Over the past two weekends, members of the Kaposvár Group 3 had reading comprehension and logic classes with various diverse and interesting tasks, alongside which we also did a little project work, and with parental help, the wooden outdoor furniture was beautified as well.
“As a warmup, we started with old primary school competition tasks; despite the age difference, these are exciting because they encourage the kind of thinking that is often forgotten in higher grades. Then we continued with the language game called ‘Csacsi pacsi’ (Donkey High-Five) introduced during the previous session, where for a given expression one has to find two words that match it in meaning and differ only in their initial letter (the name of the game originates from this as well: donkey handshake – csacsi pacsi). After this came two strategic games where the youngsters could compete against each other: in both games, they can complete a predetermined number of steps; in one, the person who makes the last move wins, while in the other, they lose. In both cases, there is a deeper strategy that guarantees victory. To conclude, they had to sequence the sentences of a complex, multi-threaded story to get the complete plot. Not every detail was on the papers, so in a few cases they had to deduce further information based on what they read.”
Dominik Antal, junior mentor, Kaposvár Group 2
“On Saturday, October 17, 2026, the Kaposvár Group 3 took part in a logic development session. Junior mentor Dominik Antal came to us and held a very good class. There were easier and harder tasks as well. There were textual, logical, mathematical, spatial, and visual logic tasks. I liked the visual task the best. The harder tasks had to be thought through carefully. It felt good when we managed to solve a harder task. There were puzzles that had to be solved individually, but there were also times when we worked in small groups. The tasks developed our thinking and problem-solving skills.”
Dániel Sándor Lipótzy, Kaposvár Group 3
“Today we were at the community center from noon until 5 o’clock; there was a reading comprehension class, followed by a little logic. Reading comprehension was held by Péter Kántor, and what we read was titled ‘The Key’ by Dezső Kosztolányi. We had to imagine and draw the locations that appeared in the text. We worked in small groups and also made a map on which we indicated the locations. During logic, junior mentor Barnabás Radó was with us and brought tasks that also appear in math competitions, which he selected himself. He said those were his favorites. In my opinion, they were not very difficult, but then we received matches and had to turn a given shape into another specified shape by moving only a set number of matches. Out of those, the last one was the hardest because it was tricky… We laid out two triangles and he asked us to make four triangles by moving one match. It turned out that no one could do it because you had to spell out the number 4 with the match and then the triangle remained. I liked logic better because I am not really fond of reading comprehension. Overall, today wasn’t that difficult; I enjoyed myself and I think the others liked it too. And our mentor waited for us with a delicious ‘brassói’ (roasted pork dish).”
Kornél Kiss, Kaposvár Group 3