Children's Word Search

As children grow, they are developing thought and behavioral patterns. Using these 6 brain exercises for children is one way to help them develop these skills for better functioning and mental capacities of life.

Word Searches / Crosswords

They do a lot of children's books that contain word searches and crosswords. These activities are great for children to exercise their brain with the object and thought they need. Crossword puzzles are also a great family activity, where a person can read the index and how many letters are involved and everyone can guess.

Memory exercises

Working with memory exercises can be one of the easiest brain exercises for children because it can be done in the car while you drive or almost anywhere else. From when they are young we naturally do these exercises, teaching them how to spell their name, and what their phone numbers and addresses are. We can extend this by making them work on memory poems, songs and the names of family trees.

Memorizing helps children use their brain to focus and retain information. There is also a useful skill for many of education is based on memorization, such as learning number facts for math or learning a list of spelling words.

Obstacle courses for the brain

We've all heard of obstacle courses that require physical exercise, but we can also implement those that include brain exercises for children. An obstacle course for the brain can combine both physical and brain exercises, or focus exclusively on it. You can make stations along a physical obstacle course where they can proceed to the next station after completing a mental task, such as a crossword puzzle or a short term problem. You can also set is where they have stations everywhere in the house where they have to complete a series of mental tasks all lined up on the floor or table.

Write or draw left (or right)

A great way to exercise the brain is to use the nondominant hand to write or draw. This can be fun to see who can say what was written or drawn afterwards. Another option is a picture where half is made with the dominant hand, and then after it is copied to the other half by the nondominant hand. These are brain exercises for children that encourage both sides of their brain to work together.

While brain exercises for children can be simple and fun the payoffs can be enormous. Using these brain exercises the children learn to exercise an important part of the body.