Cracking the Code: Mind Sharpening Exercises, Games, Activities and More

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Most kids today spend quite a bit of time studying and doing homework. However, you donâ€™t always have to sit in front of a textbook to learn new things. Did you know that you can learn a great deal by playing certain games? Games like puzzles, brainteasers, and riddles are also known as educational games. They teach you new things or help you to practice your mental skills even while you play! For example, some games revolve around themes like science, math, or reading. When you play these games, you might learn entirely new facts, or you might need to recall facts that you learned in class in order to solve the puzzles. Some other games like optical illusions help you to learn how your brain perceives images. It also helps you to improve the way you interpret and analyze information. Logic games and riddles usually present a problem in the form of a sentence or a very brief story. The reader then has to figure out a solution to this problem. Sometimes the solution might be in the form of a pun (a word joke), while at other times you have to look for clues in the question to get the answer.

By playing games that exercise your brain, you are actually helping your brain to work better, faster, and more efficiently. Your brain learns to work in a different manner, by combining work and play. This is especially important when you are young. Children's brains grow and develop at a very fast rate. In fact, when you are young, you can learn things much quicker than adults can! This is why children can usually learn a new language faster than their parents. The great thing is that if you continue to exercise your brain when you are young, that knowledge and skill will stay with you even later on as you grow up. Mind-sharpening games can be played by just about anyone.

There are many websites that have brainteasers and puzzles for kids, and you can also find books with these types of games at the library or the bookstore. It is usually best to start with the easy ones and then work your way up to the more advanced puzzle games as you get better. Websites and books usually indicate their difficulty level and also provide hints or an answer guide. To go one step further, why not try to come up with your own brain busters? This is even trickier because you have to come up with a problem and find the solution too! If you manage to do this, compile a list of your very own brain busters, puzzles, and logic problems and see if your friends or family can solve them. To help you get started with brain games in general, check out some of the fun resources listed here!

Riddles

Puzzles

Illusions

Brain Teasers & Brain Boosters