this game is good for kids who need help with:

Flexibility

Adapting and adjusting to changing conditions and expectations, especially adapting to obstacles.

Players are always tweaking and adjusting the placement of the words on the screen. Especially when there are more than four words, finding the right way to arrange and order them can be quite difficult. It's a game of constant trial and error, where players may have to shift the order and placement of every word until they are able to connect them all. Players have to rule out certain moves to avoid taking too long -- although there is no time limit. Rotating the words makes gameplay even more difficult, as players are tasked to determine whether a word is best used horizontally or vertically. Succeeding in Alpha Zen takes patience, concentration, and the ability to change their initial arrangement if it's not working out.

Focus

Getting started and then maintaining attention and effort to tasks, especially shifting attention.

While players should always be mindful of the end goal: solving each puzzle, and eventually completing a chapter -- there are aspects of play that require users to demonstrate keen concentration. For example, players should key in when words contain letters like 'W," "Z," and "Q." Because these letters are used less frequently, they can make or break a puzzle. Words like "towel" and "wool" should always be combined at the "W." Understanding that letters which appear with less frequency should be paired together can make solving the more difficult puzzles much easier. Players have to pay attention to words that contain such letters, and try and combine them first. The rest of the puzzle will come together relatively quickly. But it's all about zeroing in on the subtleties, rather than trying to retrofit words together.