Big Thinkers is a short line educational game from Humongous Entertainment, which revolved around siblings Ben and Becky Brightly (voiced by Mike Shapiro and Karen Kay Cody respectively), two characters with the ability to shape-shift into any object they desire.
[4] The player interacts with Ben and Becky as objects, while exploring the house and playing sixteen mini-games to earn stars of one of five colors: red, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
The house lay-out is the same except in Big Thinkers 1st Grade the woods is replaced with a garage.
[4] The Rocky Mountain News wrote that while the series in theory "includes all the elements that should make for a successful program", in reality it was uncaptivating, confusing, and frustrating, with navigation being a significant issue.
[9] Discovery Education reviewed 1st Grade by noting that many first-graders may find the program too challenging.