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Category Archives: Fun
Game Night at a Marbles Store Near You
Calling all game players – tonight’s your night. Come see us at Game Night, going on at all our locations from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Just show up by yourself or with family and/or friends, and the BrainCoaches will get Read More
Posted in Fun, General, What's New & Happening at Marbles
Tagged family games, game night, Group Games, Social Interaction
Haiku Contestants – Enthusiastic Response – Winner Selected
The response to our haiku challenge was amazing – thank you all for your fantastic entries! You made our job of choosing a winner really tough. But the winner is… Marbles: the Brain Store… Weekly visits, Dad and son. We Read More
National Haiku Day – Take the Challenge!
This blog post about The ancient art of haiku: Challenging to write. April 17th happens to be National Haiku Day, and we here at Marbles: The Brain Store are pretty excited about the celebrations going on in multiple cities which Read More
Posted in Fun, Products, Promotions
Tagged haiku, haikubes, national haiku day
Marbles Brain Workshop + Peggy Brown
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
Posted in Fun, Products
Tagged Coordination, Creativity, Critical Thinking, family games, Group Games, Memory, party games, Visual Perception, Word Skills
The Brain Benefits of Crossword Puzzles
Four Ways Crossword Puzzles Benefit Your Brain
1. Enhance vocabulary
2. Strengthen word recall and memory
3. Stimulate problem solving skills
4. Improve focus and attention Read More
Posted in Fun, Health, Research
Tagged Alzheimer's disease, Brain Fitness, cognitive reserve, cognitive stimulation, Crosswords, focus and attention, Memory, problem solving, word recall, Word Skills
How to Make a Cowboy Take a Bath
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
Posted in Fun, Products
Tagged brain workshop, Coordination, fine motor skills, game design, hand-eye coordination, Products, rube goldberg
Cubebot Caption Contest – Everyone Wins!
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
Posted in contest, Fun, Products
Tagged contest, Coordination, Creativity, Products
Cubebot’s Spring Break
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
Posted in contest, Fun, Products
Tagged contest, Coordination, Creativity, Cubebot, Products, Relaxation
Update from the Marbles Brain Workshop!
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
Posted in Fun, Products, Research, Uncategorized
Tagged Brain exercise, Brain Fitness, Brain training, children, Coordination, Creativity, dexterity, fine motor skills, game development, Group Games, Labyrinth, Products
Announcing the Game Design Contest Finalists!
After much deliberation and reviewing many great game ideas, our selection is now down to four! Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit a game into the 2012 Marbles Game Design Contest! Read More
Posted in contest, Fun, Press, Products
Tagged Creativity, Critical Thinking, game design, Visual Perception, Word Skills