Tag Archives: Coordination

6Jun

Celebrate National Yo-Yo Day!

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In ancient Greece, the toy was made from wood, metal, and terra cotta, and the two halves were decorated with pictures of the gods. In the early 1920s, a young Phillipine immigrant named Pedro Flores brought along a homemade toy Read More >

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28May

Outdoor Fun This Memorial Day

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It’s Memorial Day today, and besides being a day to honor soldiers who gave their lives in the service, it is also the unofficial beginning of the summer season, and a time when people are going outdoors. The weather’s nicer, Read More >

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24May

Marbles Dads Are Cool

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Father’s Day is just around the corner (OK, actually it’s June 17) and for this occasion we present the Top Marbles Gifts for Dads. What do you get for the father who has everything? Why, something cool to play with, Read More >

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4May

Top 5 Games For Super-heroes

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It’s all well and good to give recommendations for Grads and Moms, but there’s one group that we have been neglecting at Marbles: The Brain Store.  Fictional characters. We’re using today’s post for some recommendations to help them strengthen and Read More >

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13Apr

Happy 560th Birthday Leonardo

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“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, Read More >

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12Apr

Marbles Brain Workshop + Peggy Brown

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Are you familiar with Mind Your Marbles and Mindstein? They were created by Peggy Brown and she’s back working alongside the Brain Workshop to bring a few more splendid games to market! First off, we’ve got Splickety Lit – a Read More >

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29Mar

How to Make a Cowboy Take a Bath

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Howdy fellow Brainoids! Winslow here from the Marbles Brain Workshop, where we are workin’ hard on figurin’ out how to get this darn cowboy to take a bath! How to get a cowboy to take a bath is quite the Read More >

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29Mar

Cubebot Caption Contest – Everyone Wins!

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Cubebot Took a Spring Break Adventure – He Brought You Savings & A Chance to Win! Cubebot hit the road for a spring break adventure, and took some fun pictures of his day.  Get your brain buzzing and give us Read More >

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29Mar

Cubebot’s Spring Break

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Sometimes a little wooden robot just needs a break.  Cubebot spends his whole life stress relieving and helping his owners exercise their fine motor coordination and visual processing centers as they twist his parts into unique shapes.  It’s a big Read More >

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22Mar

Update from the Marbles Brain Workshop!

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Who knew that Labyrinth had such a rich past? I wanted to find out more about where the labyrinth originated so I began reading, not realizing I was about to be taken on a historical and fantastical journey from Greek mythology to Herodotus’ Egyptian labyrinth to the hedge mazes of the Renaissance to David Bowie’s Goblin King… just kidding! Read More >

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