Easy as 123, BrainBox My First ABC is full to the brim with fantastic images to help children recognise objects beginning with each letter of the alphabet as well as the more common blends.

The object of the game is to study a card for 10 seconds and then answer a question based on the roll of a die.

If the question is answered correctly, the card is kept, and the person with the most number of cards after 5 or 10 minutes is the winner.

The board magically appears when you lift the lid of this box!

Roll the die and move around the board collecting BrainBox cards as you go. The first player to collect one from each category and return to the centre is the winner.

There are 160 cards in eight different categories and also squares where you can try to get more than one card at a time, but with all high-risk strategies there are downsides…Find out who the BrainBox is in your family!

Grammar, punctuation and spelling: let’s face it, important as they are, these have never been the easiest topics to make fun – until now! Let BrainBox English come to rescue, helping you sort out problems from prepositions, adverbs from apostrophes and synonyms from syllables.

Take a card from the box and turn the timer over. Study the picture card until the 10 second timer runs out. Pass the card to another player and roll the die. You must then answer the appropriate question. (e.g. if you roll a 2, you must answer question 2). The other player reads the question and your answer is checked by looking at the front of the card. If correct, you keep the card. If incorrect, you return the card to the BrainBox and the next player chooses a card! The player with the most cards after 10 minutes’ wins!

A game and jigsaw in one! Our BrainBox Jigsaws combine the game play of BrainBox with the satisfaction of completing a jigsaw puzzle. Each card shows an illustrated number, with three questions on the back about the image shown. 25 large jigsaw pieces cover numbers up to 20, plus one to five shown in words, with children answering a question in order to put each card in place.

• Bright and visually stimulating 
• Questions on back support learning of numbers
• Fun, but also supports learning and the development of cognitive skills 
• Builds familiarity with number forms – both spoken and written
• Supports learning of number sequence 
• Improves observation, memory and recall abilities 
• Promotes the development of hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills 
• Builds visual perception skills
• Develops attention, concentration and thinking skills, such as recognising, remembering, matching, sorting and problem solving
• Assists language skills, as the child listens and follows instructions and talks about what they are doing

Use the questions on the back of the card to increase familiarity with the number form and number sequence.  

Explore the oceans with this exciting new BrainBox. The undersea world is full of amazing creatures, from clown fish to coral, penguins to polar bears and sharks to sea lions, and this great game lets you meet them all without even getting your feet wet!

The object of the game is to study a card for 10 seconds and then answer a question based on the roll of a die. If the question is answered correctly, the card is kept, and the person with the most cards after 5 or 10 minutes is the winner.

• Bright and visually stimulating
• Fun, but also supports learning and the development of cognitive skills
• Builds knowledge
• Improves reading
• Improves observation, memory and recall abilities
• Builds visual perception skills
• Develops attention, concentration and thinking skills
• Assists language skills, as the child listens and follows instructions and talks about the card

One way of adapting the game to suit those of a lower ability – if the game is played with younger players, or those with additional learning requirements, the timer can be turned twice to give them a time advantage when studying their cards. Otherwise, the timer can be taken away all together and the cards can instead be used as a talking point around what is on the card (including both the image and the associated words). In time, this should support the development of memory and visual recollection, but also build familiarity with the written words on the page, thus supporting literacy development. The latter adaptation could also be used to develop oral language skills for second language learners.

Each of these cards, stunningly illustrated by artist Rikey Austin, includes a quotation as well as a caption explaining the scene. Put in order, the captions tell the outline of each story. The plays included are A Midsummers Night's Dream, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest and Twelfth Night.

The object of the game is to study a card for 10 seconds and then answer a question based on the roll of a die. If the question is answered correctly, the card is kept, and the person with the most number of cards after 5 or 10 minutes is the winner.

Beneath its playful exterior, Corner'd is a fiendishly strategic game of pattern, perception and discovery.

Be the first to match all of your coloured tiles with the pattern on the board to win.

The game is partnered with Autism Speaks in the US highlighting that Corner’d is a game for everyone, including those with learning differences.

Get rid of your cards first by putting down cards where two or more flags match the flags on the card on the table! Double-sided cards mean double the fun! All players play at once in a race to put down all of their cards.

1. Place one card on the table and share out the others - but don’t pick them up yet.

2. Flip over the central card. Players try to match two or more flags on any of their cards, naming the matching countries as they place the card down.

3. Two matches: play continues. Three matches: give a card to each of your opponents. The winner is the first player to put down all of their cards.

This fun, fast game starts with a card showing a category, such as Country, Animal, Profession or Food. A second card is then flipped over, showing three letters, each in a different colour. Players must shout out a relevant word beginning with the letter whose colour matches the colour of the category card. The first to do so wins the card and the player with the most cards at the end wins the game.

• Bright and visually stimulating
• Improves observation and visual perception
• Improves ability to think and react quickly
• Fun, but also supports learning and the development of cognitive skills
• Builds knowledge
• Develops attention, concentration and thinking skills

 At GBG HQ we have a rule that you cannot repeat a word – but with younger players you may not want to be quite so strict!

Word Bits is a great game. It is easy to understand and can be played by anyone.

1. Pick a card and roll the number of dice shown on the chosen card.

2. The first player to shout a word from the category including all the letters shown keeps the card.

3. The player with the most cards wins.