Sudoku, Crossword Puzzles, and Math – A Lovely Trio
Today we have a guest article for you. It is a delightfully personal tale about one mans growing attraction to puzzles. We hope you enjoy it.
You know I have not yet caught on to the sudoku craze but from what I understand this puzzle game can become quite addictive. Maybe that’s the reason I haven’t [...]
Win A Clue Detective Puzzle Club Membership for your School Library!
Your school library is a fantastic educational resource, and is the perfect place to sit down and do a general knowledge crossword puzzle or quiz, because you have lots of reference books at your fingertips. You can do it by yourself, with some classmates, or perhaps even as a class activity.
Crosswords for Fun is giving your class the chance [...]
Let Crosswords for Fun Put the ‘Fun’ Into Your Fundraising!
Are you involved with a club, school, church or other type of group that wants to raise much needed funds?
Crosswords for Fun can help!
If you are looking to raise money, why not think about running a Crosswords for Fun puzzle drive.
The way it works is that members of your group sell Crosswords for Fun subscriptions [...]
The Benefits of Puzzling In A Group
Crossword puzzles are a fun, educational and mentally stimulating activity for people of all ages. It doesn’t matter if you are 8 or 88.
Many people enjoy doing crossword puzzles on their own, and that’s great, but another way to reap the benefits of puzzling is to do them as part of a group. How do you do [...]
Puzzles Boost Kids’ Self Esteem
Puzzles are the perfect activity for kids to do to help them boost their self esteem; and the best thing is that it can often happen quite unconsciously, because they are having too much fun to notice!
Once they have done some puzzles successfully, and experience the sense of achievement that comes with doing so, they will [...]
Hangman – A Great Word Game For All Ages!
If you are looking for a good word game to play, you really cannot go past Hangman. It has many advantages because it can be adapted to suit people of all ages and can be used in a variety of settings.
According to the Oxford Guide to Word Games, the game of Hangman dates back to the Victorian era [...]
Take A Break… Do A Puzzle During Your Lunch Hour
We are all told that it is important to have our daily dose of mental stimulation. A great way to do this is to work through a crossword or sudoku puzzle doing your lunch hour.
It is particularly beneficial if you have had a morning that has had some stress associated with it, and you need a [...]
Memory Challenge
Well today is Friday so what about a game to test your memory?
This is a simple online matching pairs memory game from VMN Games that will suit children and adults. See how you go. There is a timer that will track your peformance.
Isn’t it great that playing games like this is actually good for you?
Fun Trivia
Have you joined in with our Trivia Challenge yet? Go on, it is fun.
The questions are not too hard (although I always get tripped up at the USA sporting questions) but you really can’t make a dill of yourself! Anyway, even if you do you are disguised by your screen name so we will never [...]
What is an Acrostic Puzzle?
An acrostic puzzle is like a combination of crossword puzzle and codeword. It is more complicated than a standard crossword puzzle and usually comes in two parts.
Wikipedia describes it like this: “The first part is a set of lettered clues, each of which has numbered blanks representing the letters of the answer. The second part [...]
