Marbles: The Brain Store offers games, puzzles, books, and software that strengthen and stimulate the brain. Marbles has more than 250 hand-picked and expert-tested products that are fun and beneficial to your brain. The product line was developed by the Marbles: Brain Workshop based on the insights and experience gathered from in-store customer feedback. Products are aimed to benefit one (or more) of five main brain functions: memory, critical thinking, visual perception, coordination, and word skills. Check out these cool products from this year’s gift guide – all available this October!

Colorfall is a game for kids ages 8+ that are a combination of dominoes and design. These eco-friendly, hand-painted bamboo tiles come with 20 design cards that feature images such as the Eiffel Tower, garden gnomes, the Statue of Liberty, rainbows, and more. Set up the tiles like the design card then knock them down to reveal the image. Stretch your own imagination by creating your own design!

For a family game, Thinkamabob challenges all five brain functions. With 64 Thinkamabob game pieces in various colors, shapes, sizes, and textures either helping or hindering, players must complete tasks from four card categories: Locomotor, Recall-It-All, Word Nerd, and See Saw. Your fellow players, as a group, decide your score for the round.

Rock Me Archimedes is a marble game based on Archimedes’ laws of balance and levers. The game consists of a wooden board that rockes like a see-saw. To win, you have to roll the die and be the first to get four marbles across the board, without letting it hit the table below. Rock Me Archimedes is for ages 5 and up.

About the author

Ali Mierzejewski

Ali Mierzejewski

Ali Mierzejewski is the editor-in-chief at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider. With more than a decade of industry experience, Ali is a trusted source for parents, gift-givers, manufacturers, retailers, and more on the latest trends and hottest products. Whether you’re shopping for the best toys for kids — or looking for the latest in geek culture and entertainment for yourself — Ali’s expertise has you covered. When she’s not building LEGO sets or unwinding with a puzzle, Ali is obsessing over the latest season of The Bachelor, scrolling through Gritty’s Twitter, or rewatching The West Wing (for the 100th time). She is also a self-proclaimed expert on the history and lore of the entire Bachelor franchise. Ali has been featured on TODAY, The Wendy Williams Show, Yahoo Finance, Fox & Friends, HLN, The Weather Channel, ABC World News Now, and more. You can follow her on Instagram @hashtagtrendy.

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