Brain Boosting Activities for Kids: Mazes

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Hello friends,

I have been doing a lot of maths and reading comprehension worksheets lately but haven't done any brain-boosting activities for a long time. Hence, I thought that I should make some worksheets that have no reading or writing in them but pure fun. When it comes to brain-boosting activities that are also quite fun, mazes are the first thing that comes to my mind. 


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Why is maze solving a brain-boosting activity?


Why is maze solving a brain-boosting activity?
🟢 Mazes improve the cognitive skills of children.
🟢 When a maze puzzle is placed in front of children, it boosts their brain by making them think, reason, and remember.
🟢 They have to first understand the puzzle, work out a way ✏️ while remembering the dead ends. It makes them focus 👀 and sharpens their memory; Mazes are amazing for stimulating the brains inside the little heads of our children.

🟢 In today's world, children are too much dependent on screens and it is dulling their brains. With maze printouts, children get time away from the screen while their brains are also being challenged; a win-win situation.


Hence, I started working on some maze puzzles. I used an online maze generator to generate these puzzles and redesigned them by adding things that fascinate my eight-year-old son. He loves superheroes, Harry Potter, and cheeseburgers so I incorporated all these things in these puzzles. To tell you the truth, I wanted to add characters like zombies, Carnage, and Venom too but I thought that it might be a bit too scary for other children. My son is obsessed with the extended world of Spider-man. There are 4 easy-to-solve mazes and 2 slightly more challenging mazes.


I hope your children enjoy solving these mazes as much as I enjoyed making them. If you would like more of these maze activity packs, do let me know in the comments. Also, tell me about your kids' favorite characters so I incorporate them into your customized mazes.




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