Games and Puzzles that Reach the Kids and Teach the Standards
The title of this post is from a conference session at the California Math Council conference at Asilomar in December, 2009. You may download the handout, with instructions for some activities, through the following link: Games and Puzzles that Reach the Kids and Teach the Standards – download file Puzzles and Games are a great [...]
KenKen News – Will Shortz Adds Puzzle to Daily New York Times Puzzle Page
The New York Times has added KenKen to its Puzzle Page, next to their crossword puzzle, and publish it daily Monday-Saturday. This puzzle launch is accompanied by an article by the NYTimes Puzzle Editor, Will Shortz. Here are some excerpts from Will’s article: “KenKen, which starts in The New York Times today next to the [...]
KenKen Activity Masters from the New York Times Teach Your Students Numerical Reasoning
Here are twelve ready-to-hand-out masters you can use to teach your students numerical and logical reasoning skills while they solve these intriguing puzzles. Students love these puzzles, view them as games, and enjoy them tremendously. Classroom management problems are almost nonexistent; one of the only issues is that some students want to keep working on [...]
KenKen – A New Puzzle for Sudoku and Kakuro Enthusiasts
KenKen is a logic and mathematical puzzle which is similar to Sudoku. Tetsuya Miyamoto, a Japanese mathematics teacher, created this quite creative brain exercise. He holds weekend mathematics, logic, and mathematics tutorials for children; he first introduced KenKen to these children to improve their number sense, concentration, and perseverance. As a math teacher, I use [...]
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