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The newest arrival from SmartGames this summer is Brain Train, a colorful shape-sorting toy to boggle the minds of pre-schoolers, with the help of this brand-new sorting game. Players three-plus will be learning on the job as they match the shapes and place them in the right sequence, making sure that the wagons are connected to the steam engine before they can depart. With 48 challenges and fewer hints at every level, little railway enthusiasts can now train their brains and fuel their love of trains.

Brain Train encourages cognitive skills such as flexible thinking, planning, problem-solving, visual perception and spatial insight – all essentials for little ones’ development in the early years and beyond.

The set includes the all-important train with two carriages, nine colored blocks with different shapes and the challenge booklet. What’s more, the train can be used as a toy once the challenges are complete, so the fun never stops.

This game doubles as a toy and designed to help develop the mind, but the added fun factor.