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Practice at home

Practice at home.

Activities, games, and class materials we use in class — recommended for play at home, across grades, and with grown-ups too.

Pattern DetectionEliminationStrategy

Mastermind & Code Breaker

Goliath Games · KIDAMI

The classic 2-player code-breaking pegs game.

Goliath Games Mastermind
Goliath Games

Mastermind

6 colors · 4-peg code · 10 guesses
Grades 2–3 and up · fun for adults too
★4.5 (489)$39.05
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KIDAMI Code Breaker
KIDAMI

Code Breaker

8 colors · 5-peg code · 10 guesses
Grades 4–6 and up · fun for adults too
★4.6 (164)$15.99
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StrategyGame Theory

Shisima & Nine Men's Morris

Three-in-a-row classics

Ancient two-player strategy games — simple boards, deep play.

FROEBEL Shisima
FROEBEL

Shisima

Octagonal board · 8 outer points + 1 center · 3 pieces per player · ages 6 and up
Grades 2–3 and up · fun for adults too
★4.7$16.95
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WE Games Nine Men's Morris
WE Games

Nine Men's Morris

Wooden board · 9 pieces per player · 24 board positions
Grades 4–6 and up · fun for adults too · also great for younger kids once they outgrow Shisima
★4.7$15.99
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EliminationHidden RulesConstraints

Perfectly Logical!

Jenn Larson · Rockridge Press

100 logic puzzles for grades 3 and up.

Perfectly Logical! cover
100 puzzles · 10 chapters · paperback
Grades 3 and up · fun for adults too
★4.7 (5,849)$12.99
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EliminationPattern Detection

Find The Alien

Free · Play in your browser

Ask good questions. Eliminate the impossible.

Find The Alien — Dax the alien (the game's social-share mascot)
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StrategyPattern Detection

Knight's Tour

Free · Play in your browser

A 1,200-year-old chess puzzle. Visit every square exactly once.

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