One of the things I have been trying to help my kids do more of are 'logic puzzles'. Both the 'who wore what and went where kind, and the simpler 'how to get a ball to point B' type.
I would occasionally pull up a game site and let the kids experiment, but nothing formal.
Till now!
Because Dude is doing the 'fifth grade' thing and because TWTM and other sites recommend logic work for that grade. And because his tester suggests it would be a great way to stretch his mind. I finally decided to add it to the checklist.
Still not going to buy a program (though I might later on) nor am I going to be all mean about it. I just figured I would pull up a game for the family to try each day and see who could make it the furthest. So far it is the favorite item on the kids 'todo list'!
This week we are working on all games from Notdoppler.com; not to many ads:
Isoball (though the 2nd and 3rd version might be slightly better)
Splitter (a favorite of my mothers kids)
Sugar Sugar (oh so sweet and fun)
Red remover (also a favorite of my mothers family)
Ragdoll cannon (shooting cannons are not my favorite type of logic/engineering, but kids love em)
Subtle energy (This has a dumb psychedelic overtone, but includes color mixing with flow problems)
I pull up one of my choice each day for the kids to goof off on M/T/W and then H and F they pick their favorites to try again.
BTW last week we played with 3D logic and Light-bot 2.0
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