Brain Quest: Flashcards for Preschool and Kindergarten

Posted by Candace on Sep 4, 2008 | 114 Comments

Brain Quest Pre-School FlashcardsChildren learn naturally through exploration and discovery, not through flashy gadgets and gizmos.  The best way to encourage a life long love of learning is to share that journey with your child.

Brain Quest from Workman Publishing makes a series of flashcard games for children as young as two to encourage parent-child interaction.

There are two packs of cards, each joined at a corner so you do not have to worry about losing individual cards.

We checked out the Brain Quest for Threes and had a lot of fun playing these pre-literacy and early skills games together. As a parent, I want to play games and help my child learn, but I may not always know where to begin.  Brain Quest provides parents with a great start, with plenty of age-appropriate visual and written cues.  Once you get started, you’ll find yourself inventing new games with your child.  The point is not to be right or wrong, but to just get thinking and talking–no batteries required.

The games are designed mainly as a jumping off point, so whether your child is ahead of the curve verbally or is taking her time, these cards will work at the kid’s level. You can have even more fun with features like Stump the Genius at www.BrainQuest.com.

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WANT IT: Brain Quest for Threes is available for $10.95.

WIN IT: Five lucky winners will receive their choice of Brainquest for Twos, Threes, Preschool, OR Kindergartern.  Just leave us a comment by September 15, 11:59 PM EST, letting us know which one you would choose if you win AND sharing a game you like to play with your child. Shipping US only.

Want to get another entry to win? Visit our Back to School Guide for more preschool and kindergarten picks and find out how to get more chances to win!

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  • Darren said:

    I don’t need to win because we’ve had all of these already! But I just thought I’d add how much we like them. I think my daughter has had all of the Brain Quest cards since preschool and now she’s in second grade. We usually make a game out of them in the car. Great call on recommending these.

    #1 Sep 4, 2008 at 8:31 am
  • Kathy said:

    These cards are great. I used them all the time with my 3rd grade class. Now that I am a SAHM I would love to win the preschool set for my 2 year old. It will be great to use in restaurants while waiting for the food or while sitting on the potty :)

    #2 Sep 4, 2008 at 10:08 am
  • lise said:

    would love to win the preschool set for my daughter. she loves preschool so much that we end playing “school” a lot at home – although I’m the student and she’s the teacher.

    #3 Sep 4, 2008 at 12:01 pm
  • Elizabeth said:

    I’d like to win the preschool set for my daughter. She loves to play any game, but we especially like memory match, Candyland and Pretty Pretty Princess.

    #4 Sep 4, 2008 at 12:07 pm
  • dee said:

    I would love this for my little boy! I would want the twos! He’s one now…and his favorite game is chasing me around the house! He cant do “real games” yet! He does like watching the older kids play go fish…lol and he even gets some sometimes!

    #5 Sep 4, 2008 at 12:26 pm
  • Ashley said:

    I recently saw these at our local book store but wasn’t sure if they would be right for my two year old. Would love to win them and find out! We are very in to role playing right now, that and follow the leader in dancing.

    Thanks for the opportunity!
    anavarre1331@bellsouth.net

    #6 Sep 4, 2008 at 12:40 pm
  • megan said:

    I’d like to try the cards for 2’s. Right now my daughter and I mostly play blocks, dolls, or kitchen. She is a little young still to understand games.

    #7 Sep 4, 2008 at 1:09 pm
  • Rebecca C said:

    I would like the one for 3’s, we like to play hide and find, where I hide things and she finds them.

    legacyofbrutalitysa{AT}gmail.com

    #8 Sep 4, 2008 at 1:38 pm
  • Kellie said:

    I would like to win the gae for 2 years olds. My daughter will be turning 22 years old soon and this would be a great gae to play! We like to read picture books – I point to things and she tells me what they are. She loves it! And I love to see her learn new words!

    #9 Sep 4, 2008 at 1:40 pm
  • Naomi said:

    I’d love the Kindergarten or Preschool set for Roo. She loves to make up knock-knock jokes!

    #10 Sep 4, 2008 at 1:55 pm
  • Crystal Allen said:

    i would really like the Brainquest Kindergartern. my kids and i enjoy playing hi ho cherry-o together. it teaches counting and taking turns.

    #11 Sep 4, 2008 at 11:12 pm
  • SANDY said:

    would get the three..looks great

    #12 Sep 4, 2008 at 11:36 pm
  • Cindi said:

    The Kindgergarten cards would be perfect for us!
    They sounds like a fun learning experience. We like to play various card games. Please enter me in your delightful drawing. Many thanks, Cindi

    #13 Sep 4, 2008 at 11:50 pm
  • Lindsay Laird said:

    I would need the Brainquest cards for ages 2-3…thanks!

    #14 Sep 4, 2008 at 11:54 pm
  • Adrienne Gordon said:

    My daughter could use the preschool set. We like to make up our own flashcards and use them t learn letters.

    #15 Sep 5, 2008 at 6:43 am
  • Kathy Scott said:

    These are great for the car and we drive 67 miles to go grocery shopping. I would like the pre school set.

    #16 Sep 5, 2008 at 8:22 am
  • Jenn S. said:

    I would love to have the kindergarten set for my son. He just started learning how to play checkers and can’t get enough of it. We play all the time. He also likes playing Great States Jr.

    #17 Sep 5, 2008 at 9:17 am
  • Jennifer said:

    My favorite game to play with my daughters is letter day. I have always read to both girls but I didn’t involve them in looking at the words as well as listening to the story. My second grader struggled with reading despite a huge vocabulary and a love of listening to books. Now we have letter day. I find short easy words starting with a letter for my kindergartner and more difficult ones for the second grader. It doesn’t disrupt the story too much and I know it teaches them sight words as well. If only I figured this out 2 years ago instead of 2 weeks ago! My choice would be the kindergarten set.

    #18 Sep 5, 2008 at 10:09 am
  • Vicky Boackle said:

    i would choose the two’s and right now we are playing peek-a-boo.

    #19 Sep 5, 2008 at 11:44 am
  • Kate said:

    I would want the Preschool set for my son. He LOVES to play hide and seek these days, it is all I can do to keep him form trying to play it in stores and other public places. We have a blast playing it at home

    #20 Sep 5, 2008 at 12:29 pm
  • Victoria S. said:

    I’d like to win the preschool set for my 4 year old. We just learned how to play Checkers and it’s the favorite right now.

    #21 Sep 5, 2008 at 12:45 pm
  • ellen cunningham said:

    I would like to win the kindergarten version for my niece. Thanks for the chance.

    #22 Sep 5, 2008 at 1:21 pm
  • Hil'Lesha said:

    I’d choose the Pre-School. My son and I like to play Noodleboro.

    #23 Sep 5, 2008 at 2:33 pm
  • charline s said:

    I would like the kindergaten

    We play hide and seek

    #24 Sep 5, 2008 at 2:34 pm
  • Tarah said:

    I would love the Pre-School one – we don’t have a game, we just are always encouraging her imagination.

    #25 Sep 5, 2008 at 2:45 pm
  • Angel said:

    I choose Preschool ones for my son.

    #26 Sep 5, 2008 at 2:50 pm
  • Angel said:

    ooops you can delete one of the entries, but I forgot to mention the game

    We love to play in the pool and while he swims I teach him Spanish, while naming anything we see around us. It is easier to learn in a fun environment.

    #27 Sep 5, 2008 at 2:52 pm
  • Belinda A. said:

    I’d like “My First BrainQuest” for my toddler. We do shape puzzles together – she loves it!
    belinda_streak(at)hotmail(dot)com

    #28 Sep 5, 2008 at 4:04 pm
  • Renee said:

    I would choose the Threes cards for my older daughter. We like to play I guess you could call it numbres ping pong? or ABC ping pong. We sit during meals and alternate saying the ABCs or counting. I’ll start 1, she says 2 and so on. Now that she’s a little older I try to get her to follow a pattern that I set (without telling her). For example I’ll say 1,2,3. And (hope) she’ll say 4,5,6. Then swith to saying only two numbers and see if she can follow the new pattern. It’s fun and has endless possibilities.

    #29 Sep 5, 2008 at 4:09 pm
  • Cherie J said:

    I would choose the Kindergarten one for my son. My son and I love to play Trouble together.

    #30 Sep 5, 2008 at 4:37 pm
  • Heather said:

    I would love to win the preschool set for my three year old. I have heard good things about these products and would love to try them. My kids LOVE board games.

    #31 Sep 5, 2008 at 4:50 pm
  • Shilo Beedy said:

    I would love the three year old set for my son.

    #32 Sep 5, 2008 at 5:29 pm
  • Alicia Webster said:

    I would choose Brainquest for kindergarten if I won. I love to play singing games with my kids like “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”…
    Alicia Webster
    5webs@comcast.net

    #33 Sep 5, 2008 at 5:51 pm
  • Noreen said:

    kindergarden please, my girls and I love to play duck duck goose

    #34 Sep 5, 2008 at 6:51 pm
  • susan varney said:

    cards for two kindergarden

    #35 Sep 5, 2008 at 6:58 pm
  • susan varney said:

    cards for two brainquest for kindergarden

    #36 Sep 5, 2008 at 6:58 pm
  • judy brittle said:

    I would choose the kindergarden set. I have a couple grandchildren starting school this year and would be great. Right now I play candyland with my grandkids. Thank you so much!

    #37 Sep 5, 2008 at 7:48 pm
  • Sharon Jones said:

    Brainquest cards – ages 2-3. Thanks
    Love to play Candyland!!!

    #38 Sep 5, 2008 at 8:02 pm
  • Monique Rizzo said:

    I would need the Kindergarten! Thanks.

    #39 Sep 5, 2008 at 8:28 pm
  • Mia said:

    I’d choose the Kindergarten. My daughter will be starting Kindergarten next year and I’m also a Kindergarten teacher.

    #40 Sep 5, 2008 at 9:01 pm
  • Julie Donahue said:

    I would love either the preschool or kinder version (I have both!)

    #41 Sep 5, 2008 at 11:17 pm
  • Mia J. said:

    We love these. I would like to win the kindergarten version. My daughter and I like to play I Spy and Candyland.

    #42 Sep 6, 2008 at 12:37 am
  • Lisa L. said:

    Definately the preschool set.
    It would be nice to have.

    #43 Sep 6, 2008 at 12:49 am
  • Janet F said:

    I would love to win Brainquest for age 3.

    Thank you!

    janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com

    #44 Sep 6, 2008 at 4:07 am
  • Jennifer M said:

    Kindergarten. We play the Horton Hears a Who card game a lot.

    #45 Sep 6, 2008 at 12:08 pm
  • tracy heyer said:

    The preschool or the kindergaten one here! thanks!

    #46 Sep 6, 2008 at 3:48 pm
  • Bebemiqui said:

    I’d love the kindergarten set…we play Candyland!
    bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com

    #47 Sep 6, 2008 at 4:54 pm
  • Jenny said:

    I would like the two’s or three’s set. We like to play with puzzles and we read alot.

    jfg06001[at]yahoo.com

    #48 Sep 6, 2008 at 5:50 pm
  • nancy said:

    Would love the two’s set – we play peek-a-boo right now (she’s still a bit small for too many games!)

    #49 Sep 6, 2008 at 7:41 pm
  • Aimee said:

    I would love the kindergarten set. One game that I love playing with my daughter is the card game Blink.

    #50 Sep 6, 2008 at 9:54 pm
  • kari F said:

    My son is almost 5 so I’d pick the kindergarten set

    #51 Sep 7, 2008 at 7:32 am
  • Mama Zen said:

    I like the kindergarten set. My daughter and I play lots of make believe!

    #52 Sep 7, 2008 at 8:12 am
  • Clifton Wade said:

    I would love the kindergarden set. My grandson and granddaughter are both in that age group.
    THanks for such a great back to school contest and prize!

    #53 Sep 7, 2008 at 4:07 pm
  • kristi blackstone said:

    I’d love to win for my son! I’d like the Preschool set! Great contest!

    #54 Sep 7, 2008 at 6:18 pm
  • Erin H. said:

    I’d choose the Preschool set, I think. The games we like to play are mostly dull-ish ones, like Sweep the Kitchen and Dust the Furniture, but we also like to play “Letters” with Bananagrams tiles. Thanks for the contest!

    #55 Sep 7, 2008 at 10:42 pm
  • EVELYN said:

    I’d like the 2’s!

    #56 Sep 8, 2008 at 12:28 pm
  • lorene said:

    I would love to win the kindergarten set for one of my students

    #57 Sep 8, 2008 at 7:36 pm
  • alice t. said:

    THe Kindergarten set would be great! Our oldest is just starting and she would love these. Our favorite game to play is a made up game. “When I grow up, I want to be…” The funniest responses are from the grown ups!

    #58 Sep 8, 2008 at 11:24 pm
  • Christine said:

    I would pick kindergarten for my son. We love to play Hi Ho Cherry O…great for counting skills. thaanks, justicecw@hotmail.com

    #59 Sep 9, 2008 at 12:41 pm
  • Denise said:

    I’d love the preschool cards for my son! Thanks!

    #60 Sep 9, 2008 at 12:47 pm
  • Teresa Hoyt said:

    I would choose the Preschool set for my daughter! We like to play Don’t Break the Ice! Thanks!

    #61 Sep 9, 2008 at 3:32 pm
  • James Jenkins said:

    I pick Hi Ho Cherry O
    we play Blink

    #62 Sep 9, 2008 at 6:21 pm
  • Stephen Alexander said:

    Twos. I’d like to pay every game with my boy!

    #63 Sep 9, 2008 at 8:43 pm
  • Julie D said:

    I would like the 4-5 year old version.
    Our current favorite game to play is “matching game” with Dora characters on them. He gets so excited when he finds 2 that match.

    #64 Sep 10, 2008 at 12:53 am
  • Jodene said:

    I’d like to win the kindergarten set for my daughter and our favorite game to play together is still Candy Land!

    #65 Sep 11, 2008 at 10:02 am
  • Kim M said:

    Kindergarten would be wonderful! We love to play legos and Hi Ho Cherrio!

    #66 Sep 11, 2008 at 1:36 pm
  • Christine said:

    I would pick the preschool set for my son. My son’s favorite game is matching.

    #67 Sep 12, 2008 at 1:20 am
  • Tammy Darling said:

    Kindergarten
    tic tac toe

    #68 Sep 12, 2008 at 5:13 pm
  • Stacy said:

    Brain Quest for Preschool for my best friends kids.

    #69 Sep 12, 2008 at 10:09 pm
  • C. Clemens said:

    I have never heard of these.
    Brain Quest Flashcard for Twos
    and we play hide and seek

    #70 Sep 13, 2008 at 2:29 am
  • ANGELA SWINSON said:

    I would love to have the Kindergarten set for my daughter. I am a teacher and I use the middle grades ones for my students. They are great!

    #71 Sep 13, 2008 at 1:49 pm
  • Jennifer Hedden said:

    Brainquest Kindergartern

    #72 Sep 13, 2008 at 3:28 pm
  • Steph said:

    I would choose the Brainquest Kindergartern game. One game we play together is the My Friends Tigger and Pooh Word Builder game.

    #73 Sep 13, 2008 at 3:50 pm
  • tiffany pettey said:

    i would love the preschool flash cards.learning has to be fun for the kids

    #74 Sep 13, 2008 at 5:07 pm
  • Donna Wilde said:

    I think these cards would be great to use while taking road trips. I would love to win!

    #75 Sep 13, 2008 at 6:44 pm
  • kathy pease said:

    brainquest 2s and i would love to play go fish ;0

    #76 Sep 13, 2008 at 6:45 pm
  • Kerrie Cutting said:

    I would love the preschool addition. My daughter and I love to play make believe, and create our own stories. She has such an imagination and I love to see how creative she can be.

    #77 Sep 13, 2008 at 6:55 pm
  • halley said:

    hi

    #78 Sep 13, 2008 at 7:02 pm
  • Jean Hupke said:

    We like to play I Spy.. and I would love to win the Preschool addition

    #79 Sep 13, 2008 at 11:30 pm
  • Brooke Allen said:

    Twos. Ds could use them.

    #80 Sep 14, 2008 at 1:37 am
  • amandasue said:

    I’d choose the preschool or kindergarten and my family likes to play “crazy 8’s card game”

    #81 Sep 14, 2008 at 11:38 am
  • Tiffanie W. said:

    I’d love the flashcards for Twos. We love to play in the kitchen. She’s young, but I have her help out and she loves every second of it.

    #82 Sep 14, 2008 at 12:08 pm
  • Jennifer C. said:

    I would pick the Kindergarten cards for my 5 year old. We like to play Candyland and Chutes and Ladders together.

    #83 Sep 14, 2008 at 1:22 pm
  • Hesper Fry said:

    brainquest 2s- love to play go fish

    #84 Sep 14, 2008 at 1:29 pm
  • Jaclyn Reynolds said:

    Would love the win the kindergarten ones! My favorite game to play with my kids is hide and go seek.

    #85 Sep 14, 2008 at 1:45 pm
  • maquel said:

    I would choose the Preschool version for my daughter who started Preschool last week.

    #86 Sep 14, 2008 at 4:11 pm
  • Erin Daly said:

    I would love a set of the Brainquest for Twos for my toddler. We love to play Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes or the Hokie Pokie. She loves games that keep her moving and we love the fact that she is learning all of her body parts.

    #87 Sep 14, 2008 at 6:25 pm
  • Vicki Wurgler said:

    I would like the Kindergartern and we play Candyland alot

    #88 Sep 14, 2008 at 7:15 pm
  • Debra F said:

    I’d love to win the pre-school cards for my little guy who is going to his first day of pre-school tomorrow. He’s so excited!

    #89 Sep 14, 2008 at 7:32 pm
  • shawna said:

    I would love the pre-school cards for my daughter!

    #90 Sep 14, 2008 at 7:46 pm
  • CAndie L said:

    I would either chose the threes or the preschool version. I love playing card games with the kids. They are quick and I still feel like I am spending quality time with the children

    #91 Sep 14, 2008 at 7:53 pm
  • hazel hunt said:

    I’d like to try the cards for 2’s.

    #92 Sep 14, 2008 at 9:07 pm
  • Jill L said:

    I have all but the one for 2-3’s. My 2 year old would love to be able to do these. She watches me do them with her siblings.

    #93 Sep 14, 2008 at 9:35 pm
  • Sheri F said:

    My son would like the 2’s. We like to play blocks together.

    #94 Sep 14, 2008 at 9:48 pm
  • sharon said:

    would like 2s for daughter…we love to play puzzles, blocks, creative play

    #95 Sep 15, 2008 at 12:02 am
  • Sherri Siler said:

    We always used these with my now 10 year old. I would love to win them for my 2 year old.

    #96 Sep 15, 2008 at 12:19 am
  • Jennifer M said:

    I’d like the 2’s. My daughter is only 6 months now, but I’d like to use these with her.

    #97 Sep 15, 2008 at 4:21 am
  • Catherine KingChuparkoff said:

    I have 4 and 6 year old daughters, but would take anything as I have friends with younger children who would love this product too!

    #98 Sep 15, 2008 at 9:59 am
  • Chris Henricksen said:

    As the winner, i would very much like to have the kindergarten version of these awesome BrainQuest flash cards! My daughter and I enjoy playing Monopoly Town and Sequence.

    #99 Sep 15, 2008 at 10:02 am
  • Tania Edwards said:

    I would like the Kindergarten ones for my son!

    We love to play all kinds of games like:

    Chutes & Ladders
    Sorry
    Connect 4
    Puzzles (especially the big floor ones)
    Online U.S. maps game
    Life
    Charades (remember this…..actually using your imagination!)

    Lots of Luck to All!

    #100 Sep 15, 2008 at 11:21 am
  • Janet said:

    I would like to win the kindergarten version for my grandson.we like to play uno.

    #101 Sep 15, 2008 at 1:04 pm
  • Talitha Lee said:

    The set for 4-5 year olds would be great for my son. We love to play Monopoly Jr.

    #102 Sep 15, 2008 at 1:41 pm
  • Jennifer C said:

    Brainquest for Twos would be my pick. My kids are not old enough to play complex games (15 months) but we love playing peek-a-boo, this little piggy, and chase!

    #103 Sep 15, 2008 at 1:42 pm
  • Gina said:

    I’d choose Brain Quest for Kindergarten my daughter will be going next year… We like to play board games around here.

    Thanks

    #104 Sep 15, 2008 at 2:28 pm
  • Dan said:

    Age 3-4. We like playing Candy Land.

    #105 Sep 15, 2008 at 2:57 pm
  • Crystal F said:

    I would choose the kindergarten for Hay. She likes to play mommy and baby. I’m the baby! lol Thank you!

    #106 Sep 15, 2008 at 3:59 pm
  • susan p said:

    preschool- my son loves to play with anything cars or trains. He knows all his letters and can count to 10 so now I am trying to teach him colors…I love tickling him and wrestling- the most fun we have!

    #107 Sep 15, 2008 at 4:19 pm
  • Aniela R. said:

    I’d like the Brainquest Kindergarten for my son. We love playing games, among our favorites is Dinosaur Monopoly Jr.

    #108 Sep 15, 2008 at 4:43 pm
  • RebekahC said:

    I have a preschooler and a kindergartener, so I’d love to win either of those sets. Games we like to play around here are Disney Princess Bingo, The Wheels on the Bus, ISpy, My Little Pony Memory, Hungry Hungry Hippos, and last but not least Candy Land. We really get in to family game time even though our daughters are so young. My husband and I wanted to start the habit early on, and our girls are our life. :)

    RebekahC
    littleminx@cox.net

    #109 Sep 15, 2008 at 6:40 pm
  • Gianna said:

    The ages 4-5 set. We like to play cartoon trivia when in the car. We all take turns asking a question about our favorite cartoon shows. These games sound like they’d be a fun addition to car games we play :)

    #110 Sep 15, 2008 at 9:23 pm
  • Cindi said:

    Brain Quest is amazing! I would love to win the Kindergarten cards. Please enter me in your delightful drawing. Thanks, Cindi

    #111 Sep 15, 2008 at 9:33 pm
  • Alison said:

    I would love to win Brain Quest for Twos for my toddler! His older brothers loved the preschool and older ones, but I didn’t even know they made them for twos.

    One of my favorite games to play with my toddler now is “Ride a Little Pony,” where I bounce him on my knees while saying a little rhyme with those words, and at the end I say “Don’t fall down!” and make him “fall” through my legs while I’m still holding him…he laughs and laughs and wants me to do it over and over! My older kids love playing guessing games like 20 Questions.

    #112 Sep 15, 2008 at 11:48 pm
  • Donna Kozar said:

    I would like Braiquest for 2’s. I like to play candyland with my kids.

    #113 Sep 16, 2008 at 12:39 am
  • Sarah H said:

    I would love to have the 2-3 year old set! My almost-3-year old daughter loves flashcards, and my 8-month old son would be able to use them when he is old enough, too. My daughter and I play a game called “What’s Missing?”: we put out 4-5 objects, then take turns taking one of the objects away while the other person closes their eyes (no peeking!) and then has to guess what’s missing. This game is especially useful on long car rides, where I hold up objects from my purse, and in restaurants while waiting on food to arrive (we use the colored sugar packets–which is missing: the blue, yellow, pink, or white one?).

    #114 Oct 1, 2008 at 3:04 pm