Thursday, May 8, 2008

Games and Gaming #35: Games? In the Library?

I have played and still play FreeRice and Houston Chronicle Sudoku . WordSplay might be fun, but I don't want to register for it. I've also played on some of the kid's sites suggested.

Keeping to the FreeRice and Sudoku - both have very easy instructions/rules. Both also offer hints. FreeRice will tell you the correct answer for a word you miss and bring it up again later to test your memory. The Sudoku allows you to either place notations or will give you hints if you want. Hints are good for beginners and the notations help you make your own notes to solve the puzzle.

These two games help develop vocabulary and memory (FreeRice) and logic (Sudoku). Sudoku builds logical thinking because you need to be able to look at the number sets in three different 'directions' in order to solve the puzzle. FreeRice starts easy, but builds up to more difficult words as you get more definitions correct. You might be surprised by the number of words you know.

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