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Tag Archives: fine motor skills
Staff Favorites–Spring Product Launch
If you have been to one of our locations, you know that our BrainCoaches know how to play all of the games. When the new items come in, we have to scramble to learn them so we can explain them Read More
Posted in Fun, General, Products, What's New & Happening at Marbles
Tagged Alzheimer's Association, children, cognitive stimulation, continual learning, Coordination, Creativity, Critical Thinking, family games, fine motor skills, goldieblox, Group Games, kanjam, party games, snake oil, Social Interaction, spirograph, strategy, Visual Perception, Word Skills
Love Your Brain! Brain Awareness Week
At Marbles: The Brain Store we pride ourselves on the brainy games and puzzles that we carry. We strive to offer fun and challenging products to help your brain. But we are not just concerned about selling products. We also Read More
Juggle Your Way to a Healthy Brain?
According to a 2009 Oxford University study, learning to three-ball cascade juggle is associated with a transient and highly selective increase in gray matter in the occipito-temporal cortex. (That’s just a an incredibly brainy was of saying that juggling is Read More
Brain Benefits of Working Puzzles
Puzzles were a prominent part of my childhood. During the winter months, our dining room table often held a large piece of leftover wall paneling covered with jigsaw puzzles in progress. I would sit with my mom and try to Read More
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
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
Coming Soon: Touchy Feely – UPDATED
UPDATE – Touchy Feely is here and was just featured on the Today Show’s segment on Bridging the Generation Gap! We have many great products on their way to our shelves in the next few weeks. Normally we would wait Read More
Under the Radar Gem: UberArc 3200
From Best Sellers to Featured New Arrivals to Marbles Originals, there are so many great games to choose from. But sometimes a product doesn’t get as much attention as we think it deserves. This post attempts to redress that wrong, Read More