Games people play

Had an opportunity to play with Conectaballs (r) the other night.

These are stretchable strings with 8 wooden balls each.

Two or more strings combined together will let you form this or that shape. 

Oh, they can grow pretty huge being connected as series of shapes. 

Natural wood is smooth to touch, addictive like praying beads.

Some adults will find coloured version more attractive, this is a matter of taste.

For young kids coloured version will be easier because you can get prompts from assembled coloured 3D shapes. 

This brain teaser may keep one engaged for hours but at the same time you can get a simple result pretty fast. Possibilities seem to be endless, as your imagination could be miraculously awaken.

It's a versatile game adaptable for early childhood development and for high school mathematics education.

Could be used for theoretical mathematics and stereo-metrical reasoning development: how many 8-ball strings are needed to assemble a 5-beam star? And how about a square pyramid with four beads on the side? How about a cube?

But just playing with the strings of balls without reasoning will work too! 

Very suitable for adult pass time. Trust me, one can be childfree and have fun with the game (yeah, you don't need kids to get kicks out of this puzzle). You can chat and drink with your friends and manipulate Conectaballs creating a new shape at the same time.

What is next? I hope next version will come with a stack of cards with pictures of the assembled shapes, marked with levels of complexity. It's real fun to create outside of the box, people like to say.  For me it's fun to see the target and know that I am advancing to the next game level.

But – bummer! - this item is not sold in any store: nor Amazon neither ToysRUs. Not even in  Learning Express Toys...

This can be changed and you are in control: support Conectaballs @ Kickstarter and wait for  your rewards (they ship internationally) as you help this wonderful product to make it to the stores. Imagine happy people buying Conectaballs for their kids, nephews and nieces, friends, ageing parents and themselves.