The result of three decades of research by an internationally acclaimed expert, this book is packed with more than 200 individual games to help children of varying ages and abilities build their thinking, language, and social skills--and have fun at the same time. Ideal for parents, teachers, and nursery school staff, each game is clearly introduced to explain the skills it will develop. Both brain games and travel games cover a wide range of ages--from just a few months to nine years old--so the book can be used for many years and within families of multiple kids. Helping to create lasting bonds with parents, siblings, and caregivers, the games and activities outlined will produce clear improvements to a child's mind and make positive developments in literacy and numeracy, musical and reasoning skills, and physical dexterity.

Create the brain connections needed for future learning all while having fun.

This resource provides a treasury of reproducible thinking situations on a full range of subjects. Includes over 150 activities formatted for instant use in any classroom setting.

Make the most of your child's extraordinary learning potential with this collection of brain-boosting games for toddlers to fives. Discovering new things with your child is fun and exciting for you both and even the simplest activities can be used to introduce new concepts. Research shows that children who have a nurturing environment, where they are encouraged to learn through play, often have higher IQ scores and adjust more easily to school; children who listen to music with structured melodic patterns improve their abilities in complex reasoning tasks and mathematics. Introduce your child through play to patterns and sequences and simple problem solving with more than 300 easy, fun-filled ideas including word and music games that even tiny tots can enjoy. Keep preschoolers entertained with counting, weighing and measuring, matching and sorting while the experts explain how each activity promotes brain development and learning skills.

More than 65 delightful games and activities to jump-start your baby's amazing brainpower Can simply singing a song or blowing a dandelion under a toddler's nose help her mind to blossom? Can your baby count, remember events, and solve problems even before he can talk? The exciting answer to both questions is yes! Breakthrough research is revealing the extraordinary inborn abilities of infants. It is also showing how experiences during the first years of life profoundly influence intelligence, creativity, language development-and even later reading and math skills. Now two psychologists and child development experts-authors of the bestselling Baby Signs-have created a delightful guide for parents based on the most up-to-date knowledge of how babies discover the world. You'll learn how to: _ Create a homemade mobile to stimulate your three-month-old's delight in solving problems _ Play a patty-cake game to help your two-year-old make logical connections _ Initiate bedtime conversations that build your child's memory and sense of personal history _ Develop "Baby Signs" to help your toddler communicate before he or she can talk _ Stimulate your child's natural number skills with puppets and counting games _ Use nursery rhymes and special read-aloud techniques to foster reading readiness _ Nurture budding creativity with humor and fantasy play _ And much more! Baby Minds is not another program for creating "super babies." Instead it builds on activities that babies instinctively love to develop their unique abilities and make your daily interactions full of the joy of discovery-for both of you. NOTE: This edition does not include photographs.

This book is brimming with memory, word and number workouts, codes, battleships and mind-bending spot the differences, as well as Japanese puzzles including hanjie, kakuro, futoshiki, sudoku and lots more. Let the brain games begin!

Packed with engaging questions and bright illustrations, Brain Games Kids: Preschool introduces your child to age-appropriate learning concepts in language arts, math, science, social sciences, physical and emotional development, fine arts, and Spanish.