A number of these are things that I have picked up over the years.
Daily Warm-Ups Logic -- Daily Warms-ups has books for a variety of subjects. I added the Logic book this year. There are 180 short exercises in this book.
"When you find something that you have lost,
why is it that you always find it in the last place
that you look?"
Another book that I have is Chinese Brain Twisters. These are activities involve toothpicks and making different shapes.
I have some Brain Puzzles from Usborne. Some of these are challenging for Miss K.
Another thing that I have are digit span cards. Each card has a number of digits. You show the card to the student for three seconds, put the card away and then ask the student to repeat the number back. I purchased these cards from Little Giant Steps. You can purchase sets of various numbers of digits. These can be done as either visual or audio.
Sometimes for Miss K I just give her some of the sequence strips and have her tell me what is hiding.
A few years ago I bought these books from someone. There are three books in this set.
These books are great for short term memory building activities. There are flaps and you cover the right page showing the left page. Then you cover the left page and reveal the right side. Then ask the student what was hidden.
ThinkFun has a number of games like Shape by Shape and Rush Hour. We have a few of these and have found some in thrift shops. Even playing memory can be a brain building activity.
I have also set up an account on Lumosity. Those are good activities for J and myself as well.
We have fun doing these together. I do think it helps in building short term memory and thinking skills. We usually try to do these on Wednesdays.
What are your favourite brain building resources?
Beth
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