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Brain Games 04/07/2011 15:06 Page i Brain Games for Your Child Brain Games 04/07/2011 15:06 Page ii Brain Games 04/07/2011 15:06 Page iii Brain Games for Your Child Robert Fisher SOUVENIR PRESS Brain Games 04/07/2011 15:06 Page iv Copyright © 2011 by Robert Fisher First published in 2011 by Souvenir Press Ltd 43 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3PD The right of Robert Fisher to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Copyright owner. ISBN 978-0-28564-043-6 Typeset by M Rules Printed and bound in Great Britain Brain Games 04/07/2011 15:06 Page v Acknowledgements The author wishes to thank Julie Winyard and Dot and Stuart Childs for help in improving this book, and the teachers and children who helped his research into games for thinking and learning. The book is dedicated to the memory of his parents who first introduced him to family games. Brain Games 04/07/2011 15:06 Page vi Brain Games 04/07/2011 15:06 Page vii Contents Introduction: 1 1 Brain Games 0–3 years 10 2 Brain Games 3–6 years 49 3 Brain Games 6–9 years 90 4 Brain Games 9+ years 133 Appendix: Travel games 177 Index of games 182 Brain Games 04/07/2011 15:06 Page viii Brain Games 04/07/2011 15:06 Page 1 Introduction ‘A good game gets your brain going’ child, aged 7 Your child is an amazing bundle of possibilities, with a mind and brain different from every other person. Nothing in nature is as complex or wonderful as your child’s brain and you will really enjoy helping him make the most of it.* Playing the games in this book can help boost your child’s brain, build his confidence and stimulate his thinking. They will provide hours of fun, helping you to get to know him better, and helping him develop into a bright, happy and successful child. Your child’s amazing brain A human brain is the most complex object we know of in the uni- verse. Babies are born with billions of brain cells (also called neurons). But it is not the number of brain cells that determines their success in life but the connectionsbetween those cells. Thinking takes place when cells connect up within the brain. It is these indi- vidual patterns of connections that makes every brain different. Children are born with enough brain cells to lead a successful life. Some of these cells are connected together or ‘wired’ before *Note: In this book your child is referred to as him. The word ‘him’ refers to ‘him’ or ‘her’.