2. Strategy Games
Chess
Mastermind
Mancala
Battleship
Blokus
Checkers
Risk
Chinese Checkers
Jenga
Puzzles
Tangrams
Shape by Shape
Pentominoes
Rubiks Puzzles
Rush Hour
Jigsaw Puzzles
Squzzles
3D Slide Puzzles
Rebus
3. Critical Thinking Games
SET
Plexars
Q Bitz
Blink
Spot It
Word Games
Quiddler
Anagrams
Cryptic Crosswords
Scrabble
Word Searches
Quantitative Thinking Games
Tangrams
Tessellations
Pentomino Activities
Probability
Statistics
Money
Mental Math
If your life is free of failures, you are not taking enough
risks. -Unknown
4. Engineering and Design
Legos
Lego Mindstorms
Gears!Gears! Gears!
K’ Nex
ZoomTool
Block by Block (3D)
Brick by Brick (2D)
Marble Run
Kapla
Erector Sets
Straws and Connectors
Rube Goldberg Designs
If you give people tools, and they
use their natural abilities and their
curiosity, they will develop things
in ways that will surprise you very
much beyond what you might
have expected. --Bill Gates
5. Art
Seven Steps to Creativity
Gather your information
Sift the information
Let the information bubble-
Try reading, listening to music,
go for a walk, while your mind
digests the facts.
Let the ideas flow!
Shape and develop your idea
Share your idea
Repeat- Keep it going, until you
have the best idea you can
come up with.
Great artist, writers and musicians
first learned from studying the
works of master craftsmen.
Craft Idea Books
Drawing Books
Geometric Design
Books
Cartooning Books
Nonfiction books
filled with diagrams
and illustrations.
Books with favorite
illustrators
Music without lyrics
Art Supplies
6. Research
Suggested Resources:
Assorted Reference Books
Magazines
Biographies
Newspaper articles
Hobby Books
Nonfiction books
Internet
Research Journal
If we knew what it was we were
doing, it would not be called
research, would it?
-Albert Einstein
7. Science Activities
Microscopes
Magnifying lens
Magnets
Circuitry
Models to construct
Simple Experiments
Collections- Rocks,
Shells, Bugs
Sketch paper
Nature Field Guides
Cross Section Books
How Things Work-
David MacCauley
Rubbings of leaves
Eyewitness Books
9. Apps for iPad
Qvoid Intro
Nback
Creationary
Clockwork Brain
Marble Park
Blokus
Sliding Tiles
ZONR
Mancala
Unblock Me
Dot Line
Parking Lot
Untangle
Tinkerbox
Family Car Games
10. Day Trips
San Jacinto Monument
Houston Museum of
Natural Science
Blue Bell Creamery,
Brenham, Texas
The Aquarium
Brazos Bend State
Park
Techno Chaos or
Bricks4kidz Lego
Workshops
George Observatory
Space Center Houston
Sea Wolf Park,
Galveston
Houston Fire Museum
Museum of Fine Arts
Holocaust Museum
Paleontology Hall at
HMNS
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All books include activities and
trailers.
Why Read?
Reading the works of really
good writers is one of the
best ways to develop our
abilities with words.
Modern and classic novels,
leading non-fiction books
and top quality newspaper
and magazine articles are
all important sources for
us. How often do you find
time to read poetry? Try
some new poems and re-
read old favorites for
inspiration.