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Have you read any of the comments below on your child's school report recently?
"Knows tables but must concentrate on how to use them"
"Needs more help with problem solving"
"Knows basic four rules but must work more quickly"

Problem solving These puzzles will help improve problem solving and thought processes.

Maths puzzle

Maths puzzle 2

Reasoning puzzle 1

Reasoning puzzle 5 Free Download

“Needs to increase confidence in his own abilities”
“Still needs to be more self confident”
“Work more quickly and with confidence”
These puzzles will help to increase confidence and hence concentration

Concentrate and read

Crossword 3

Use every letter

Crossword 5 Around the world

Number crossword

Egyptian crossword

“needs to improve reading skills”
“must extend vocabulary”
“improve spelling and presentation”
High frequency words which should be covered for your child’s age group

Word search 1 reception

Word search 2 KS1

Word search 3 for KS1

Word search 4 Years 3-4

Word search 5 Years4-5

“must be able to relate one piece of information to another”
“be aware of all the implications to the question”
“be able to solve a problem in more than one way”
Spatial awareness or reasoning powers

Children's quiz Free Download

Spatial awareness 1

Spatial awareness 2

Spatial awareness 3

Spatial awareness 5

Puzzles for all

“Approach problems from a different angle”
“Needs to think around a problem”
“Must extend range of thought and thinking processes”
“Must develop more extended thought processes”
“Must develop the ability to predict results”
Lateral thinking

Lateral thinking 1 bottleneck and trains

Lateral thinking 2

Lateral thinking 3

Lateral thinking 4

Lateral thinking 5

Holiday family fun - Riddles

“Apply logic to help solve problems or tasks”
“Be systematic and logical in approaching work”
“Show the logic in arriving at their answer”
“Think slowly and with care to arrive at the correct answer”
Logic

Logic puzzles 1

Logic puzzles 2

Logic puzzles 3

Logic puzzles 4

Logic puzzles 5

Logic problem

Logic puzzles

There are many more ideas to stimulate your children. Here are some examples with links to the pages:
I hope that these ideas are helpful and that they will encourage the children to keep thinking and learning although having fun.

The Brown family

Banana Legs Free Download

Platonic shapes

Puzzles and thought provoking Free Download

Maths puzzles

Brain teasers questions for fun

Thinking and teasers

Shapes

Sudoku

Sudoku puzzles for all the family

Puzzles for all the family Free Download

Thoughtful questions

Maths puzzles & problems for year 1 & 2

Maths fun for year 3 Free Download

Maths fun for year 4

Maths puzzles and problems-years 5&6

Mnemonics

Brain teasers

Tricky questions

Test your intelligence

All sorts of words

Word puzzle

Word play for all

Working with others

Brain game for Early years Free Download

I spy on the road

I spy seaside

I spy animals

20 fun things to do as you travel Free Download

Lotto board and cards

Geography what's what

History quiz - the Romans