Brain Games {Book Review}

Brain Games {Book Review}

Ever wonder why you remember some facts and figures better than others? Or why some people are just better at solving puzzles than others? Well, the book Brain Games by National Geographic for Kids wants to help explain the “why” behind these questions.

QUICK: Name the most powerful and complex supercomputer ever built. Give up? Here’s a hint: It’s housed in your head and it’s the one thing that makes you YOU. Your brain is mission control for the rest of your body and steers you through life. Not bad for something the size of a softball that looks like a wrinkled grey sponge!

In this fascinating, interactive book — a companion to the National Geographic Channel hit show – kids explore the parts of the brain and how it all works, brainy news nuggets from a neuroscientist, plus fun facts and crazy challenges.

Being a mother and grandmother to a family with it’s fair share of nerds, geeks and math wizzes, trivia (useful and otherwise) and weird facts are always coming up in conversation. Some of my adult kids try to best each other with those 6-sided cubes, trying to get them solved while others play magic tricks or mind games with their children.

So this book, Brain Games, is a hit in our house!

Each section has wonderful illustrations and pictures, along with eye-catching facts, colors, explanations and more! Plus there are challenges and brain games to try out, learning the how and why all the while.

I appreciate the fact that while we’re all learning, we’re also having fun at the same time. I think it makes a great coffee table book (even though it’s “for kids”) because most people can’t help themselves. It’s a great and fun conversation starter, not to mention people trying to complete the games and best each other with the challenges.

Want your own copy? Be sure to check out Brain Games by National Geographic for Kids on Amazon today.

Does your family play trivia games together?

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