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Mastermind: Over 100 Games, Tests, and Puzzles to Unleash Your Inner Genius
Ready to exercise your brain? Let zany superbraniac Ima Genius be your guide in this interactive book full of fascinating brain facts, puzzles, games, and challenges. Learn what type of thinker you are and the geniuses that share your special type of intellect. Discover why your brain does what it does, and how that affects vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste, spatial reasoning, language, memory, and problem solving. Each chapter is filled not only with fun and games, but also famous historical cases, crazy quizzes, exciting experiments, and a glossary of Genius Jargon, invented for advanced brain-related vocabulary.
The narrator, self-proclaimed "Mastermind" Ima Genius and her talking dog, Atom, guide the reader through short and snappy explanations of the science behind why the brain does what it does and how it affects the senses, spatial reasoning, language, memory and problem solving. As kids work their way through the book completing experiments, brain teasers, mazes, quizzes and games, their efforts (and smarts!) are rewarded with a Certificate of Mental Achievement declaring them as a Certified Mastermind. Or, in the words of Ima Genius:
"When I'm finished with you, your brain will be so huge that your average-size neck will no longer be able to support your massive noggin. Ha! I kid. That's only happened once."
The narrator, self-proclaimed "Mastermind" Ima Genius and her talking dog, Atom, guide the reader through short and snappy explanations of the science behind why the brain does what it does and how it affects the senses, spatial reasoning, language, memory and problem solving. As kids work their way through the book completing experiments, brain teasers, mazes, quizzes and games, their efforts (and smarts!) are rewarded with a Certificate of Mental Achievement declaring them as a Certified Mastermind. Or, in the words of Ima Genius:
"When I'm finished with you, your brain will be so huge that your average-size neck will no longer be able to support your massive noggin. Ha! I kid. That's only happened once."
- GenresNonfiction
176 pages, Paperback
First published September 8, 2015
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Stephanie Warren Drimmer
41 books69 followersSTEPHANIE WARREN DRIMMER is a writer who writes for children as well as adults. Her favorite kid book topics include a planet where it rains rocks, the chemistry of the perfect cookie, and scientists who use light to control mouse brains.
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September 21, 2016
Do you think you are a genius? If so, you’ll surely be tested here. Master Mind has over 100 games, test, and puzzles so kids can learn, test their genius and have a ton of fun.
According to IMA Genius, the hilarious scientist that pops up throughout the pages, the most common type of color blindness is red-green color blindness. There is a cool test where kids can check to see if they have an issue. There are also pictures displayed that shows kids what their dogs see. Young readers will also learn plenty about how humans, animals and insects here. Mapping neuron, parietal cortex and the hippocampus will engage kids as they learn about the brain.
Some of the puzzles will have readers flipping images, finding their way through mazes and shape shifting. Kids can also learn about rainbows, short term memory, time trials and word camouflage. This guide is geared towards kids but parents will love testing their skills too. Once kids have finished reading and learning their brains will have grown exponentially.
There isn’t a person on the planet that wouldn’t be entertained and educated all at the same time by this guide. Chapters contain segments on vision, the five senses, spatial reasoning, memory and more. Puzzles and games help readers learn how the brain works and how much of an amazing muscle it is. Answers can be found in the back and color coordinated pages divide the sections. Cool photos and zany cartoons are found throughout as well.
According to IMA Genius, the hilarious scientist that pops up throughout the pages, the most common type of color blindness is red-green color blindness. There is a cool test where kids can check to see if they have an issue. There are also pictures displayed that shows kids what their dogs see. Young readers will also learn plenty about how humans, animals and insects here. Mapping neuron, parietal cortex and the hippocampus will engage kids as they learn about the brain.
Some of the puzzles will have readers flipping images, finding their way through mazes and shape shifting. Kids can also learn about rainbows, short term memory, time trials and word camouflage. This guide is geared towards kids but parents will love testing their skills too. Once kids have finished reading and learning their brains will have grown exponentially.
There isn’t a person on the planet that wouldn’t be entertained and educated all at the same time by this guide. Chapters contain segments on vision, the five senses, spatial reasoning, memory and more. Puzzles and games help readers learn how the brain works and how much of an amazing muscle it is. Answers can be found in the back and color coordinated pages divide the sections. Cool photos and zany cartoons are found throughout as well.
July 28, 2016
Mastermind is such a FUN educational book!! It is truly AWESOME!
What type of Genius are you? Read and discover for yourself! This book is a creatively informative discussion of the Brain and all aspects of it. While providing a tremendous amount of information, it does so through the humorous "brainiac", Ima Genius, and her companion Atom, a canine, plus, an enormous amount of wonderful activities! There are even great ideas for science fairs!
The book discusses unique cases where the brain functions differently, and has different perceptions, it explores the human body's different senses, systems, and cognitive skills, plus, it has trivia of animals brains and senses, as well! It is clearly illustrated with photos and illustrations galore! Every page presents colorful activities, trivia, puzzles, cognitive games, etc!
YOUTH BEWARE, parents will surely try to confiscate this for their own use! Keep it under close guard!
*I was sent this book in exchange for an honest review, of which I have given.
What type of Genius are you? Read and discover for yourself! This book is a creatively informative discussion of the Brain and all aspects of it. While providing a tremendous amount of information, it does so through the humorous "brainiac", Ima Genius, and her companion Atom, a canine, plus, an enormous amount of wonderful activities! There are even great ideas for science fairs!
The book discusses unique cases where the brain functions differently, and has different perceptions, it explores the human body's different senses, systems, and cognitive skills, plus, it has trivia of animals brains and senses, as well! It is clearly illustrated with photos and illustrations galore! Every page presents colorful activities, trivia, puzzles, cognitive games, etc!
YOUTH BEWARE, parents will surely try to confiscate this for their own use! Keep it under close guard!
*I was sent this book in exchange for an honest review, of which I have given.
September 22, 2016
Disclaimer: I received this book from National Geographic in exchange for my honest opinion about it.
One of the reasons I agreed to review this book was because I thought my kids would enjoy it; and I was totally right. This full-color book has all kinds of mind-puzzles and interesting facts. Secret codes, mazes, image sudokus, rhyming puzzles, and just tons of other kinds of brainiac things make this a book my kids have enjoyed for a long time.
This book also explains why the brain thinks certain ways, how it understands language, and goes into depth regarding the five senses. My kids are still going through this book and have absolutely loved it.
"Mastermind" is a clean book with nothing offensive in it. Geared towards elementary students, this book is a fun one for both genders and can captivate adults as well.
One of the reasons I agreed to review this book was because I thought my kids would enjoy it; and I was totally right. This full-color book has all kinds of mind-puzzles and interesting facts. Secret codes, mazes, image sudokus, rhyming puzzles, and just tons of other kinds of brainiac things make this a book my kids have enjoyed for a long time.
This book also explains why the brain thinks certain ways, how it understands language, and goes into depth regarding the five senses. My kids are still going through this book and have absolutely loved it.
"Mastermind" is a clean book with nothing offensive in it. Geared towards elementary students, this book is a fun one for both genders and can captivate adults as well.
June 14, 2016
Review with teaching tools at: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=1...
I love the variety of puzzles and games found within this book! They are quite clever and are definitely brain exercises. I also always love National Geographic books because of the quality of not only the text inside but also because of the photographs. Mixed in with all the puzzles are perfect animal photos and other science-y photos. For example, even the maze within the book is finding your way through a maze within a spine! Although the puzzles definitely are fun, I think my favorite things within the book are the “Atom’s Brain Breaks,” “Myths: Busted,” “Fun Facts,” tests, and other fun knowledge that was shared within.
I love the variety of puzzles and games found within this book! They are quite clever and are definitely brain exercises. I also always love National Geographic books because of the quality of not only the text inside but also because of the photographs. Mixed in with all the puzzles are perfect animal photos and other science-y photos. For example, even the maze within the book is finding your way through a maze within a spine! Although the puzzles definitely are fun, I think my favorite things within the book are the “Atom’s Brain Breaks,” “Myths: Busted,” “Fun Facts,” tests, and other fun knowledge that was shared within.
June 3, 2016
Kids who enjoy puzzles will really enjoy this book.
Perfect book to use on a road trip!
Perfect book to use on a road trip!
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