Thinking skills are important in developing strong academic lifelong skills in children. Thinking is best developed in learning environments that are fun and interesting, and toys games & puzzles play a big part in achieving this. Rocketheads helps parents to find educational toys, science kits and construction toys to achive this at home. ThinkFun games are a great example of good value (take a quick look). However, just having toys and games at home is not answer. Encouraging children to ask questions whilst they play is important and can be difficult to remember to do in today's busy world. Asking open ended and short questions works really well. Asking long questions can put kids off keep them short and sweet as this makes it easier for kids to ask questions.