Kiko’s Thinking Time helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Working Memory: Recalling and retaining information in our minds while working. 

Kiko’s Thinking Time has several games where students are given information for a brief period of time and then are asked to replicate it. For example, students are asked to remember different types of sushi rolls to successfully complete a restaurant order. These types of activities strengthen working memory skills in a low stakes environment. 

Focus: Getting started and then maintaining attention and effort to tasks. 

 Kiko’s Thinking Time has games that are especially geared towards enhancing focus in children. They will be shown an object and asked to choose a similar object from a list, requiring them to utilize their focusing skills in order to move to the next level. For example, students play a game where they are on a farm and trying to find the animal that is different among many similar pairs. If they do not focus they may click on the wrong animal and will need to try again.