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Author Archives: Chrissy
Best Seller: Rock Me Archimedes
Rock Me Archimedes has been an instant best seller in Marbles Stores since its release in October. Based on the concept of weight distribution and balancing, the game is beautifully simple, yet very strategic. Rock Me Archimedes was one of Read More
Posted in Brain Workshop, Products
Tagged Attention, best sellers, Brain Fitness, Coordination, Critical Thinking, fine motor skills, party games, Products, strategy games
Marbles Makes Design Student’s Dream Come True
In the fall of 2011, I enrolled for a product design course with the Columbia College Art & Design School that challenged students to develop new toys and games for Marbles: The Brain Store. We were tasked with creating the next Read More
Posted in Brain Workshop, General, Products
Tagged Coordination, Creativity, family games, focus and attention, Visual Perception
A New Twist on the Puzzle (Literally)
We know that puzzles are good for strengthening the organization, fine motor tasks, and visualization areas of the brain. Many studies have found that people who exercise their mind with jigsaw puzzles may have a smaller chance of being affected by Alzheimer’s, Read More
Posted in Brain Workshop, Health, Products
Tagged cognitive reserve, Coordination, dexterity, fine motor skills, Products, Research, Visual Perception
Fiddlesticks!
Our hands and brains share a very special relationship. They are constantly talking to one another, whether we realize it or not. Our hands are happiest when they can deliver information for our super computer brains to process. Next time Read More
Posted in General, Products
Tagged ADD, Creativity, dexterity, fine motor skills, focus and attention, problem solving, stress reflief
Exploring Classic Childhood Games
A couple of weeks ago, we told you about our mission to find the greatest childhood games of all time and discover exactly what it is that makes them so great. The tremendous response from our Facebook fans confirmed what we suspected, that great games aren’t just for kids. Read More
Posted in Fun, General, Products
Tagged childhood games, Coordination, family games, fine motor skills, Outdoor Games
What was your favorite outdoor game?
We’ve been doing a lot of reminiscing here in the brain workshop lately. It seems that some of the best childhood games make the best games for grown-ups too! So what was your favorite game to play as a youngster? Read More
Posted in Brain Workshop, Fun, Products
Tagged Brain Fitness, children, Coordination, family games, fine motor skills, Group Games, hand-eye coordination, Outdoor Games, Products
We Love Your Input!
The Marbles Brain Workshop is where all of our original products are dreamed up, tested, and developed so that they can eventually end up in your brainy hands. While we have been hard at work on the latest and greatest Read More
Posted in General
Brain Workshop Sneak Preview – Skippidy Do!
Inside, Outside, Side-to-side, outside, inside, turn! With summer right at our doorstep, cabin fever has begun to set in for those of us in the Brain Workshop. Knowing the only cure is to go play outside, we set to work Read More
Posted in Brain Workshop, Fun, Products
From Marbles Brain Workshop: JuggleFit
Chrissy writing to you from inside the Marbles Brain Workshop, where we are hard at fun testing our JuggleFit Kit, set to arrive in Marbles stores this summer! Marbles is excited to be working with Heather Wolf, creator and owner Read More
Posted in Brain Workshop, Fun, Health, Products
Tagged Brain Fitness, cognitive reserve, cognitive stimulation, Coordination, Physical exercise, Products