Games that Build the Brain

(WISDOM Home Schooling - Mediated Learning) © 2015 (For more information, research these games online) Office Staff: Director/Associate Director MEDIATED LEARNING TEAM: Kenneth Noster Mediated Learning Program Manager Marlane Noster Thérèse McDonald Manager ML Workshop Registration Coordinator TobyLauren Burgess Christine Aalbers Staff/Home School Consultants [email protected] Christian Bekolay ML Dynamic Assessment Carolyn Fast Rae LaRocque John Hoekstra Janelle Mailhot Family Mediation ONLINE COURSE MANAGER Thérèse McDonald Thérèse McDonald Facilitators: Editorial Assistant /Art Design Michele Barter (780) 363-3740 Naomi Doyle Joan Bishop (780) 352-0176 Financial Services Rachelle Godin (780) 349-1827 Melissa McEachern Randy Kopp (780) 723-5382 Saul Noster Mark Meakes (587) 353-5211 Jim Burgess Joan Bishop (780) 352-0176 Database Manager John Miller (306) 344-4881 Jeannie Kwasnycia Simon Noster (780) 201-9937 Database Assistant Joe Pollock (403) 931-3884 Rachel Carlson Kim Schultz (780) 623-2886 Records Assistants Glenn Spiess (780) 290-0470 Emily Mailhot Louis Sehn (403) 488-6188 Amy Myshak Paul van den Bosch (403) 342-8516

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Box 78 Derwent, AB T0B 1C0 Phone: 780.741.2113 Fax: 780.741.2204 with questions: [email protected] Games that Sharpen Cranium (assorted – Cranium, Cadoo, Cariboo, Logical Thinking Hullabaloo + more) & Many different Cranium games – all of Goal Planning them great for a brain workout. Uses many different Cognitive Functions.

10 Days Games Cribbage (Geography game (assorted locations Century old game that involves strategy, -Africa, Asia, Europe, USA, The Americas) logic and adding. – Builds critical thinking skills. Dao Backgammon Abstract strategy building game. Use of abstract thinking and strategizing. Deal and Learn Rhyming Battleships Rhyming long vowels card and CD game High use of logic, planning & strategizing. Dominos Blokus Another classic game of logic and strategy. Develops logic and spatial perception while kids learn to be tactical Guess Who Excellent game for enhancing deductive Big Brain Academy reasoning and logic. Nintendo Big Brain Academy trains your brain with Hide & Seek Pirates a course load of mind-bending activities (Assorted Hide & Seek games) across five categories: think, memorize, Logical Brainteaser analyze, compute, and identify! Kewbz Cathedral Clever, abstract strategy game Pattern building, pattern recognition. Lumosity.com Checkers Online series of games that give the brain Classic game that is a great all-around an all-around workout. brain workout. Mastermind Chess Uses logic and deductive reasoning. An all-around perfect brain game. Monopoly Chinese Checkers Good planning strategies needed as well as Learn to think ahead. economic negotiating.

Clue Qubic Great game for many cognitive reasons, but Strategizing and orientation in space. especially deductive reasoning. Strengthens abstract thinking.

Connect 4 Pictionary Vertical strategy creates unique challenges. Planning, drawing, expression.

Corintho Historical, strategy building game.

Risk Builds attention to detail. War game that promotes goal setting, planning and strategy. Guess Who Precision, deductive reasoning, and Scotland Yard detection Deductive reasoning. Herd Your Horses Settlers of Catan Categorization game (assorted) Works on planning skills and decision- Mazes making. Great for improving focus.

Solitaire Scrabble Board game Word game, strengthens spelling, labels Puzzles for the solitary player. and definitions.

Stock Market Sudoku Speculation. Strengthen precision and accuracy.

Sudoku Super Collapse Puzzle Gallery Mathematical planning, addition, (PC Game) organization Develops spatial skills and also logic skills. Single player game. Tac-tickle Mathematical abstract strategizing. Uno Matching game. Card game. Ticket to Ride Organizational skills. Strategic and tactical decision making Yiddishe Kop Games that Facilitate Brainteasers and riddles with a Jewish bent. Word Play & Flexible Games that Sharpen Thinking Precision, Accuracy & Apples to Apples Labeling Extensive use of text – conversational. Brain Teaser Puzzles Balderdash Combines wordsmithing and bluffing. Brain Quest (Assorted) Bananagrams Educational trivia Word game that strengthens spelling and planning skills. Crosswords Individual or partnered word game Boggle Great for improving spelling and exercise Dot-to-Dot for the dyslexic brain. Classic paper/pencil game that requires carefulness and numerical sequencing. Bulldog Letter Reversals (bd) Website with downloadable games - http:// Find Differences Photos/art bulldogletterreversals.com/ Smart Mouth Catch Phrase Shout it out word game. Fast-talking game, good for helping verbal expression. Synonyms Deductive reasoning, word game. Cause & Effect Reading Comprehension Practice Cards. Take 4 Think ahead. Crossword-type word game.

Charades Text Twist Physical word game that involves PC Game deduction. Develops vocabulary skills and reaction time. Fosters a love of words. Clusters Word building game. Upwords Stackable Scrabble Drawing Conclusions Strengthens word building. Reading comprehension card game. Taboo Mad Gab Word game that emphasizes expression. Word game Increases flexible thinking. "It's Not What You SAY, It's What You HEAR!" – good for improving auditory processing.

Pictionary Strengthens visualization and expression.

Pixel Abstract strategy game.

Pizza to Go Categorizing and strategy skills increased.

Probe Card game, word game, deduction.

Race Around the Clock Elapsed-Time Game problem solving within specified time.

Scattergories Word game strengthens expressive verbal tools.

Scrabble Word game Strengthens spelling, labels and definitions.

Spill and Spell Word game that works mental addition. Games that enhance Muggins Works on analytical, mathematical skills. Mathematical Thinking Too Many Monkeys Blokus Numerical order game Work on spatial orientation and geometrics. Pachisi Helps hand-eye coordination as well as Brain Boxes basic problem solving which stimulates (all sorts) both right and left brain hemispheres. Hone your math skills with the Ten Minute Brain Challenge. Pay Day Dice game, economics, negotiation. Engineering.com/GamesPuzzles/ CargoBridge2.aspx Rummy Online game- build/design bridges Card game that helps with building Meet a material and dollar budget. categorization skills.

Chess Rummykub Board Game Abstract number strategy game. Improves: hand eye coordination, spatial abilities, logic, patience, and math abilities. Sudoku Mathematical planning, addition, Connect 4 organization Vertical strategy creates unique challenges. Tac-tickle Cribbage Mathematical abstract strategizing. Century-old game that involves strategy, logic, and adding. Tangram Develops spatial abilities and mathskills. Dominos Also fosters creativity. Matching dots numerically. Tetris Equations Develops improved response time and Math game that challenges thinking in the spatial abilities. abstract. Trango Factor Frenzy pattern building game. Electronic math game. Triominos Go Matching tiled numbers game Establishes math skills, logic and spatial abstract strategizing. reasoning. Tuf Mahjong Build Mathematical equations. Dice game. Illustrated tile game that strengthens categorizing and making numbered suits. Yahtze Mathematical, set making. Monopoly Good planning strategies needed as well as economic negotiating. Games that Increase Memory Brain Quest (Assorted) Educational trivia that assists memory.

Charades Builds memory.

Cranium Helps one hold sequential tasks in mind.

Guess Who Keep several concepts and pieces and information in mind. Games that Promote Mind Quiz Playstation Sharing Behaviour & The game includes 49 exercises from 4 Cooperation genres of calculation, reflex, judgment, and memory. Cranium Games (Assorted) Professor Noggins Whole brain games that plays well in a (Assorted) group. Card games – Trivia and memorization of interesting facts and information. Farmer’s Market Cooperative play. Lots of decision making. Rummy Card game that helps with building Granny’s House categorization skills and working the Encourages thought and imagination. memory. Harvest Time Sci-ology GAME Encourages helping each other out. Uses memory, thinking, and strategy skills. Pictionary Simon Partnering Board Game Improves concentration, hand-eye coordination, response time, and Scotland Yard memory. Working in partnership and cooperation.

Simon Says Settlers of Catan Memory, movement and following Negotiation skills are built and forming directions skills are emphasized. alliances.

Twister Wild Craft Strengthens focusing and remembering A cooperative game that teaches edible and skills. Movement game that helps with medicinal plants. directional concepts.