Scooby Doo Mystery Cases helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Focus

Getting started and then maintaining attention and effort to tasks.

Each level of this game has some hidden items that are easy to find and some that are hard to find. They also have a time limit. Because of these two factors, it is important that the player exercise their focus skills. They need to initiate the task of finding the items on the list immediately, as well as ignore internal and external distractions. If they don't do these three things, the 45 seconds they have to complete a level will fly by. If that happens and they haven't completed the level in the time limit, or their lack of focus causes them to use a hint to finish in time, then the player will have to redo the level at least one more time in order to get all the stars and unlock the Scooby Snack round.

Working Memory

Recalling and retaining information in our minds while working.

Memory skills are also very handy in this game. First, the player needs to be able to remember and then follow the directions needed to earn stars. If they can't remember what their goals are, they won't be able to achieve them. They also need to be able to remember what items they are looking for. Being able to remember more than one at a time will help the player find all of them quickly. Finally, having a good visual memory will help the player go faster if they have to play a level more than once. It will also help them in the levels where they build a trap. To complete those levels, the player is given five seconds to memorize the "plans" to a trap and then they have to recreate it. If they can't remember what they saw, they will not be successful.