Spin-a-roo from Thinkfun is a fast-paced sorting, and counting game with two ways to play. The first, a sorting game was designed for early learners ages 4 and up. Players race to match the most numbers, or colors on their card by calling out, and then taking tokens from the Spinner tray. The tokens are stacked on top of one another, and the player with the highest stack at the end of the game, wins… More
ThinkFun has emerged as the premiere vendor of logic puzzles for solvers of all ages. Whether they’re challenging you with marbles, lasers, or electronic circuits, their complete-the-path games offer lots of puzzly fun. Their latest offering, Lunar Landing, seems at first to fall into the same pattern, but as you learn the rules and begin tackling the challenge cards included, you quickly realize there’s more than meets the eye at play… More
Last weekend I took this puzzle, among others, to the National Math Festival in DC. It was, not surprisingly, a blast. My only sadness is I was so busy sharing the puzzles and games I brought that I didn’t get to see all the other spectacular presentations. I got to spend a lot of time with the folks from ThinkFun, from the Julia Robinson Festival nationwide, from Gathering for Gardner, and others, since we were all in the same section of the event. One big theme: the values of games in creating a math-positive culture at home… More
Do you have a wiggly child at home? A kid who is in near-constant motion from sun-up until sundown? A child who burns calories while reading, or eating dinner? I’m raising my hand over here! We often refer to my oldest son as a “tornado full of boy” because he never stops moving! And let me tell you- I’ve found the perfect game for him. It is called Fidgitz and it’s absolutely mesmerizing!… More
Out of the 60 nations whose students took the Program for International Student Assessment in 2012 and 2015 U.S. students in 2015 ranked 35th in math, a drop from 28th in 2012. Math anxiety and a lack of interest in math among young learners is commonly recognized as a problem in American education that we’re struggling to solve. Enter ThinkFun’s Math Dice, and Math Dice Tournaments… More
My family recently had the opportunity to check out ThinkFun‘s new product, Compose Yourself. My children adore music and Leo has been taking piano lessons since September. When I learned that ThinkFun was coming out with a product that encourages children to compose their own music, I was so excited to try it out… More
We get it. Math can be dry. And complicated. And who really enjoys helping their child do long division? And yet, if you really think about it, math is nothing else but problem solving. And we humans simply love to solve problems!… More
With Easter on its way, many members of our community are looking to fill their Mighty Girl’s Easter basket with a few unique and empowering gifts — after all, chocolate bunnies and marshmallow chicks are fun, but the right inspiring toy or game could be a hit all year long! With that in mind, we’ve put together a selection of 50 of our favorite Easter gifts for Mighty Girls of all ages. From toddlers to teens, you’ll find a variety of intriguing gift options that will encourage her interests — or foster a new one! — and all of them are affordably priced and small enough to fit into an Easter basket… More
