Marbles: The Brain Store - Special Products

Master Kitz Tree of Life

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

Back when you were a kid, there was paint by numbers. And a little bit of creativity died with each numbered space that you dutifully filled in. Your kids deserve artistic freedom. They deserve an appreciation of master painters. They deserve Kidzaw Art Kits! These clever kits expose kids to great works of art with fun and easy-to-understand learning materials. Then, they get to create their own interpretation of the masterpiece using the kit’s deluxe art paper, custom paints, stencils, paint rollers and more. Each finished masterpiece fits in a standard 16” x 20” frame so it can be shared.

Visual Brainstorms

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

You’re at the doctor’s office surrounded by sniffling kids (including your own) and you’re faced with a decision: Read another article about Brangelina or the one promising a tighter toosh in 30 days. Then you remember the Visual Brainstorms stashed in your purse and realize that your mind-numbing, two-hour wait doesn’t have to be mind-numbing at all. So you take out the 100 illustrated cards packed with brain teasers color-coded by difficulty. And by the time the nurse calls your name, you and the kids have managed to exercise your logic, spatial reasoning and sequential thinking skills.

Jackson Pollock Convergence Jigsaw Puzzle

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

In 1964, Springbrook Editions issued Jackson Pollock's Convergence (painted in 1952) as a 340-piece jigsaw that was touted as "the world's most difficult jigsaw puzzle." This 1000-piece reemergence of Convergence just about triples the challenge. Best of luck to all aspiring solvers!

The completed puzzle measures 29 x 20 inches (73.7 x 50.8 cm). 1000 pieces.

Serpentiles

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

Create a continuous path that begins and ends in the same place with this twisty tile puzzle game. Challenge cards show you which squiggled, curved, and straight tiles to choose for each round—and it's your job to figure out exactly how to line them up. It’s a simple concept that provides continuous "fun without end"!

Includes:
• Four Levels Ranging from Beginner to Expert
• 40 Challenge Cards with Solutions
• 1 Card Holder
• 19 tiles
• Game-Go Bag

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Cookbook

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

Cook Right to Live Longer, Look Younger, Be Thinner and Decrease Your Risk of Obesity, Depression, Alzheimers Disease, Heart Disease, Cancer and Diabetes In this special cookbook, health specialist and nurse Tana Amen shows you how to eat right to think right. Based on the 7 rules of brain healthy eating, developed by Dr. Amen, Mrs. Amen shares wonderful recipes that she uses at home to take care of the Amen Family. You will find over 60 brain healthy recipes, including tasty recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack time and desserts.

Brain Bop CD

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

People talk about “finding their inner child,” which is all well and good. But Brain Bop can do one better and help you find your inner fetus. Turns out that human beings are programmed to move through eight patterns from before they’re even born to the time they blow out the first candle on their birthday cake. These movements help build vital connections between the brain cells. And by going through the movements with Brain Bop, you can help promote concentration, social skills, math and reading aptitude. The sequence can also help you wake up, calm down and reorganize a scattered brain.

Kiwido

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

Don’t let the beautiful, rhythmic motion of Kiwido fool you into thinking this is just a pretty little dance. It’s actually based on Poi, a traditional performance art developed by the indigenous people of New Zealand to keep the women’s hands flexible for weaving and the men’s hands and arms strong for battle. Kiwido has a plastic handle with balls suspended from colored strings that create spectacular effects as you swing your arms in various motions. This easy-to-learn swinging toy enhances coordination, flexibility and concentration and comes with a CD to teach basic techniques.

Q-Bitz

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

Speed, spatial reasoning skills, a good memory and a little bit of luck are all you need to win the game of Q-Bitz. Players race to be the first to recreate patterns on the game cards using their set of 16 colorful cubes. Win the round to keep the card. The player with the most cards wins. Since each round offers a new type of visual challenge, Q-Bitz plays to the strengths of different types of players. Round one is all about speed. Round two rolls in some luck. And round three really puts the ‘ol gray matter to the test by asking players to be the first to recreate a pattern from memory.

Pigz Up

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

PigzUp! is another fun, good-for-your-brain game from Blue Orange Games. With each turn, players ages four and up flip over their top card to reveal a number and color. When two cards match, players race to stack up wooden piggies according to the number on the card with the right color on top. The first player to build a stable pile of piggies discards their card and wins the round. PigzUp! builds counting and color recognition skills. Better yet, it boosts hand-eye coordination, which experts say helps kids learn to read. That means with regular play, your little ones could be reading the Three Little Pigs faster than you can say “PigzUp!”

Bop It Bounce

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

Bop It! Bounce calls the shots with electronic voice commands that lead players through six coordination-building games. From Max Bounce, which gives you 30 seconds to bounce your fastest to Hang Time, which challenges you to catch as much air as you possibly can, the six skills games will exercise your mind as you concentrate on the commands and build coordination as you bounce the ball off the handheld trampoline. Bop It! Bounce keeps track of your scores to challenge you to keep getting better. And, it’s highly addictive. There, you’ve been warned. Now go be good to your brain.

Hink Pink

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

The classic classroom game comes to life with this smart and portable party game. A Hink Pink is a word riddle answered with a pair of single-syllable rhyming words, Hinky Pinkies are two-syllable rhyming words and Hinkity Pinkities are three-syllable rhyming words. So, for example, what’s a Hink Pink for fun mind workout? A Brain Train, of course! Or how about a Hinky Pinky for an improved written communication? A Better Letter. The object of this hilarious brain game is to answer as many Hink Pinks as you can before the timer runs out. The first team to reach 50 points wins this fast blast of riddles and rhymes.

Quoridor

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000

The objective of Quoridor is to advance your pawn to the opposite end of the board. With each turn, you’re faced with a decision: move your pawn or place a wall to hinder your opponent. The first pawn to the other side wins. But don’t be fooled by this Mensa Select Winner’s simple rules. The strategic thinking, planning and problem solving skills needed to master Quoridor are enough to make corporate takeover geniuses salivate. This fast-paced strategy game will have you playing round after round, learning from trial and error, and developing your strategy as you go.