Kids Printable Puzzles
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Kids printable puzzles are a great way to engage your kids in learning. There are numerous printable puzzles available on the Internet, and many of these are free!
Why Use Puzzles?
Kids love puzzles….even babies and toddlers. As your kids grow, however, you may find that the puzzles you buy need to be more challenging. Why should you encourage your kids to solve puzzles? Easy puzzles for small children can teach recognition and reasoning skills. The success a small child feels as she masters a puzzle is evident on her face.
As kids grow, however, puzzles can take on a whole new range of meaning. Depending upon the type of puzzle you choose, puzzles can enhance reading comprehension, spelling, grammar, and math skills. Puzzles can be used to reemphasize information that has already been taught as well.
Kids Printable Puzzles Online
The Internet offers a multitude of kids printable puzzles and other activities for you to copy and/or download. Check out the following sites. If you have any favorite sites that you'd like to share with our readers, please do so in the comments section of this article.
- PrintActivities.com has a great selection of kids printable puzzles and other types of worksheets for preschoolers to older kids. You can find plenty of kindergarten and grade school worksheets, [[Free Coloring Pages for Kids|coloring sheets], math worksheets, kid puzzles and mazes, and many more activities that offer plenty of educational practice and instruction.
- ABC Teach features over 5,000 free printable pages. The site is very user-friendly with links to specific topics such as language and ESL activities, themed units, teaching extras, and subject specific puzzles and worksheets. There are word searches, word puzzles, Sudoku puzzles, crossword puzzles, and many other puzzle selections.
- DLTK's site offers printable jigsaw puzzles. Laminate the puzzle, and cut out the pieces. Another great idea is to apply magnetic tape to the back of each puzzle piece, and place the puzzle on the fridge for little hands to do.
- Squigly's Playhouse lets you print out the puzzle in PDF format. There are all sorts of categories, including seasonal puzzles and special day puzzles (Father's Day, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, etc.). You can also find several different kinds of puzzles, including mazes, word searches, and crossword puzzles.
- The Kidz Page is an excellent resource for lots of educational activities, including kids' puzzles. The key concept behind this website is that learning should be fun. Check out the numerous jigsaw puzzles that can be played online with puzzles ranging from six to 40 pieces each.
- Puzzle Choice-If you are looking for variety, you'll certainly find it at this site. You can check out the interactive menu and choose a puzzle to play online, or you can select from one of the many word searches, number puzzles, crosswords, wordplay puzzles, kids Sudoku, logic and brainteaser puzzles.
- Kids Printables will help you get your kids out from in front of that TV and busy learning, all while having fun! This site offers mazes, word searches, dot-to-dot, coloring pages, and crossword puzzles. There are some printable awards that you can download and print as well.
- Family Fun Magazine's issues are packed with activities for families to do together, and their website offers just as many fun things, too. Click on the "Puzzle Grab Bag" to access connect the dots, hidden picture puzzles, tic tac toe, and more. Print out mazes, matching and memory games to play with your kids.
The above sites are just a small selection of what is available for you to use on the Internet. Some sites are more age specific than other sites, but you can find puzzles for virtually any age, even adults!
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