Do you teach your children to play mind games?
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SteveJackson
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| I'm teaching my two grandsons to play crossword puzzles and Sudoku. It is the best way to engage them into thinking process and boost their mind. So far, they are having fun solving the puzzles and starting to love the challenges. |
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| How old are they? Yes, my DS loves mathdoku, crosswords, etc.. I think he started around 6 or 7 with easy crosswords, then to mathdoku at 8. |
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| I love teaching my students Othello and the set game. Both great thinking games! |
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| LOL. I was thinking something totally different when I read "mind games". |
MargStone
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| Brain games are fun indoor activities. I teach my grandchildren brain teasers and puzzles. My 8 year old grandson loves Sudoku while his 11 year old brother prefers crossword puzzles. He has printed them online for free at freedailycrosswords.com. He compiles it all and he's really good at it. Sometimes he also makes his own crossword puzzles and share them to his classmates. I'm so proud of him. |
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Ditto. This is more teaching brain teasers and puzzles; mind games should be in Teens & Older section I'm sure. |
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| Mine is 4 so we're aways away from crosswords but she does simple mazes and we also do lots of verbal wordplay to challenge her brain and simply to laugh. |
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Me, too =) |
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I was all set to answer this by talking about how much trouble my kid has been at daycare dropoff lately and how I'm letting him manipulate me by not just walking out the door. Definitely thinking you were asking about a different kind of mind game 
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SteveJackson
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Hi MargStone, I checked the website and i found it cool because there are tons of printable crosswords from USA Today. I don't need to do it on my newspaper. I just print them out and have them on the go. |
SteveJackson
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LOL... I think I should move this thread that section 
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Yes! Blockus is a great board game, if you're looking for a change of pace from wordplay (more spacial/strategic).
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| you do know that studies show these mind games (or whatever you call them) boost the mind's ability to . . . do mind games. People who frequently do crossword puzzles become great at doing crossword puzzles, but there is no bleed over to other areas of life and thinking. These games also don't protect against Alzheimer's (dancing and gardening do). |