Brain Games to Improve Critical Thinking Skills
Funded Nov 29, 2022Thank you for your invaluable support. Thanks to you, I have been able to run a "Brain Olympics" club in our after school program. The children have fallen in love with Rush Hour, Backgammon, Five Crowns, Mastermind, and Rubik's Race. As they play these games, they are thinking critically and developing strategies that they can use in their math classes. They are also practicing their social and emotional learning skills. It's fantastic to see kids teaching each other how to play the more complicated games as well as observing the interactions across grade levels.
The project that you invested in didn't just give my kids something to do after school, but the gaes and puzzles you funded all require thinking, reasoning, and logic. They are not games of chance and cannot be played mindlessly. I have not hidden from my kids how much it thrills me to see them having fun while thinking. I tease them about this all the time. Playing these types of games and solving the puzzles definitely helped me to develop useful problem solving skills and also helped build my stamina, determination, and perseverance.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Golub