Description
About the book. Brain Teasers is a travel-themed activity book for children who enjoy solving puzzles. It features a variety of numbers, words, images, and codes to challenge the reader. Lonely Planet Kids has compiled these tasks into a book suitable for holidays or use at home. The publisher recommends it for ages seven and up.
Content. Tasks include anagrams of famous cities, Morse code, matching flags to countries, word searches, and visual puzzles. You will also encounter cryptic questions, crosswords, and Sudoku with themes drawn from the world around us. The activities provide different ways of working, from searching for details to examining patterns or testing potential solutions.
Who is this book suitable for? Suitable for children who enjoy pencil puzzles and English word games. An adult can assist with instructions while the child takes time to experiment. The book is useful for wait times and breaks, allowing several family members to discuss a task together. As the text is in English, reading experience is important for determining which tasks the child can solve independently.
Use and activities. Read the instructions together with an adult when English words require explanation, and let the child choose a task that seems exciting. Set up a small workspace and gather what you need for the chosen activity before beginning. It is beneficial to take one page or one project at a time, allowing time to try out own solutions. Let the child explain their thinking and use the illustrations as support when understanding a task. Feel free to switch between words, drawing, and other task types if the child desires variety or a short break. The activities can serve as a starting point for conversations in Norwegian, even though the instructions and terms in the product are in English. It can be just as interesting to investigate a suggestion together as it is to finish all the tasks at once. A motif, a place, or an animal that appears can also be the start of further reading in a book or a map.
About the edition. English-language publication, published 2018. 160 pages. ISBN 9781787013148.
