Teach your students how to create and solve Sudoku puzzles to enhance their logical and reasoning skills.
Sudoku has been a hot seller since 2005. This American puzzle that was first introduced as Number Place in 1979 has become an addictive puzzle for many worldwide. No basic skill is required, the solver must use reason and logic to solve the puzzle. All Sudoku puzzles only have one solution and can take minutes to days to solve these intriguing puzzles.
At first glance, Sudoku puzzles looked to difficult to introduce to students but after analysing the different components of the game, students as young as five can solve the puzzle. Before an adult or child is given the traditional 9x9 grid Sudoku puzzle, it is best for them to learn the basics on a 4x4 grid. After completing my first 4x4 grid, I understood the concept and was not overwhelmed by all of the empty spaces as they was far less than from the traditional puzzle.
Introduce Sudoku to your class to enhance their logical and reasoning capabilities and to have an activity that they can be continually working on when the student has finished their work early. The student is still learning and having fun, and the other students will not get distracted by the student who roams the class looking for something to do.
