You may be a fan of the other grid-type puzzles out there. Like me, you may have tried to introduce your children to them (or your children may have begged to try after watching you puzzle over them each day).
En
ter Picross 4 Kids.
Picross For Kids is an illustrated logic puzzle book written by Matt Needham and Brandon Wood, a math major and father of 3. It sets out to make a unique kind of picture logic puzzle accessible and fun to kids starting as young as 5 or 6.
The book is 52 pages long (formatted sort of like a comic book), and features general instructions, practice puzzles, and many puzzles to solve from beginning to much more advanced. You can purchase a book or a printable ebook.
I will admit that it took Amanda (age 9) and I a little while to get the hang of it. Each puzzle features clues about which squares should be filled in. For example, in the puzzle below the numbers down the side signify the number of squares that should be filled in the row. The numbers directly above the columns show what should be filled in there. Where it gets tricky is the numbers that appear above those. The 1 in the first column means that after filling in two squares, you fill in one more square, but what makes it a puzzle is that you aren’t directed specifically where to put it. The end result is a picture, so you have to make guesses on where it will fit to complete the picture.
Does this sound like something you and your kids would enjoy solving together? This site has some samples and a full description if you’d like to buy it now or find out more.
This contest is open to everyone, in all geographic regions! We will award one print copy (to ship to U.S. or Canada only) and three downloadable and printable ebooks.
Leave a comment if you’d like to win. We’ll post the winners on March 9.
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My kids love word and number puzzles that challenge the mind
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would love for summer to try these!! puzzles are very good learning exxcercises without them knowing they are learning!!!
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My son loves doing things like this – it will be fun to do together. Thanks for the opportunity!
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Thank you and Good Luck everyone,
kelly
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Would like to win
I love teaching logic and puzzles to my kids
My daughter loves to do puzzles, thanks for the chance.
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kids would love them.
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We’re always looking for fun and challenging things for my son to do.
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ooh I’d like to win! My daughter has ADHD and has a hard time in Math and this would help her!
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my kids love puzzles and activity books
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I’d love to be entered to win this for my niece! Thanks!!
This would be a challenge for my grandchildren.
My kids love puzzles especially on car rides.
we have an 8 year old that would like to try this
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I will go crazy with this along with my kids.
Abby is totally into puzzles like this – she would love it! 🙂
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I loved logic puzzles when I was a kid. Never thought about starting kids as young as 5 on them. Great idea!
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Thanks for the opportunity!
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We love puzzles here! Thanks for the chance to win!
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I LOVE logic puzzles, and I would love to pass this on to my son!
I have a picross game on the Nintendo DS and it’s so much fun. I have a friend who’s daughter would love this, mine arn’t old enough to do it yet.
my grandkids would love this!
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I am sure atleast 3 of my Grandchildren would love this.
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we are puzzle nuts.
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Thanks for the chance to win.
Great prize for a child, as mine would love it too.
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Interesting
I have a 7 year old and a 13 year old and both are boys. Maybe this will give them something to do on those days when it is rainy/cold/hot.
Sounds interesting. I’m sure my daughter would love to have me work on these with her.
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My 8 & 9 year olds would really enjoy this!
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Nice giveaway.
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We’re always up for a challenge. Coming from a family of engineers and mathematicians… this looks like a great way to have some fun and learn some problem solving skill sets too.
Thanks a bunch!
Marissa 🙂
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That’d keep ’em occupied for awhile!
I love educational games. Thanks for the chance.
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This would be great to do with my grandaughter, I’m wondering if my mom, who is in the early stages of alzheimers might enjoy it as well. Thanks 🙂
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Sounds liek something my daughter would really like – especially this summer!
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I love education games and puzzles. Thanks for the chance.
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I’d like to try this.
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Wow- Looks like it could be a challenge for both mom and child here=)
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My son would love this. You can never have to many puzzle books!
My girls love puzzle books~ this one looks like fun. Sign me up!
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My husband loves crosswords and this would be great for him to do with our kids!
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I remember doing puzzles like this when I was a kid. Neat!
Wow, my son would love these! Thanks for bringing them to my attention.
I would love to try these! I taught my 7-yr-old niece to do Sudoku & she loved them! 🙂
What a great idea! I have been a huge fan of “picross” or paint-by-number puzzles (as they’re known in Games Magazine) for years. I’d love the chance to introduce them to my 5 1/2 year old son. Thanks for the contest!
Anything that makes number work fun has to be a good thing!
My son would love it 🙂
My girls BEG me to let them try my sudoku puzzle books. I always give in and end up with pages and pages of numbers all over. Even the simple ones are too hard for my kiddos. I’d love to get this for them. Consider me entered!
Enter me please…
I’d like to win!
This would be great for our oldest son!
Thanks for hosting the contest!
Looks like fun!
We love stuff like that. I’ll have to check those out.
Sounds like something my two girls would enjoy! Thanks for offering!
We would like this.
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Sounds like it would be perfect for my DD who’s always trying to figure out simple sudoku’s ….and she’s only 4!
My daughter would love this!