Wordington: Words and Design helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Flexibility

Adapting and adjusting to changing conditions and expectations.

In this game, the player must look at a group of letters and find many words. Not only do they have to fill in the crossword, but for any extra words they find they can also earn coins. This means that in some cases, one group of six or seven letter tiles may have dozens of words available to find. Since the letters don’t move around or anything, the player gets a great chance to practice flexibility. They have to look at the group of tiles and be willing to try new things (such as starting with a new letter). If they don’t constantly try out new combinations and arrangements, they will not find all the words. This will result in fewer levels completed, fewer stars earned, and fewer coins earned.

Organization

Arranging and coordinating materials in order to complete a task.

This game also provides organization practice. Every level requires the player to rearrange—or organize—a group of scrambled up letters. More than that, the player must organize the letters over and over again in new ways until they have gotten extra words and filled in the crossword. This gives the player plenty of practice and shows how the same group (or set of ideas) can be organized and approached from more than one way.