Give your brain a jump start with this array of riddles and brain teasers sure to sharpen your problem-solving skills. Filled with riddles, number games, rebus puzzles, and brain teasers, this site is sure to offer fun. But it offers much more than that. Follow the links to learn more about the brain and how it works, and find out about stream pollution and frog deformities when you play the frog leap game. You won’t be frustrated trying to figure out the answers because they are all provided, but no cheating by checking out the answers first.
kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/riddles/index.htm
Time Infographic: How the Brain Reads Words
This graphic from Time Magazine breaks down the process of reading and explains briefly what happens in the brain that results in dyslexia. Use your mouse to roll over parts of the left hemisphere of the brain to find out about the three-part process that our brains use to decode words. Learn a little about phonemes, word analysis, and how skilled readers read.
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030728/brain/brain.swf
