MIND GAMES

PREPARED BY: MS. ARTFIELD VERANO

FLEX YOUR TWO KEY MENTAL MUSCLES:
ATTENTION AND WORKING MEMORY!

1. Say the days of the week backwards, then in alphabetical

order.
2. Say the months of the year in alphabetical order. Easy?
Well, why don’t you try doing so backwards, in reverse
alphabetical order.
3. Find the sum of your date of birth, mm/dd/yyyy using
only your mind.
REBUS PUZZLES

Top secret
SMALL TALK
CROSSBREED
SPLIT PERSONALITY
FALLING ASLEEP
SHUT UP AND
SIT DOWN
THIRD WORLD
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
SEE FOR YOURSELF
FIRST LADY
YOU’RE UNDER
ARREST
YOUR TIME IS UP
FORGIVE AND
FORGET
SHOP ‘TIL YOU
DROP
BACK DOOR
SUMMARY
OVERNIGHT STAY
HITTING BELOW THE
BELT
LEFTOVERS
MAD GAB GAME

It's not what you say, it's what you hear!

It contain small words that, when put together, make a word
or phrase.
EYE PILLOW FIZZ SIGH
Apple of his eye
EIGHT WEAN GULL ANY SIZE
A twinkle in his eyes
DAWNED RINK HAND ARRIVE
Don’t drink and drive
WHY TAIL HUFF HUNT
White elephant
DEW WINO HUE
Do we know you?
APE HAND HUB HAIR
A panda bear
PRETTY SHACK SCENT
British Accent
MIKE RANCH HEALED WREN
My grandchildren
DWELL FRO SIS
Twelve roses
AIL HUCK EACH ARM
A lucky charm
HOUSE THE WHY FUNK HEADS
How’s the wife and kids?
AID ARE CRANK CLOUD
A dark rain cloud
CANOE KEY PASS EGRET
Can you keep a secret?
EXERCISE YOUR COGNITIVE SKILLS
• Words are stored in the temporal lobe of your brain (in green on the
cerebral cortex image  to the left). But on which brain hemisphere, right
or left? As you know, your brain has two sides (two hemispheres)
connected by the corpus callosum. You have one temporal lobe on each
side of the brain.
• If you are right-handed, your language is stored mostly in your left
temporal lobe. If you are left-handed, you are not so lateralized and
your language is stored a bit on both sides of your brain, in the temporal
lobes.
WHERE DO WORDS GO?
Here is a brain teaser whose aim is to stimulate the connections or
associations between words in your temporal lobe. You will see pairs
of words, and your goal is to find a third word that is connected or
associated with both two words.
Example: LOCK – PIANO = _________
Answer: KEY
The word key is connected with both the word piano and the word
lock: there are KEYS on a piano and you use a KEY to lock doors.
 START!

1. SCHOOL — EYE = PUPIL

2. PILLOW — COURT = CASE

3. BED — PAPER = SHEET

4. ARMY — WATER = TANK

5. EGYPTIAN — MOTHER = MUMMY

6. SMOKER — PLUMBER = PIPE
VISUAL LOGIC TEASER

In which direction is the bus pictured below traveling?

When pre-school children are shown this brain teaser, they often answer

“left.” Why? “Because you can’t see the door.