Sudoku – a fun way to build early reasoning skills.

First off, it's fun. That's the most important thing. If it's not fun, the rest doesn't matter. I am quoting Wayne Gould, the one-man team at sudoku.com. If it has not already caught on at your house, check out Sudoku. It's a very simple concept. Fill a 9 by 9 grid with numbers 1 through 9. No number can be used twice in any row, column, or 3 by 3 square. It's easy for kids to get addicted to Sudoku, and that's a good thing. As Gould points out, Sudoku is one of the few puzzles and games that reward children for using applied logic. Sudoku encourages children to apply principles of deduction and induction – skills they don't often get to exercise. It sharpens their powers of concentration and reasoning.



The Blue Lake take on it:

We love anything that connects kids with printed materials. And what a bonus that Sudoku builds logic skills too! Here is a website that offers a daily Sudoku for kids. And, except for promoting their own small book, it is advertising-free! Find out more about how Sudoku works and how kids learn with Sudoku at Wayne Gould's website.