Mind Building

All exercise for the mind does not need to be boring. Going away from the how to lists we find many times hobbies can help us improve. One of the more productive hobbies is mind puzzles. Mind puzzles can be fun to solve but also rewarding. Often times they encourage and challenge you to look for new ways to solve problems.

There are various types of puzzles including some of them to help you build your vocabulary. Vocabulary puzzles can be built in several ways but remember as you start a puzzle, your mind will naturally start to look at all angles of a problem to find solutions. The puzzle should be used to break away from preconceptions that stop us.
Using the same grid of letters we’ll start with a simple puzzle and move onto a more difficult aspect of the same puzzle. Look at the puzzle below and create a list of words. Notice that the first set of letters is the English alphabet. You will probably be able to find words like, wet – much – honk – me – take – we – can – make – go – time – by – fine – your – Tim – and – the - pie, easily enough.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Z Y O R V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H O B C
C K F A W Y C K A E I O U C K R W E T P I O
H O F N T O E O M U C H C T O U C H C O E F
H ON K C H M E I O U I M U T O T A K E A E F
W E C AN M A K E G O U D T I M E B Y F I N E
T A K E Y O U R T I M A N D S O L V T H E P I E

Now to make it slightly more interesting the words you are looking for make the sentence ‘She drank too much coffee’
You should have found at least one of the words already. Expand your thinking so you are not only looking for the letters to be on the same line. After you find the complete sentence in the puzzle, keep building your vocabulary by searching through the puzzle. Now continue farther by trying to find some longer words. Searching at all angles until you feel that you have found enough words.

Vocabulary building puzzles encourage you to solve mysteries, finish stories, or build a list of words. Regardless of the type of puzzle you participate in, they will bring you rewards. They help you to have the ability to solve problems effectively. When you participate in mind puzzles often your memory, IQ and other abilities will be enhanced. Do not expect to do a puzzle and then wait a month to do another. Mind puzzles will help you develop healthy skills only if you use them frequently.