Drawing is fun!

I love to draw, don't you? Drawing is a great way to help your child take a book beyond reading. They can draw their favorite part of the story, draw what they think happened after the story ended, draw their favorite character in the story, and the list of ideas goes on.

Here are a few sites to help your child start drawing. Have fun with them yourwelf. You never know, you and your child might just be budding artists!

Let’s Draw The pictures on this page are free drawing lessons. You can purchase their books too.

Hello Kids Lots of fun drawing pages with step by step instructions

Draw with Uncle Fred Simple easy drawings any child can do. A great starter webiste for a young child wanting to learn how to draw.

Have fun and I'll see you back here Friday with some fun math sites.

posted by Joy Delgado
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Book of the Week: Kindergarten Sudoku by Peter and Nicola Kattan

Kidergarten Sudoku by Peter and Nicola Kattan is a great way to learn sudoku.

Kindergarten Sudoku is a fun easy way to learn sudoku. Instead of 9x9 adult sudoku square puzzles, you have 4x4 square puzzles. There are several different varieties of the game incorporated in the book as well. There’s Classic - with numbers, Alphabet – with letters, Animal – with cats, dogs and fish, Shapes – basic shapes of circles, squares, triangles and stars and Symbols – sun, smiley face, heart and the universal symbol for “no”.
The book starts with basic instructions and terminology and of course the rules of sudoku. There are also several step by step ‘show and tell’ type puzzles that walk you through how to play this game.

There are easy, medium and hard puzzles, just like in adult sudoku books. All the answers to all the puzzlesa are at the back of the book. There is also a score sheet and a page to write notes.

A very entertaining way to teach your youngster deductive reasoning, which is after all what sudoku is all about. Also, if you’ve ever tried sudoku but didn’t quite get it (like me) this book will even help you learn the art of doing sudoku too.

This book is available right here fron Amazon.



Check out Peter and Nicola’s website, Kidergarten Sudoku and have some fun!

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Puzzles, Puzzles and more puzzles

Who doesn’t like puzzles? Here are some sites for all kinds of puzzles whether jig saw, crossword you’ll find something for everyone in the family.

Free Puzzles.net
They have word searches, brain teasers, sudoku and more.

Jigidi
Do jigsaw puzzles online! I’ve used this one on my website.

Teachers Corner.net make your own cross word puzzles here.

Free online crossword puzzle maker
Enter your word and clues and print out your own crossword puzzle.

Discovery Education puzzlemaker
I’ve used this one several times for word searches and crossword puzzles. You can purchase or use it Free online.

Jigzone
Pick a puzzle and how many pieces you want it to be. Then create it right there online. They have a puzzle of the day too. Caution: Easy to get lost in this site for hours.

See you back here on Monday with another great book that goes beyond reading.

posted by Joy Delgado
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