It has been a very busy week. It is going to be worst next week. So I decided to homeschool Den today. Even though it is a Sat. We are usually off on Sat. Family day since ST is not working on Sat.
I designed a new sudoku for Den today. Before this, she was using "Nick Jr. Dora the explorer Easy Sudoku Puzzles #1". It is a very good book to start kids on sudoku. It uses colorful Dora pictures instead of numbers. That takes the pressure off writing numbers and kids can concentrate on the game itself. Besides that, the sudoku in the book is a simplified version. With 4 boxes in each sudoku instead of 9 boxes. There are always extra stickers left and that can be a reward for finishing each puzzle. Den loves the book but it takes a lot of concentration for her to do the puzzle. At least at the beginning (we started this when she is 3 years old). It is also a great book to carry when we travel.
She finished the whole book 2 weeks ago. I was looking for a step 2 sudoku but could not find it in any bookstore. I think the next step should be doing sudoku with numbers instead of stickers. But 8 boxes is too hard for her, so I'm looking for one that has 4 boxes or 6 boxes. I can't find any.
Finally, I gave up and designed my own. Use the Dora book as a guide and just change the puzzles to numbers. Den loves it. She finished 3 puzzles while we were waiting for our dinner. It takes too much time to draw up boxes. So I used words and designed a few of them. I'm going to let her do maybe a few more than will ease her into the 6 boxes.
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