The Birdcage helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Flexibility

Adapting and adjusting to changing conditions and expectations.

This game is all about adapting to obstacles and trying new things. In fact, based completely upon adapting to new and different obstacles, and if the player doesn't try new things, or even try old things in different combinations, they will never unlock the new puzzles they face. They have to be willing to look at things in new ways, from new angles, and in different orders. Some puzzles will require the player to use the language parts of their brain, some will require the math parts of the brain. Whatever the case is, if the player isn't flexible, they won't be able to solve the increasingly difficult puzzles. And if they don't solve the puzzles, they can't find the key to release the bird from its cage. And if they don't release the bird, the player won't unlock the next level.

Organization

Arranging and coordinating materials in order to complete a task.

While there are some puzzles where all the player has to do is flip a lever, most of the puzzles in this game require the player to complete multiple steps to "defeat" them. This means that the player is going to have to use their organization skills. They must figure out where the different pieces need to be placed or in what order they need to go. In some instances, the player even needs to organize the puzzle by figuring out which step should come first, before they can figure out which piece goes where.