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The Curious Mind – Brain Matters Tips: Practice some of these fun brain games at home
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Source: Total Brain Health Toolkit
Memory Game: Pick 10 objects and place them on a tray. Look at them for 60 seconds. Cover them and write down what you remember. Name That…: List titles of songs or books using the following words: happy, love, sun, star, blessed, beach, dance, moon, dreaming, summer Alphabet Soup: Using each letter of the alphabet from A–Z, name as many animals as you can (A = Ape, B = Bear, etc.) . Try again listing foods or names of people. Number Challenge: Count backwards from 121 by 3’s. Try again by
Color My Word: Say the name of the color, not the word. Try again saying the word, not the color. BLACK ORANGE YELLOW GREEN RED BLUE YELLOW RED BLACK GREEN BLUE BROWN RED YELLOW GREEN ORANGE BLACK RED GREEN BLUE RED BLACK YELLOW ORANGE GREEN RED BLUE BLACK PURPLE Mix and Match: Use the following letters to make as many words as you can: W E O P T H N G H Q U M B V C T O S D F Z L J K E A P O E T H M B V S X T R D P R Story Time: Use these words to make up a story: House, Tree, Ocean, Dog, Sun, Jack, Trail, Mountain, Couch, Rock, Book, Goat, Flower, TV, Bicycle, Dance
4’s, 6’s, and 7’s. Brain Teaser:
You are in a pitch-black cabin. You have only one match. What do you light first: the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or a fire? (Something else?)
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