Discovery Time: 3 Games to engage your First Grader
We have thoroughly enjoyed welcoming Mrs. Winkler, our gifted specialist, into our classroom during Discovery Time on C days. She is teaching us all the importance of persisting, enjoying a challenge, and embracing frustration. Mrs. Winkler brings a wealth of information along with some fun and challenging games to our classrooms. Rush Hour is a puzzle game that promotes visual problem solving, critical thinking, and strategy development. It can be played independently or with a group.
Qbitz features three different types of visual challenges. Through this game, students practice spacial reasoning and memory skills. Qbitz is also a great tool when when promoting learning about symmetry and visual dexterity.
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Many students have also enjoyed playing the game Set with me earlier this year.
SET is one of my personal all time FAVORITE games which engages students' visual perception skills. SET involves learning a rule of logic, and so players must invoke “left brain” logical thinking skills. In order to find the SETs, players must examine the spatial array of cards and locate the cards that satisfy the rule – which exercises “right brain” spatial and intuitive thinking skills.
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