Games for the Brain

You've got a few minutes left at the end of class to practice vocabulary, but what can you do other than call out a word and ask for definitions? Play one of these 12 quick games! Each game is explained in detail and easy to modify for...

Boost language skills with a unit all about feelings. Scholars from all grade levels take part in several lessons that incorporate specific vocabulary terms and adjectives while discussing their feelings with their peers. Reading...

This hangman-style game lets students pick topics such as Harry Potter, science, geography, history, music, and sports stars. For each incorrect letter choice, an object is loaded into the boat; students must guess the word before all of...

This site includes many games and puzzles ranging from word games to logic problems to riddles. These puzzles can be completed on line and offer interactive hints and solutions.

"Manipulate words and letters" with these "language brain teasers" that ask you to think about letters, anagrams, syllables, consonants, rhymes, and other topics that you talk about in English class. Try the brain teasers presented here,...

The brain teasers at this site test "your ability to recognize groups of common attributes" and "to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are." Sort brain teasers according to title, popularity, and difficulty, and...

These four self-scoring analogy tests include a number of open ended analogies to challenge your logic skills.

Find a game that teaches the American Sign Language signs for letters and numbers.

Try to guess the title of the Edgar Allan Poe work when you are given the first line of the poem! Fifteen mostly multiple-choice questions will have you racking your brain to recall the opening words of some not-so-well-known pieces. See...

Get your learners' brains warmed up with this short quiz about high-level words that begin with the letter a. There are a total of 10 multiple-choice questions. This is a great activity to use prior to a language arts...