Moonshot: The Journey Home helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Planning: Developing a systematic approach for setting and achieving goals. 

In order to make it to the wormhole that takes Moon Pi to the next level of the game, the player needs to have a plan for how they will set up their moves. Much like in a game of pool, the player needs to look at where Moon Pi needs to go and then line up the trajectory to help them avoid obstacles and to collect as many stars and coins as possible. The player also needs to try to accomplish this in the number of moves listed at the bottom of the screen. While some levels may be able to be completed in fewer turns, all of them can be completed in the number of moves listed at the bottom of the screen. The player needs to use their planning skills to make sure they don’t use more turns than necessary to get Moon Pi to the next level. 

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

Sometimes the player will need to repeat a puzzle and this is where their working memory is going to come into play. The player needs to use their working memory to recall the different moves they made already so that they do not repeat the same mistake twice. They need to do this while in the middle of moving Moon Pi. For players who struggle with working memory, the game does show the trajectory of the very last move the player made so that they can reference it when making their next move.