April, 2009
Make Your Child a Jigsaw Puzzle
Last week we talked about jigsaw puzzles and how they are great tools to strengthen the brain.
“Above all, a jigsaw is a problem solving process. The thought processes that you use in completing the jigsaw are very similar to those you would use to solve a problem in daily life. That is why jigsaws are [...]
Mother’s Day is coming.
The year is flying, isn’t it? It is hard to believe that Mother’s Day is almost here and that means the year is nearly half over.
A Clue Detective Puzzle Club membership would be a great gift for Mum. It will last for the whole year and give her mental stimulation as well as a lot of fun. Remember [...]
Follow us on Twitter
Would you like to know what we get up to during a typical day? Follow me on Twitter.
If you are not familiar with Twitter let me tell you about it. It is a social networking system that lets you keep up with what people are doing. You can only use 140 characters in any one post so it keeps [...]
Hashi
Hashi is a puzzle that is also known as bridges.
A great book for the Hashi beginner is called “Hashi: The bridges puzzle” by Alistair Chisolm. This book has 202 puzzles in it and they are of varying degrees of difficulty. Alistain Chisolm is an expert puzzler and is the brains behind the web sites at www.sudoku-san.com [...]
Is Your Number A Lucky One?
Our lucky number just keeps going off. A lucky new member has just won a yearly membership to the Clue Detective Puzzle Club. All they did was to sign up for their free e-book, and their lucky number came up. They got their membership free, and you can too!
If your membership id matches the current lucky number displayed [...]
Puzzlewright Press – free daily puzzle
Sterling Publishing is one of the worlds leading publishers of non-fiction books. It has recently launched “Puzzlewright Press” which is a great site. They offer a free online puzzle of the day which we know our puzzlers will love.
Try Sudoku, Crosswords, Calcu-Doku and Hashi. What? Never heard of them? Well now you can try them [...]
Buy Yourself a Jigsaw
We have blogged about jigsaw puzzles this week and by now you are probably looking for some challenging ones. We have had a look around and can recommend these great puzzles.
1. This is a great jigsaw for kids. It has 250 pieces and is a map of the world. It is not only fun, it [...]
Jigsaw Puzzles are Good for the Brain.
Completing a jigsaw puzzle gives you more than hours of fun and a feeling of success. It will also help you to keep your brain healthy.
Jigsaws are another tool to help you maintain brain health. They work differently to crosswords and therefore require the brain to function differently.
Jigsaw puzzles require all sorts of analytical skills, [...]
Jigsaw Puzzles
I love jigsaw puzzles. I love the shapes and the way the picture gradually reveals itself.
Have you ever tried completing Jigsaw puzzles online? I can recommend freejigsawpuzzles.net. It has some excellent puzzles. There are all sorts of images including animals, buildings, scenery, strange things, holiday scenes and more. The photography in the images is stunning, too.
Most of [...]
Puzzles in Education
We have talked before about the way puzzles can be used to reinforce learning. They are an excellent tool because they are fun to do so you will have students willing to do their homework for once!
EdHelper is a site that helps you develop tools that make learning fun. We tested out their system to [...]
