Q Bitz by Mindware

Q Bitz by Mindware is a game that helps children practise and develop visual perception, visual discrimination and visual memory skills. Players puzzle over how to recreate the patterns on the game cards using their set of 16 cubes. Round 1 – race to recreate the pattern shown on the card using your set of cubes, rotating the cubes in anyway. Be the first player to complete the pattern and you win the card! Round 2 – roll all the cubes on the table like dice and use as many cubes as possible to recreate the pattern shown on the card. Race to re-roll all remaining cubes to complete the pattern. Be the first player to complete the pattern and you win the card! Round 3 – players have 10 seconds to study the card. Then the race is on to see who can recreate the pattern from memory. If you have your cubes in the correct pattern, or the most cubes in the correct place, you win the card! 2 – 4 players. Ages 8 to adult (can be adapted for younger children to play, particularly as a single player).

• Teaches symmetry, fractions, visual dexterity and friendly competition
• Stimulates brain to use spatial reasoning and memory skills
• Offers 3 ways to play and design cards vary in difficulty – making it an exciting fast paced game for all ages
• Includes 80 Q-bitz cards, 4 wooden trays and 4 sets of 16 cubes. 2 to 4 players.

Q Bitz by Mindware is a great game that can easily be adapted to suit a childs needs and ability. For example by playing as a single player rather than competing or by concentrating on one of the suggested rounds. This game would help children and teens develop visual skills and would help those with dyslexia.

Educational Benefits of Q Bitz by Mindware:

• Develops logic and problem solving skills (underpins the Maths curriculum)
• Develops visual perception, visual discrimination and visual processing skills (vital skills to learn to read)
• Develops knowledge of symmetry
• Develops knowledge of fractions
• Develops fine motor skills and hand eye coordination
• Develops visual memory
• Develops spatial reasoning

A single player can enjoy playing with a single tray and set of cubes. One mum said to me that she would keep a set in her bag for her child to play with anywhere!