Shell Game

Shell Game - A one-person logic game

Shell Game is a one-person puzzle to help develop memory and logic skills. Based on the old shell game of years gone by, you must remember the locations of the different colored hermit crabs as you move them to solve the puzzle.

To play, choose a puzzle and set up the different colored pieces (hermit crabs) as well as the gray pieces (ocean stones) according to the set up at the top of the book. Place a shell over each piece to completely cover it. Following the red lines in the book which tell you the pieces that can be swapped, move the shells so that you feel you have lined up the colors according to the answer at the bottom of the page. Now lift the shells and check the colors to see if you are correct. 

There are 60 puzzles in the book and they increase in difficulty as you go, from beginner to expert. The harder the challenges get, the more colored hermits you will use and the more moves it will take. The answers to the puzzles are in the back of the book.

If you would like to read more about one-person logic puzzles, check out my post What's in Your Therapy Box? Logic Puzzles Edition. 

Try this:

• Leave the shells off and show the individual how to move the pieces around before trying with the colored pieces covered.
• Cup the non-dominant hand and drop the stones and crabs into the palm one at a time when putting the game away. Can you hold all piece without dropping any?
• Pick up the crabs and stones one at a time and squirrel them into the palm when putting the game away.
• Set up the game by putting one or more stones and/or crabs in the individual's palm and ask them to bring each one to the fingertips, one at a time, and rotate for upright placement on the puzzle.
• Work on visual memory, visual discrimination, spatial relations, manual dexterity, logic, problem solving, executive functioning skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation 

In the box: Spiral bound puzzle book with 60 puzzles, 6 sea shells, 6 hermit crabs, 3 ocean stones
 
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