Chinese Brain Twisters


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A smart way to teach children to think logically and creatively One of the most precious gifts you can offer a child is a sharp mind. The 56 puzzles in this delightful collection were passed down through generations of Chinese families who wanted their children to develop concentration and mental agility. Baifang spent hours enjoying them with her family and friends as she was growing up in the north of China. Now living in San Francisco, Baifang is passing them on to her own children and to families everywhere. Each puzzle inspires clear, precise, and inventive thinking. Some teach math concepts; others involve spatial relationships and visualization. All of them have fascinating solutions and help improve memory and problem-solving skills. An inexhaustible source of challenging fun, these are mental calisthenics for stimulating interaction between lively minds from ages 8 to 80.




More Chinese Brain Twisters


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Get your family's brains going with 57 more creative calisthenics for the mind In China, for centuries it has been acknowledged that early childhood training supports lifelong intellectual growth. For generations, parents have taught their children "brain games"--delightful amusements that challenge the intellects of young people while appealing to their senses of fun and play. While growing up in China, Baifang learned scores of such games that both challenged and intrigued her. Now she shares 57 new stick-puzzle, number, and shape games for children and parents everywhere to share and enjoy. A terrific way to stimulate parent-child interaction, these quick and challenging puzzles and brain teasers enhance creative capacity and logic, fostering problem-solving skills and mathematical awareness. Baifang came to the United States from China in 1977 and earned a degree in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. Since then, she has worked on various media and cultural exchange programs with China. She is also the author of Chinese Brain Twisters.




Chinese Brain Twisters


Book Description

A smart way to teach children to think logically and creatively One of the most precious gifts you can offer a child is a sharp mind. The 56 puzzles in this delightful collection were passed down through generations of Chinese families who wanted their children to develop concentration and mental agility. Baifang spent hours enjoying them with her family and friends as she was growing up in the north of China. Now living in San Francisco, Baifang is passing them on to her own children and to families everywhere. Each puzzle inspires clear, precise, and inventive thinking. Some teach math concepts; others involve spatial relationships and visualization. All of them have fascinating solutions and help improve memory and problem-solving skills. An inexhaustible source of challenging fun, these are mental calisthenics for stimulating interaction between lively minds from ages 8 to 80.







Chinese Brain Twisterxs


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Originally published as Chinese Brain Twisters and More Chinese Brain Twisters.




The Tangram Book


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A historical study on the ancient and popular Chinese puzzle game presents more than two thousand all-time tangrams, along with detailed instructions on how to arrange these intriguing puzzle tiles and presenting a variety of special puzzles for the reader to solve. Reprint.




Brain Teaser Cryptogram Puzzle


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Cryptogram puzzles are a great educational tool to enhance and promote cooperative play. We like the way that challenges our thinking and exercise our minds. Puzzles are also an important educational learning tool for young children as they provide many skills and mental learning benefits and opportunities. Puzzles come in a whole range of themes and topics such as countries, capitals, currencies, alphabet letters, shapes, vegetables, numbers, pets, transport, colours, sports, trees, mountains etc. It increases visual special awareness and develops a deeper understanding of these themes and topics. Completing a puzzle, even the simplest of puzzles set a single goal to achieve. This process involves problem-solving, reasoning skills and developing solutions that one can later be transferred into his personal life. Puzzles are a fun way for one to develop and refine your fine motor skills. When engaged in playing with puzzles, one is required to pick up, pinch and grasp pieces and move them around, manipulating them into slots, sorting them and fitting them into the correct places. The accomplishment of achieving a goal brings so much satisfaction to a player. Overcoming the challenges involved in solving a puzzle gives you a sense of achievement and pride within. It provides a boost to your self-confidence and self-esteem as it prepares you for other challenges in future life. This is a brain exercise that instantly grasps a person’s interest, and the person feels a sigh of relief only after solving the puzzle cryptogram. We should keep playing such games to keep our brains refreshed & active. These games act like the gym to the brain which is both helpful & necessary for it. The cryptogram puzzle words are encrypted using a secret code. Your job is to break the code by substituting letters for the words.




The 100+ Series Brain Games, Grades 4 - 5


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Use these exciting collections of challenging and thought-provoking activities to cultivate students' critical thinking skills in math, language arts, science, and social studies. Great fo substitutes




The Insiders Dossier: Brain teasers and puzzles in Job Interviews


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Brain teasers and puzzles in Job Interviews: How many Smarties fit in a car? Brain teasers are popular with consulting firms, financial institutions, the industry and even start-up companies as a recruitment test tool for top jobs. Whether you’ve bought this book specifically to prepare for a job interview, or simply as an intellectual challenge – this book provides you with a comprehensive collection of ambitious problems together with their solutions. This definitive training resource will provide you an intelligent and efficient approach to solve all kinds of brain teasers – 140 problems included. Challenge yourself!




China’s Many Dreams


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China's new leader Xi Jinping has announced that the China Dream of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is now closer than ever. This book discusses the meaning and progress of Chinese national rejuvenation from multiple perspectives. It discusses critically China's progress towards becoming a strong, prosperous and well-governed country.