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Offline challenges Short activities for the kitchen table, the park or a rainy afternoon. Each one builds one of Mivora’s six thinking skills. Print one and play together.
All Logical Reasoning Creative Thinking Observation Communication Persistence Problem Solving Logical Reasoning The Great Sock Sort Ages 4-7 · 10 minutes Mix the socks into one pile. Logical Reasoning Secret Pattern Necklace Ages 5-9 · 15 minutes Make the start of a pattern on the string (for example red, red, blue). Logical Reasoning Twenty Questions Detective Ages 7-12 · 15 minutes Think of an animal. Creative Thinking Kitchen Inventor Ages 5-12 · 20 minutes Put three objects on the table. Creative Thinking What If…? Walk Ages 4-10 · 15 minutes Take turns asking "what if" questions about things you see ("What if trees could walk?"). Creative Thinking Shadow Puppet Show Ages 4-8 · 20 minutes Make different animals with hand shadows. Observation Tray Memory Game Ages 4-10 · 10 minutes Look at the tray for 30 seconds. Observation Colour Hunt Ages 4-7 · 10 minutes Find one thing in the room for each colour. Observation Leaf Detective Ages 6-12 · 20 minutes Line up the leaves. Communication Explain It Like a Teacher Ages 6-12 · 10 minutes Your child picks something they know well (a game, a recipe). Communication Story Stones Ages 4-9 · 15 minutes Draw a sun, a house, a cat, a key and a boat. Communication Feelings Faces Ages 4-8 · 10 minutes Make a happy, surprised, worried and proud face in the mirror. Persistence Card Tower Challenge Ages 6-12 · 15 minutes Build the tallest tower you can. Persistence Learn a New Knot Ages 5-10 · 15 minutes Choose a knot (a bow, a reef knot). Persistence Balance Beam Walk Ages 4-8 · 10 minutes Walk the line heel to toe. Problem Solving Paper Bridge Ages 7-12 · 20 minutes Make a bridge between the books with only the paper. Problem Solving Pack the Picnic Ages 5-10 · 15 minutes Pick items for a picnic, but they must all fit in the bag. Problem Solving Treasure Map Ages 5-12 · 20 minutes Hide the treasure in a room. 
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