The games
Each game is a short puzzle with five levels. A child only sees the games made for their age, and each game trains one main skill.
Ages 9 to 11
Grids, codes and clues to work out one step at a time. Many of these stay open for older players.
Logic
Star BattlePut one star in every row, column and colour, with no two stars touching.Ages 9 to 12LogicSpatial Binary GridFill the grid with 0s and 1s, with no three in a row the same.Ages 9 to 17LogicPatterns KakuroA number crossword: make each run add up to its total.Ages 9 to 17LogicPatterns Killer SudokuA Sudoku where the cages must also add up to their totals.Ages 10 to 17LogicPatterns SkyscrapersPlace towers so each edge number counts the towers you can see.Ages 9 to 17LogicSpatial Word AnalogiesFinish the pair. The second word goes with the first in the same way.Ages 10 to 17LogicPatterns
Patterns
Letter CodesMove each letter the same way as the example, then find the new word.Ages 10 to 17PatternsLogic
The five skills
- Memory
- Holding things in mind, like where a card was or the order of a few lights.
- Logic
- Working things out step by step, like which shape has to go in a square.
- Patterns
- Spotting what repeats and what comes next.
- Spatial
- Seeing how shapes fit together, and how they look when turned.
- Attention
- Looking closely to find what is different.