Brain games and puzzles
Maze Maker
Design your own maze on squared paper with one true path and lots of dead ends, then swap with a friend.
Thinking sheet · Brain games and puzzles
Category Race
Pick a letter and race to fill every category: an animal, a food, a place and something you can draw.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Kids practice
- vocabulary, quick thinking, spelling
What kids do
“Pick a letter. Fill every box before time runs out!”
- Write a letter in the first column each round
- My best answer this game:
How to run it
- Pick letters from a hat; skip X, Q and Z for younger kids.
- Two minutes per round.
- One point for each answer nobody else has.
Talk about it
- Which category was hardest?
- Which letter was easiest?
- What category would you add?
Take it further
Draw a quick sketch of every “thing to draw” answer.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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