Remember us!Logical thought process is the basic foundation of intelligent thinking, however, it is sad to say that logic is very much overlooked when considering the challenges of learning difficulties in children. The application of logic can be defined as the way in which an individual arrives at a conclusion.
In order to make sense of problems requiring logical thinking, an ability to find structure, how facts are related to one another and the ability to create a chain of reasoning that makes perfect sense.
Dr. Karl Albrecht, in his book Brain Building, writes that logical thought is based on a sequence of problems that are eventually solved. In order understand how to apply logic one must be able to think in steps. Having the ability to form a chain-like progression with the relevant ideas put before them, along with the facts and conclusions is the way to truly apply logical thought.
People can actually become more intelligent with specific training in logical thinking and if these principals are taught at an early age, then they are less likely come up with short answers when faced with challenging problems like saying “This is too hard” or the old “I don’t know.” Teaching logical thinking skills to children gives them the tools necessary to analyze and solve complex problems and situations throughout their lives.
Logic is critically important when learning basic math skills. Since mathematics is such a process oriented subject, in order for someone to progress to the next level, they must first master the basic levels in the sequence and build from there; steps cannot be skipped otherwise nothing adds up.
The ability to think logically is not a miraculous process or something we inherited from our parents but instead something any of us can learn or improve on at any age.
One of the aims of kidsgamesblog.com is to teach children to think logically.
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If you ever wanted to experience a toys eye view of the world then you’ve got it here with the game Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune when you, as Timmy are miniaturized to do battle against all of your green toy soldiers.
You weapons are non-lethal except when it comes to the little green army men that you’re on a mission to annihilate. You start off with a foam dart gun and your arsenal gradually increasing in fire power and moves on to squirt guns and then tennis and bowling balls. The action continues throughout 3 different areas of the house and then outside into the garden area. Within each area of battle zone there are five different missions.
This game teaches basic logic and special relation while transitioning through the many rooms of the house and all levels of play. Available on Amazon for the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and PS2 game platform. For gamers aged 5 and up.
By nature, child’s mind is like a sponge when it comes to learning new things. The old school of thought is that as children reach certain ages, the way in which they comprehend new information changes in stages. However, new research has contributed to theories that demonstrate children do not learn in a linear or straight forward way as previously thought, but instead their learning varies as a result of individual factors or circumstances.
It has been shown that children in fact use many different methods simultaneously to comprehend new information and many of these strategies have been observed at a much younger age than once thought.
Once children have reached the age at which they enter school, they are prepared for developing more complicated methods of problem solving. When children reach this stage of intellectual development, in order to truly cultivate their problem solving skills it is extremely helpful to use of challenging puzzle games like; Sudoku.
The game Sudoku can be considered a logic based math game, but at first sight it appears more like a crossword puzzle due to its grid like layout. Sudoku is played on square 9 X 9 grid totaling 81 squares with each square again divided up 3 high by 3 wide sections. The game does not start off with an empty grid but instead numbers are pre-placed in chosen squares to be used as clues. It is up to the player to figure out where the remaining numbers should go.
What makes Sudoku challenging and unique is that the numbers 1 – 9 may only be used one time in each section, column or row. A decision must be made by the player as to where to place what number and in which square while still follow the rule of not repeating the order in other sections.
Many consider math the language of science and the subject is universally understood, not being bound by any language constraints, regardless of culture or geographic location. In the problem solving game of Sudoku, you solve for the grid through the use of; process of elimination and logic only. Each puzzle only has one right answer and range in difficulty from simple to very complex.
Children are able to apply many problem solving strategies through playing the Sudoku game puzzles like the “Guess and Check” method, which can be applied to so many other aspects of real world situations. Not only do these puzzles develop your reasoning and logic skills, they are great fun to play as well. There is no doubt that Sudoku games encourage creativity, they also inspire children to be more flexible in their Problem solving style.
An additional benefit to having children play Sudoku games, is that it helps foster a positive attitude regarding math and avoid any early age math anxiety that may develop, which could possibly hamper further development in this area.
Not only will the skills developed playing Sudoku benefit them in math and science, but it may also help with the problem solving skills necessary to excel in other academic areas and countless real world scenarios.
Begin your adventure through Crayola Land as either the character; Violet or Fillup. With the Nintendo Wii you can design shapes and create the scenery along the way. In simpler terms, this is basically an interactive, high-tech coloring book.
The young player begins by choosing one of three levels of difficulty; they should start of course, with the easy mode and progress as they become more comfortable with the game and using the control console. Once play has begun, the character that is chosen (Violet or Fillup) will start to move through the landscape along with the pet dog.
In this game you are not in direct control of the characters: Violet of Fillup but instead, control the environment that directly impacts them by drawing structures and objects and giving the color as you normally would do with a Crayola crayon in an ordinary coloring book.
The challenge is to keep pace with your chosen character by filling in all the objects and scenery with various colors before he or she exists that particular scene. This is accomplished by moving the cursor over a particular area to give color to.
Giving a certain color to a particular object can create a series of events like; coloring the clouds a dark color will create rain in the scene and cause the logs to float, from which you may form a bridge to cross the body of water. This is just one example of how this is a logic based game and challenges the young player to develop their critical thinking skills.
The young players, whom the game is designed for, will enjoy the bouncy background music which seems to fit well with the progression of the game. There are also amusing sound effects to fit different scenarios as you carry on in you journey.
Link to buy Crayola Colorful Journey
If you are like so many gamers these days, you have found hidden object games to be some of the most interesting on the market. Live vicariously through the character Cate West, a woman who possesses extra-sensory perception allowing her the ability to solve for complex investigations assisting the police in their most challenging cases.
This is not Cate’s first attempt as an investigator since she has been asked many times in the past to help solve complex cases where the detectives have had a difficult time finding any leads in their cases and must look for alternatives.
As you work along-side Cate you’ll find it challenging to uncover the 1000+ clues among the 57 background scenes designed for the Wii platform as well as direct download to your PC.
You have the option of playing in either the normal mode (where you race against the clock) or the relaxed mode, where time is not a factor in the game but are awarded bonus point for solving clues early.
There are a total of five different investigative methods in all that are used to solve the cases. You begin with assisting the detectives by gathering as much information about a particular case as possible before even visiting the crime scene.
This game is often different from some of the hidden object and matching game since at times; instead of just being given a list to work from, there will often be a simple riddle that will determine the object in question.
Your investigations will lead to the hide-out of the perpetrators and from there your clairvoyant powers will come into play as a couple of clues will pinpoint the accused from the list of subjects. These clues will often be in the form of an object or a number or something else that may seem completely arbitrary to anyone else.
The accused then stands trial and with all the admissible evidence, either an acquittal or a conviction will be decided by the court of law. As Cate West all you can do is lead the detectives in the right direction from there the evidence they obtain is what really counts in putting away the bad guy or gal.
Link for free download Cate West: The Vanishing Files
Link to buy Cate West: The Vanishing Files Game for Wii
