If you’re looking for ways to keep your kids busy over the summer without breaking the bank or sitting them in front of the TV all day, LearningRx can help! We’ve put together a list of award-winning toys that can help build your child’s cognitive skills—like memory, auditory and visual processing, attention, logic & reasoning, and processing speed—for less than $25*! Best of all, your kids will have fun without even knowing they’re learning!
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1. Compose Yourself by Think Fun ($14.99)
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Create a world-class composition in minutes. No musical experience required! Ages: 6+
Cognitive skills: Visual and auditory processing
2. Clumsy Thief by Melon Rind ($14.99) Ages 8+
A fast-paced card game requiring a mix of strategy, addition skills, and luck!
Cognitive skills: Strategy, planning, math computations, attention
3. Distraction by ThinkFun ($9.99) Ages 8+
Memorize the numbers on the cards as the sequence of digits continues to grow. Draw and answer a Distraction card before reciting the cards’ numbers in order. The player who gets rid of their cards first wins.
Cognitive skills: memory, attention
4. STARE! Junior Game by Game Development Group ($21.99) Ages 8+
Take turns staring at fun images on the cards until the timer runs out. Then answer questions about what you remember!
Ages: 8+
Cognitive skills: Memory, attention, visual perception
5. Quiddler by SET Enterprises Inc. ($4.99) Ages 8+
Combine your hand into one or more words trying to use the highest point value letters.
Ages: 8+
Cognitive skills: Sound blending, visual processing, attention, segmenting
6. Five Crowns Junior by SET Enterprises Inc. ($10.43) Ages 5+
Match all five cards in your hand by either number or color to win a treasure chip. Avoid earning Robby chips or you could lose your treasure!
Cognitive skills: Visual processing, attention
7. Lokus by Mattel ($16.74) Ages 7+
Place your pieces on the board so that they touch another piece of the same color, but only at the corners.
Cognitive skills: Strategy, logic & reasoning, visual processing, processing speed, planning
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