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Brick by Brick Brain Teaser One of our most popular building puzzle! Using just five puzzle pieces, players try to construct 60 different configurations to match the game cards. Entertaining and fun, and a great creativity skill-builder! Solutions included. New travel bag for portability. Winner of the Great American Toy Test - 1995, Games Magazine Games 100 List - 1992, 1993 and the WRTV Toy Chest - 1993

Block by Block Brain Teaser Picture three dimensions in your mind's eye; now imagine a 7-piece stacking puzzle that asks you to match 60 different three-dimensional patterns! Block by Block helps players sharpen their spatial thinking skills and have fun at the same time. A great learning game with a new travel bag. Hints to solutions included. Winner of the Parents' Choice Honors Award - 1997 , ASTRA Top 10 Toys - 1996, Dr. Toy Award: Ten Best Children's Games - 1996, National Association of Parenting Publications Honors Award - 1996 and the Parents Magazine Best Games - 1996.

Metal Tangram Puzzle Featuring high quality components, this is a game that's built to last! Metal construction brings American know-how to the ancient Asian game. So you can put the pieces together and make amazing shapes for years to come. The playing pieces come in a sturdy frame and are even accompanied by dozens of shape by shape challenges.

Tangram Brain Teaser Puzzle This handcrafted oak Tangram puzzle consists of only 7 pieces cut from a square: 2 large triangles, 1 medium-sized triangle, 2 small triangles, 1 square and 1 lozenge. Try to use all 7 pieces to create alphabet letters, or use your imagination to build animals, people, things -- whatever! Game set includes a booklet with 90 images you can build. It's a great way to develop spatial relations skills. Store blocks on any table in a handsome hardwood tray! Game set measures 7-1/2x7-1/2, including 7 hardwood blocks. For 1 player.

Izzi Puzzle Challenging and beautiful, IZZI is never the same puzzle twice. Players try to match 64 black-and-white tiles side-to-side to build a square. With an almost endless number of solutions and suggestions for harder games inside the package, IZZI is a great addition to a math curriculum or a child's puzzle collection. Winner of the Great American Toy Test - 1995 and the WRTV Toy Chest - 1993.

Shape by Shape Brain Teaser The ancient Chinese game of Tangrams becomes a fresh new puzzle adventure with Shape by Shape. Fourteen puzzle pieces fit together in a sturdy frame; players try to match the pieces to 60 different images on challenge cards. Teaches kids to match patterns and solve problems. Cards store in game. Hints to solutions included. Winner of the Games Magazine Games 100 List - 1997, Learning Magazine Teachers' Choice Award - 1997, National Association for Gifted Children Holiday Educational Toy List - 1997, National Association of Parenting Publications Honors Award - 1997 and the Parents' Choice Silver Award - 1997.

One Tough Puzzle Hey now, tough guy, don't be fooled by sight alone into thinking this one is a cakewalk. So how could a nine-piece puzzle be difficult? After you dig in to One Tough Puzzle, you will feel silly for having asked yourself the question. In a truly outstanding example of something looking far simpler than it really is, we offer One Tough Puzzle: a red-pieced mind menace you are sure to find challenging if not altogether vexing! Assemble the nine pieces, 3 across, three down. There should be 6 interlocks that extend beyond the outline of the square, 6 that are inside the outline of the square, and no holes in the middle. Box of tissues for when this one reduces you to tears is not included.

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Here are some great mindbender books that gifted children will find challenging!

Visual Brainstorms®- $ 12.50 One hundred maddening, mind-bending brainteasers to give your brain a lively workout and to delight family and friends. This game helps kids develop lateral thinking skills and understand spatial relations.Awards: Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award--1996. Item out of stock. Age: 10,11,12,Adult Manufacturer: Binary Arts Dimensions: 5.25x8x1.75

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