Word Searches and More

Includes 16 pages of teacher resource material plus 24 pages of perforated cards (6 cards per page printed on card stock). Used to improve reading and writing skills through word wall activities.

AHA! That’s the puzzle-solver’s exclamation of choice. You won’t be able to resist this brand-new book of 125 original word puzzles. With answers ranging from easy to challenging, there's something here for everyone. Try your hand at a puzzle:Fill in the blanks using the 20 letters listed below, to get the seven punny answers:Upturn in the dress business __ E __Failed mission __ __ A M __Game that’s thrown __ __ __ T __One hundredth of a dash __ E __ E __Many-celled structure J __ I __Hands wear them in the field __ I __ T __Pieces attached to bits __ E __ __ SM L O T R R T I A M S H M L A A R N S DSOLUTION:H E MA L A M OD A R T SM E T E RJ A I LM I T T SR E I N S[PuzzleMeter: Difficulty--Medium; Style--Middle-of-the-Road to Contemporary]

Twenty-six double-page puzzles invite youngsters to figure out names of pictured objects (kite, doll, bear, ball, etc.) and then locate each word on search-a-word grid. One to four letters of target words are given as hints. And when the search is over, the coloring fun begins.

What a variety of puzzles word lovers will find here! It's enough to delight and intrigue even the most demanding solvers, and keep them busy for hours. Just as soon as they master one type of problem, they'll find others that demand a new type of skill. Try language puzzles, which involve letter-switching, dropping, and swapping to uncover famous quotations from writers and celebrities. Or take a chance on the ones with grids-there are 11 different kinds, including missing links, boomerangs, cross anagrams, word spirals, quadrants and helter-skelter. They're all fun-and they'll definitely increase anyone's word awareness.

The mind masters at Mensa have devised this cunning collection of word games to test puzzle fans of every lexical ability.

Book is full of Search-A-Word Puzzles that appear to take a theme eg Ball players, parks, museums and so on. Of the 430 puzzles about 6 have been done.