Gifts for the Gifted — The Challenging Riddle Book for Kids
This week’s gift recommendation is a book of “Brain-Busters” for kids ages 9-12. Fun for the classroom and/or the family!
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25 Challenging Riddles
My students have a love/hate relationship with riddles. They groan and complain that I’m asking them to do the impossible, but as soon as they solve one they beg for more. This is a good time of year for these fun puzzlers from Reader’s Digest. There are more than a few that are new to … Read more
Terry Stickels
Do you crave brainteasers? Do your students delight in them? (Many of my students do!) Terry Stickels is a world-renowned puzzlemaster who has published several diabolical books of challenges and authored weekly puzzle columns in many newspapers. You can find out more about him here. One type of “stickler” that has made him famous is … Read more
QR Code Riddles
I came across these QR code riddles for May on The Techie Teacher Blog, and tried them with my gifted 1st graders yesterday. We had not done any QR code scanning this year, yet, so it was a novel experience for them. I showed them the riddles first, and had them predict the answers in … Read more
Brain Teasers and Lateral Thinking Puzzles
Update 12/14/2022: Unfortunately this document is no longer available, but you can visit my collection of Brainteasers and Puzzles here. “Kevin’s mother has three children. The first was called Alpha, the second was called Beta. What was the name of the third? “ I came across this document the other day, published by David Koutsoukis, … Read more
50 Riddles to Challenge Your Students
What goes around the world and stays in a corner? For my Fun Friday Post this week, I direct you to this page on Edgalaxy. 50 Riddles to Challenge Your Students is a fun collection of short brain teasers that are sure to delight your students. They are good for using during those “rare” periods … Read more