May
15
I discovered the oddest game recently. Blobs is a strangely compelling jumping game where you have a board full of green blobs that you make jump each other. The jumped blob disappears, and you keep going. The object is to end up with only one blob at the end of the level. There are 100 levels to play, with 8 blobs on level 1, and 30 on level 100.
This game is an excellent activity for developing logical reasoning skills in younger kids in much the same way chess would. However, while chess appeals mainly to a certain type of intense thinker, this is likely to have a wider appeal because of its cute green blobs and its sound effects.
The transfer of these skills to school is pretty obvious. The same type of rational, patient thinking that would make a kid successful in a game like Blobs would also be useful in Math or Science. That kind of ability to think clearly ultimately spills over into all subjects and is something that you really want to encourage.
Of course, is your school pretty to encourage logical thinking by playing video games?
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