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Definition
The development of the thinking and organizing systems of the mind that allows children to learn and to process information. It involves language, mental imagery, thinking, reasoning, problem solving, and memory development.

Skills
No Equipment
Common Household Objects
Bought Stuff
Language
Conversation
Name It, Match It
Books
Card games: Go Fish, Old Maid, Hearts, Rummy
Mental Imagery
I Spy With My Little Eye
Name cloud formations
Collages and sculptures with found materials
Interpret art found in a book or a museum
Thinking
Geography
Authors
Who Stole the Cookies?
What else could you do with this?
LOGO or other authoring software
 
Reasoning
Twenty Questions
Charades
Robot
Sort by size, shape, color or some other criteria
 
Role-playing games on or off computer
Card games that involve strategy rather than luck
Problem Solving
What comes first, what comes next?
Unpack and store groceries
Jigsaw puzzles
Word Find
Sudoko
Chess
Checkers
 
Memory Development
Songs that accumulate: Old McDonald, The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
What's missing/What was added?
Concentration
Memory Cards