Logic Puzzles & Brainteasers for 12 Year Olds

Brainteasers teach kids 12 and up logic in a fascinating way

Keep those brain cells firing with fun and challenging logic puzzles for kids ages 12 and up. Our Perplexors line of books will help teach kids how to use deductive reasoning to find correct answers. Word Winks is a logic puzzle for kids that uses visual word play puzzles to represent a common phrase or expression. Analogy Challenge gives kids' verbal and logic skills a workout while feeling like fun puzzle play. All our books are single classroom reproducible and some even have downloadable lesson plan.

When it comes to exercising the brain, science has shown that logic and reasoning puzzles help keep minds sharp at all ages. That's why you'll find each of our logic puzzles for kids' series starts out at an easy level and then progresses in difficulty. The earlier you can introduce logic and reasoning, the better prepared your child will be as they move through grade school and into classes that require higher science, math and technology. These brainteasers will help teach kids ages 12 and up deductive reasoning and logical problem solving.

Logic Links help kids visually organize their thinking using colored chips to solve sequencing puzzles. MindWare's best logic problems help kids build thinking skills while they manipulate the chips to find the answer. Great for kids who enjoy hands-on logic puzzles. Pages are reproducible for classroom use. You can purchase additional chips at MindWare.com.

MindWare's own series of Perplexors books is an outstanding way to introduce kids to logical deduction and reasoning - important skills for standardized tests in the upper grades. You'll find word based Perplexors and Perplexors that emphasize math skills as well.

A great addition to our Perplexors puzzle collection; Grid Perplexors provides all the needed clues in the story and a grid format that helps kids keep their thinking logical and focused. These logic puzzles for kids are great practice for standardized tests that focus on logic skills.

Perplexors Expert Level books are great for sharpening your mind and maximizing your mental abilities at any age. Studies in older adults have shown that constant exposure to critical thinking puzzles helps to retain the learning functions of the brain. Perplexors are truly brainy puzzles for kids of all ages!