color to) the awkwardly-positioned red balls. Your goal is to transform all red balls to orange within a set number of launching ‘shots’.
Reasons to play this challenging, collision-based mouse control game: Test and exercise your analytical thinking skills, visual awareness, prediction skills, angle judgement and accuracy as you attempt to carefully and skillfully guide the orange ball toward successful collisions with the target red balls. Unleash the power of your problem-solving mind as you deal with increasingly-difficult levels, tricky target ball placement, and wacky obstacles.
Strategy to win: Trial and error is really important here! You must learn from your mistakes and try to alter your shot power and angle accordingly. Many of the prediction, precision and deftness skills required for table games such as pool and snooker come into play. You must play ‘carom’ and ‘billiard’ type shots where you ricochet the orange ball off of one or more target balls.
Test your thinking speed, lexicon and spelling skills against the clock in this fun and educational word-forming puzzle & brainteaser game! Playable on mobile phone, tablet, laptop, notebook and desktop PC, Word Candy is a challenging and enjoyable word scramble quiz game for kids, teens and grownups where you must form valid, recognized words of three or more letters from a set of 6 jumbled up letters against the clock. Each level has a target number of words that you must create before the 2.5 minute clock runs out!
This online, HTML5-based, anagram / word puzzle game should work on iOS and Android devices as well as most web browsers for PC / Mac. This could be a good exercise for improving your analytical thinking skills, spelling, and general vocabulary as you must methodically and creatively form quick-fire words from the 6 base letters at the bottom of the play area. While the linguistic and analytical sides of the game are important, a sense of urgency and quick reactions also come into play as you must try to beat the countdown.
Tip: Look at the candy pictures at the top of the play area – each candy sweet represents a possible word that you could make from the available letters below. Clue: The number of colors in each candy corresponds to how many letters are in the hidden word!
Golf Solitaire is a sequence-based, card elimination puzzle game where your task is to remove as many cards as possible from the grid by matching them to a Base Card in an ascending or descending numerical sequence. Your overall aim is to be left with as few cards as possible when you run out of valid moves. The number of cards you have remaining at the end of the game is your ‘over par’ score – hence the golf reference!
Skills / strategy required: In this absorbing, card-based matching game and visual puzzle, good concentration skills and smart decision making are very important; you must make key decisions about which cards to remove from the main grid, and when. You have a 10-minute time limit, so you can afford to be thoughtful with your decisions.
Your baby’s brain is being shaped as she is growing up – starting from her first days of life. Her brain consists of a hundred billion brain cells called neurons. These neurons interconnect with one another, like roads and bridges. The more connections the neurons make, the smarter your child becomes. The formation of these connections are triggered when your baby is exposed to an environment that is rich with colors, sounds, smells, movement, as well as your touch. The simple act of talking to your baby, rocking her to sleep, wiggling her fingers, and wrapping her in fresh-smelling clothes actually builds your baby’s brain. Introducing your baby to a rich environment that builds her brain is called infant stimulation.
You can also play simple games with your baby that enhance the development of her brain. Infant stimulation games consist of activities that stimulate her senses and jumpstart her intellectual as well as physical learning.
Studies suggest that babies who are stimulated reach developmental milestones and become independent earlier. They have keener senses, better muscle coordination and have a more secure self-image. On the other hand, babies who are not stimulated are found to grow up at a distinct disadvantage in their first grade in school. This disadvantage may linger for years.
It has also been observed that babies with the same genetic background or coming from the same family turn out differently when raised in different environments. Babies who are nurtured in an intelligent environment grow up to have better personalities and more advanced intelligence level. Infant stimulation can be fun for both you and your baby. Your baby is not the only one who learns, but you also get to know your baby better, and hone your skill to be her effective first teacher.
The following are some age-appropriate game ideas you can play with your babies to stimulate her brain. Feel free to make variations, but be sure that you use safe toys, environment, and movement:
0 to 6 months
Build trust. Pick up and hold your baby in your most loving way. Talk and smile to her, and show her that she can trust you and others in the future.
Sway your baby. Put your baby in your lap as a cradle and rock her rhythmically from side to side as you talk or sing to her.
Make sounds for your baby. Clap your hands, snap your fingers, make unusual sounds in different positions around your baby’s head, play soothing music. Sing your baby simple lullabies like “Hush Little Baby” and “All the Pretty Horses”.
Sing nursery songs to your baby. Make your baby sit in your lap, and bounce her gently to the rhythm of the music. Bounce her a little higher when you say one particular word. Dance with your baby. Hold your baby securely against your chest; dance slowly and smoothly across the room. Use music that is not too jarring.
Tie a string across your baby’s crib and attach soft colorful toys, pictures, rattles, etc. Make sure she can see the toys. Move the toys gently and talk to her about each one. Stop when she shows that she’s tired by turning her head away from the objects.
Dangle a toy attached to a stick in her mobile, and change it every few days. Make your baby look. Use bright color small object such as pom-poms or cuddly toys. Get your baby’s attention by holding the object around a foot above her face. Slowly move the toy from side to side. Slowly lift the object up and down so she can see it moving from near to far. You can also touch your baby’s cheek with the toy.
Make your baby see. Move your baby’s head to show her simple patterns or something pretty. Hold your baby high on your shoulder to encourage your baby to explore with her eyes. Or put her on her chest on a pillow so her head and arms are free. It would also be a good idea if you talk to her about the object she is looking at.
Show your baby your facial expressions. Cradle your baby in your arms, and make her look at you. Gaze into his eyes, speak or sing her name softly, and show her your facial expressions such as a smile, a stuck-out tongue, raised eyebrows, and more.
Make your baby see you talk. Hold your baby close to your face and lips. Happily talk to her. When she makes a baby sound, respond to her by repeating her sound
Play peek-a-boo. Lightly cover your baby’s face with a baby blanket. Talk to her so that she hears you as her eyes are covered. Pull the blanket away saying “peek-a-boo!” Cover your own face sometimes.
Put a safety mirror over the crib so your baby can see herself.
Teach your baby to hold. Show your baby a small toy, and then touch the inside of her hand so her fingers close around it. Hand it to her when she drops it. Speak lovingly to her every time you give her the toy.
Give your 3 to 6 month old baby objects to explore by touch safe household objects such as nonfuzzy clothes, plastic cups, keys, etc.
Hang things in her crib that she can touch. Encourage your baby to reach for objects by about 8 to 10 weeks. Safely tie a stick across the crib. Attach two “touchy” objects that look different. The string should be long enough for her to reach and touch. Your baby can feel the things that his eyes can see.
Give your baby an infant massage. Your touch is almost a language for infants. It deepens bonding, and some research has shown that it increases immune functions, improve muscle development and greater production of growth hormones.
Make your baby begin to remember things. Show her a toy, then turn her away so it’s out of sight. If she turns back to find it, let her have it. Hug her to show that you are pleased.
Express happy feelings to your baby. Hold the baby near your chest, hold her over your head saying “up”, then lower her saying “down”, then hug her. While doing this, let her know that you’re happy to play with her.
Teach your baby to roll over. Sit behind your baby’s head when she’s lying on her back. Hold a toy above his face. Slowly move the toy away, towards the side, making sure that your baby is following it with her eyes. When she turns over to see or reach it, give her a hug.
Make your baby do the babycycle. Gently and slowly move her legs in a bicycling motion, while talking and smiling and encouraging her to wiggle his legs without your help. Soon, she’ll be pedaling by herself!
6 to 12 Months
Make your baby explore with hands on sitting position. Have her sit with a pillow behind her back in case she tumbles. Tie an object that will make her look up and reach high.
Put your baby in front of a mirror and show her the parts of her face. For example, touch your baby’s nose and say “nose”. Help her to touch her own nose.
Play peek-a-boo mirror. With the baby on your lap, sit in front of the mirror. Show your baby her face, then cover the mirror with a cloth. Say “Where is [baby’s name]?”, then lift the cloth and say “There she is!” Do this again, and see if she removes the cloth herself.
Play light show with your baby. Attach a thin colored paper on a flashlight to make a colored light. Play it across the ceiling, on walls, or on her toys. Turn the light on and off. Talk to her while playing, saying things like “Where did the light go?”, “Look it’s on the wall”, etc.
Read picture books with your baby.
Repeat your baby’s wordlike sounds. Hold your baby so she can see your face. Repeat a sound you hear her say, such as la-la-la or da-da-da. Give her time to say it back, and show her your pleased face when she repeats the sound.
Let your baby bang away with objects that make banging noise when hit, like pots and pans. In the beginning, she may hit the pots accidentally, but eventually she will learn to tap them on purpose.
Give your baby toys that make sounds like rattle or squeaky toys. Teach her how to use them. Let her play with it as she listens to recorded music or better yet, your singing voice.
Play hide and find. Show your baby a toy and tuck it your pocket, with a little bit showing. See if she will look for it. Ask “Where is it?” If she finds it, make her play with it for a minute and then hide it again.
Make your baby find you with your voice. Place her on a cradle chair or a car seat in the middle of the room. Walk back and forth in front of her and make sounds with your voice or do funny noises. Let her follow the sound of your voice.
Teach your baby to let go. Show your baby that you are holding a toy that makes a sound when dropped, like a bell. Drop the toy from your fingers. Let her do it. This game makes her learn how to make her fingers do what she wants.
Let your baby imitate your actions. Help your baby try to copy you doing simple things like clapping your hands, making kissing sounds and spreading your arms wide. Hug him and show your appreciation each time she tries to copy you.
Help your baby practice walking by giving her things t hold to. Set up some chairs so she can move from one to the other. Put a toy on each chair so she will want to move to it.
Introduce your baby to strangers. Make your baby feel secure by holding her in your arms. Let her watch and listen to the stranger for her to get to know him. If she seems willing, help her touch the other’s hand for a minute. You can also let the stranger hand her a toy or something pretty like a flower.
Give your child a box with a small hole on top. Get him to drop a toy into the hole. Ask him to find it again. Help him discover the larger hole in the side that gives another way for her to get the toy. Talk to her about what she is doing.
Your baby’s first puzzle play can consist of things that can “fit together” like some balls into a small muffin pan.
Call your baby from across the room, and when she looks at you, hand her an object like her bottle or a toy. Introduce your baby to new tastes. Make her comfortable at her table and lay some things on it for her to taste. Let her taste whatever she picks up. Make her feel good about tasting new things.
Play with pop-up toys. These are toys with characters suddenly bursting out of a hatch when a button is pressed or manipulated. This makes your baby exercise her fine motor skills and understanding cause and effect.
Play a memory game. Sit with your baby on the floor. Show her a box with a big picture of something she knows. Turn the picture away and ask her to find it again. When the picture is out of sight, remind her again by using the name of the picture. Help her if she needs it.
When your baby is crawling, play a gentle game of chase. Start crawling slowly after your baby, saying “I’m gonna get you” When you got her, say “I got you!” and lift her high into the air, kiss her, or give her ribs a little tickle.
See Also: Games For Babies That Build Math Skills
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