Reviewed by Wendy What it is: This travel game for kids and adults offers a variety of brain teasers (120 in total) for ages 6 and up. There are three playing modes in both 2D and 3D (think “pyramid” instead of checkers). Brain Benefits: attention, planning, problem-solving, visual processing, logic What I love: These… read more
Reviewed by Wendy What it is: Similar to charades, this game uses four cards (at a time) with words that must be acted out for your teammates to guess. Cards come with three options: an easier word for one point; a medium difficulty word for two points; and a hard word for three points. Brain Benefits:… read more
Word Collect App for iPhone and Android Review Reviewed by Wendy What it is: This free app offers word puzzle games that get progressively more difficult with each level. Just swipe to select letters in any director to form the hidden words based on how many letters you’re shown. Brain Benefits: Segmenting, logic & reasoning,… read more
Reviewed by Wendy What it is: This fun, free app is similar to sudoku but uses only two types of tiles (e.g., Os and 1s or two different colors). There are only 3 simple rules and it’s oddly satisfying and fun for such a simple game! Brain Benefits: Planning, logic & reasoning, attention, visual processing… read more
Reviewed by LearningRx Charlottesville What it is: This engaging table-top board game is easy to learn but will challenge thinkers of any age! Players compete to be the first to direct their chicken-pig hybrids across a board through their goal while impeding opponents’ chickapigs and avoiding consequences from the pooping cow. Brain Benefits: Attention, logic & reasoning, working… read more
Reviewed by Wendy What it is: This fun and very colorful candy-gathering app might seem like a kid’s game, but it’s actually really fun for adults too! Brain Benefits: visual processing, logic & reasoning, attention What I love: The graphics on this game are really bright and colorful, which makes it appealing to any age.… read more
Reviewed by Wendy What it is: This fun word-building app challenges you to connect letters with paths to make words—but you have to take a path that covers the entire board! Brain Benefits: visual processing, sound blending, segmenting, logic & reasoning, attention What I love: This game goes beyond the standard “rearrange the letters to… read more
Reviewed by Wendy What it is: This fun app provides on-the-go fun for word lovers. Just stich together the letters to form words of varying lengths. Brain Benefits: logic & reasoning, visual processing, attention, sound blending, segmenting What I love: My daughter (14) is addicted to this game. One night she asked me to help… read more
Reviewed by Wendy What it is: The classic Japanese puzzle game is now available in the form of an app. Brain Benefits: logic & reasoning, visual processing, attention, processing speed What I love: I’ve always loved Sudoku because it’s surprisingly simplistic but also challenging. My dad used to mail me the Sudokus from his local… read more
Reviewed by Wendy What it is: Part Picasso part MacGuyver, this app has you solve puzzles by disassembling pictures and reassembling the pieces to create the named object. Brain Benefits: logic & reasoning, visual processing, attention What I love: There are 324 levels to this game so you’re bound to hit some good challenges, but… read more
