Ten o’clock on a typical summer morning, the sun beats down through the window, and the Price is Right drones on in the background. Slowly, lazily wasting away another summer day. While watching the Price is Right might stimulate brain activity in guessing the right bid brain age might be a better option.
   Brain age is one of the options to keep the mind active over the summer break. It was created by the work of the Japanese neuroscientist Dr. Ryuta Kawashima. It was first released in Japan. The game stimulates the brain with math problems, counting currency, drawing pictures, and unscrambling letters. In the versions available in North America Sudoku is one of the games modes.  
   For those who enjoy solving puzzles with numbers, Sudoku is an option. The game is made up of nine rows and columns in which some of the numbers are filled in. Then the player must fill in the remaining numbers 1-9. The catch is that in each box, rows and columns of 3, each row, and each column each number can only appear once. Students can purchase sudoku books at stores such as Barnes and Noble or played online at  http://www.websudoku.com/ . On the website there are four different levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, or Evil and also variations of the game.
   Also, many websites offer games that challenge the mind and offer a fun way to keep the mind working so when school roles and around in fall students don’t have the usual struggle to get the mind going again.
   Another way to keep the mind going as simple as it seem is to be active. “Go get a job, volunteer, read a book, or something,” said Ms Patty Moss, counselor.