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Tag Archives: Word Skills
Do You Know How to Play All of These Games?
This is one of the most asked questions our BrainCoaches hear in the stores. And the answer is usually “Yes”. Quite a bit of training is involved in developing product knowledge, which allows us to help you find products that Read More
Posted in Fun, General, Products
Tagged Brain Fitness, Creativity, Critical Thinking, dancing eggs, family games, Group Games, party games, Social Interaction, Word Skills, you've been sentenced
Remember Anomia
Anomia is a brilliant word skill game in which players flip over cards which contain categories and symbols. When two symbols match, the players battle for their cards by naming an example from the other player’s card. The categories are Read More
Posted in General, Products, Random
Tagged Anomia, party games, Word Skills
Under the Radar Gem: The Storymatic
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
Posted in Fun, General, Products, Under the Radar Gems
Tagged The Storymatic, Under the Radar Gem, Word Skills
Doonerism Spay!
In honor of Spoonerism Day, the majority of today’s post is written in spoonerism form (i.e., with initial consonants & vowels transposed). Yesterday, July 22nd, was the anniversary of the dirthbay of Rev. William Archibald Spooner, dean of the Kew Read More
Posted in Brain Workshop, Fun, General, Products, Trivia, What's New & Happening at Marbles
Tagged Creativity, family games, game design, Group Games, Memory, party games, Products, Social Interaction, Trivia, Word Skills
Under the Radar Gem: Hink Pink
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
Posted in Fun, General, Products, Under the Radar Gems
Tagged hink pink, Under the Radar Gem, Word Skills
Top 5 Games For Super-heroes
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
Posted in Fun, General, Products, Random
Tagged Anomia, Coordination, Critical Thinking, eternas, Memory, Mind Your Marbles, Pajaggle, Pop Culture, Spooner Board, Visual Perception, Word Skills
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
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 Brain Workshop, 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
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