Sandy Can't Stop Us

The Brain Balance Center is alive and well. We did not sustain any damage and maintained power throughout the storm. Our beautiful City of Summit was not as fortunate. Most of our surrounding neighbors are still without power, and the line is out the door for our building mate Dunkin' Donuts. We are keeping all of our families and friends in our thoughts, and we hope that everyone has a warm, safe place to be.

In the mean time! Here are some fun games/things that can be played while the power is out. These games will work on your child's fine motor skills, strategy, turn taking, multi-step rule following, and more. As a plus these games are fun! The whole family can enjoy them, and your child won't even know that they are doing more than having fun!

Here are some ideas:

·        Playing with LEGOs (the small ones)

·        Chinese Checkers (using marbles)

·        Kerplunk

·        Traffic Jam

·        Jenga

·        Operation

·        Molding and rolling play dough into balls

·        Bed Bugs the game (using tweezers to pick up tiny plastic bugs)

·        Playing with finger puppets

·        Lacing and sewing activities such as stringing beads, Cheerios, macaroni, etc.

·        Turning over cards, coins, checkers, or buttons, without bringing them to the edge of the table.