Hobbies And Interests
Simon
Simon Says is a traditional memory game often played at schools to help children learn. The basic object of the game is to copy what an individual says, while the list of actions becomes increasingly longer and more complex. Electronic game units of this game have been released by many manufacturers such as Playskool and Hasbro. The game is also available free online from several websites. Online players watch a sequence of lights and have to click the icons in the correct order afterward. The games have different levels of difficulty to suit the beginner or the advanced gamer.
Mazes
Mazes have been used to stimulate brain activity for hundreds of years. Whether it is the full-sized garden hedge maze, a drawn maze, a wooden tilt board maze or a virtual maze, they can improve memory and cognitive abilities. Mazes can be bought from most toy stores and a virtual maze game can be played free online at Brainlist.com. Mazes consist of a mass of corridors that weave and twist about one another. The player starts at one edge and has to find their way to a central point or exit on the other side of the board. To do this the player has to avoid dead-ends and not become lost and loop back upon himself.
Match
Match memory games have been played for decades. Whether played with cards, ordinary or picture, or on the computer, the basic rules are the same. Cards are arranged in rows and columns, face down. Players take turns turning over two cards one after another. The aim is to match two of the same cards, at which point the player picks the cards up and scores a point. When playing with playing cards, the cards are matching if they are the same color and number. Matching memory games are available for free online at several websites such as funbrain.com.