Discover the benefits of solving puzzles and boost your literacy and mental health
If you have school-age children, there is nothing better than making learning fun with a puzzle. Puzzles are great activities to supplement with their regular schoolwork and general learning. They don’t have to stop learning just because they have left the classroom. If you have several children at school, having a spelling bee around the dinner […]
Read MoreGood spelling forms a solid foundation for developing the skills to solve crosswords and other word puzzle games. Spelling bees are a great educational tool to help children boost their vocabulary and general knowledge. In many ways they are just like a puzzle game that needs to be solved. They are fun, but they can […]
Read MoreWord puzzle games are great to incorporate in your child’s education. Popular games include easy crossword puzzles and word searches and many others. These can become more complex as they grow and develop their thinking, and behavioural patterns. Provide a learning challenge for kids The beauty of word puzzle games is that they always provide […]
Read MoreDid you know that puzzles are great for kids self-esteem? Solving puzzles such as crosswords is a great activity for kids to not not only help them learn; it also helps them boost their self-esteem and mental fitness. Best of all, it can often happen quite subconsciously, because they are having too much fun to […]
Read Moreby Denise Sutherland One of the keys to cracking the cryptic code is learning about abbreviations. We setters use abbreviations in our clues all the time. They are used to ‘clue’ letters individually, or sometimes in pairs or triplets. Here’s an example. Say I am writing a clue for the word CICADA. One of the […]
Read Moreby Denise Sutherland One of the most common types of cryptic crossword clue you’ll come across is anagram clues. In these sorts of clues there is — as is usual with most cryptic clues – a definition, and some wordplay. The definition is a regular definition for the answer word. So, for example, say if […]
Read Moreby Catherine Eagleson When I was a child, my grandmother introduced my sister, brother and I to a great word building game. It is called The Teacher’s Cat. I would like to share it with you. If you are looking for word puzzle games to play with your kids to help them improve their spelling, […]
Read MoreScrabble is a great educational word puzzle game that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board mith a 15-by-15 grid. It can be likened to building a crossword puzzle grid from scratch. Players place words across and […]
Read MoreOne of the wonderful things about the English language is that short words can be found hiding in longer words, and often they bear no relation whatsoever. It has given us an idea for a new Clue Detective word building game. We have called it Quintain. You may be wondering why we are calling it Quintain. Well as […]
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