Oct 08 2024 16 mins
Puzzles. They’re all around us, everyday. We watch them. We play them. We build them. Yet when it comes to the classroom, we often don’t find puzzles in play. Tune into today's episode to learn how easy it is to bring the benefits of puzzles into your middle school classroom.
Topics Discussed
- How puzzles can help us in the classroom
- What kinds of puzzles are a match for each subject
- Instructional time and how puzzles can help
Resources
--> Take a look at these puzzles for your social studies classroom. Choose from digital puzzles or printable puzzles.
--> You might enjoy this blog post where Brittany shares more about using puzzles in your classroom.
--> Ellie has blog posts for how to incorporate the date into puzzle activities, decimal puzzles, and logic puzzles.
--> New to Ken Ken puzzles? You'll love this site.
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