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
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.