The Tip Sheet - Family: Brain Games
Jennifer Barrett
Newsweek
August 12, 2002
Want your kids to brush up their skills before school starts? Try these brain-boosting, boredom-banishing games recommended by "Dr. Toy," childhood-development expert Stevanne Auerbach.
- Cariboo:
- A magical treasure-hunt game that teaches shapes, letters and colors (ages 3 to 6).
- Amazing Animal Trivia Game:
- Like Trivial Pursuit for animal lovers (6 and up).
- Give and Take:
- The interactive game teaches players to examine people's motives (6 and up).
- Wee Little Piggies:
- Put the Piggies in order and hear them sing the familiar nursery rhyme (4 to 6).
- Wordxchange:
- Scrabble with a twist; players take and transform opponents' words (6 and up).
- Tickle Toes:
- Touch the toes and they wiggle and giggle. Tests agility and response time (3 to 6).
- 5 Score:
- Great for teaching math and multitasking, with five ways to score on each turn (6 and up).
- Rain Forest Card Game:
- Features facts and photos of unusual and endangered species (10 and up).
- Fowl Play:
- A fast-paced card game perfect for short car rides and short attention spans (6 and up).
- The Touch:
- A game of fast thinking and fast fingers (6 and up).
- Cariboo
- Cranium, Inc.
- $16.95
- Ages 3-6
- (866) 272-6422
- www.playcranium.com
- Amazing Animal Trivia Game
- International Playthings
- $19.99
- Ages 6-8
- 800-445-8347
- www.intplay.com
- Give and Take
- A-C-T Games
- $24.95
- Ages 6-12
- (610) 630-3325
- www.corporateteambuilding.com
- Wee Little Piggies
- Hasbro Games
- $19.99
- Ages 4-6
- 888-836-7025
- www.hasbro.com
- WordXchange
- ProDiJeux
- $28.95
- Ages 10-12
- (514) 932-4744
- www.prodijeux.com
- Tickle Toes
- Hasbro Games
- $16.99
- Ages 3 and up
- 888-836-7025
- www.hasbro.com
- 5 Score
- Thing-O Games
- $19.95
- Ages 6-12
- (650) 358-9744
- www.thing-o.com
- Rain Forest Card Game
- U.S. Games Systems
- $10.00
- Ages 6-12
- 800-544-2637
- www.usgamesinc.com
- Fowl Play
- Gamewright
- $7.00
- Ages 6-12
- 800-638-7568
- www.gamewright.com
- The Touch
- Anthony Innovations
- $39.99
- Ages 5-7
- 800-828-7002
- www.thetouchgame.com
