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Bugs

“Bugs” is a simple game about blowing bubbles and knocking beetles away from the player to earn points. The more points the player earns the better!

Game play alone results in modest improvements in real-world executive skills. Please refer to our Playbook Tutorial, general coaching and comprehensive guides to transfer game skills to sustainable real-life behaviors.

QUICK FACTS

Game Type: Puzzle
Platform/Console: PC Internet
Other Requirements : Adobe Flash Player
LWK Recommended Age: 3+

 

This Game is Good for Kids Who Need Help With:

• Attentiveness (response inhibition)
• Thinking before acting (response inhibition)
• Staying focused (sustained attention)

What You Need to Know About the Game:

This game is appropriate for children of any age and contains no objectionable material.

How to find it:
You can find “Bugs” by visiting fairlyhalim.com.

Solutions:

This is a simple game that does not require any solutions or walkthroughs.

This Game Can Help Your Kids With Response Inhibition

This game is good for kids who display difficulty with attentiveness and thinking before acting, because they must:

• Think before acting. To be most effective, kids should keep an eye on where bugs are moving and try to avoid landing on bugs or letting them touch the girl or her bubble. If the player runs and jumps around aimlessly, it’s fairly likely to get hit by a bug and lose a turn. 

• Notice cues that indicate a need for stopping an action. In this game the bugs act as a signal to tell kids when to jump, when to move, and when not to jump and move. If they fail to observe these cues or ignore them for some reason, the girl will probably get hit by a bug and they will lose a turn. 

Talking points: 

• What happens if you get hit by a bug?
• How did inhibiting your responses help you to avoid getting hit by bugs?
• How can thinking before moving or jumping help you to take your time on homework and check your work before handing it in?
• How do you know when to jump or move the girl?
• How did being careful help you to jump or move at the right time?
• How can knowing when to act help you to wait for your turn in a conversation or game?

Making it real:

• Provide a child with behavioral strategies that might help with delaying impulsive behaviors. These might include putting hands in front of mouth to prevent interrupting, sitting on hands as a reminder not to jump up yet or keeping hands in pockets to prevent pushing or shoving others. 

• Utilize peers who have strengths in response inhibition as models in the classroom setting or at home. Pairing an impulsive child with a classroom “buddy” who is able to display restraint often makes the impulsive child more aware of his/her actions. In home and social settings, impulsive children often feed off of each other, and combinations of two or more impulsive children can quickly become out of control.
  

This Game Can Help Your Kids With Sustained Attention:

This game is good for kids who display difficulty with staying focused, because they must:

• Attend to multiple sources of information while avoiding distractions. Bugs are everywhere and kids need to always be aware of the bugs’ whereabouts. If they concentrate on just one bug or one group of bugs, or if they get distracted, the little girl or her bubble will probably be touched and the player will lose a turn. Similarly, if the player is distracted or concentrating on one small area of bugs, they may miss a larger group of bugs (that could have awarded the player with more points) or even a white bug carrying the precious green jewel.

Talking points: 

• What does the white bug do?
• How did staying focused help you to find the white bugs and get the green jewels while avoiding the other bugs?
• How can avoiding distractions while keeping an eye on other sources of information help you to attend to instructions by a coach or teacher?

Making it real:

• Use competition to sustain attention. Challenge your child to see who can fully complete his/her task first, for instance, the child’s homework vs. your putting away groceries after food shopping. Competition often serves to help children sustain their focus. If your child has a competitive nature, talk to him/her about coming up with strategies for competing against him/herself or others.