Brain Builders: Logic, Puzzles, and ChallengesAges 9-12

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Brain Builders: Logic, Puzzles, and Challenges

Kristen Freeman

Kristen Freeman

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$10/class
Open Series

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Course Description

Get ready to think, reason, and solve! In Brain Builders: Logic, Puzzles, and Challenges, learners will strengthen their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills through engaging weekly puzzles and brain challenges. Each class focuses on a specific type of reasoning or puzzle-solving strategy, such as elimination, pattern recognition, deduction, sequencing, logic grids, spatial reasoning, codes, or working backward. During each 25-minute class, learners will complete a variety of short, interactive challenges connected to the weekly skill. They may solve visual puzzles, organize clues, crack secret codes, determine what must be true, test possible solutions, or work through a mini logic mystery. Learners will be encouraged to explain how they reached an answer, listen to different strategies, and adjust their thinking when their first idea does not work. The goal is not simply to solve every puzzle quickly. Instead, learners will practice slowing down, noticing important details, thinking carefully, and continuing through challenging problems. This class helps learners develop: * Logical reasoning and deduction * Pattern recognition * Attention to detail * Creative problem-solving * Flexible thinking * Persistence and confidence * Clear communication of ideas Because this is an open series class, each meeting features a new skill and a new set of challenges. The lessons do not build directly on one another, so learners may join at any time.

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Meet Your Teacher

Kristen Freeman

Elementary Teacher | Orton Gillingham Trained | Reading, Writing, Grammar, and Phonics | Bachelor's in Education | Passionate Teacher for Fun Interactive Learning