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Games and Puzzles

A Game a Day:
Interactive games and puzzles that stimulate learning, problem solving, and creative thinking; thousands of games and puzzles (both printable & online interactive puzzles); 50 new puzzles added each month

Alfy.com: A site is filled with interactive stories, ABC and 123 games, music and art activities, and much much more!

Brain Binders: Each page contains one puzzle with a finished picture. The goal is to fold the puzzle into a shape with a solid color on each side. Simply print, cut out, and fold to match the finished picture...it sounds easy until you try it! Brain Binders - All you need is a sheet of paper and a brain

BrainBashers: Brain teasers and puzzles

Bonus.com: A protected site for kids of all ages; over 500 activities - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Candystand: The best free Shockwave Games Online

Cool Puzzles.com: Games, Puzzles, and MORE

Fun-Attic Game and Activity Guide: Great game ideas that are ideal for the entire family

Fun Ranch: Unique collection of interactive games; all games are appropriate for the whole family to play and enjoy

Game Center: Game news, download samples of games, gaming tips, and MORE

Games Kids Play: Hundreds of Games, Information and Their Rules

Games Domain: Games Games Games Games: Free downloads of demos and shareware; game hints and reviews; kids' arena

Game Spot: Free shareware and demo games; reviews, hints, and MORE

Internet Park: Play Boggle and Scrabble online; play against other people on the net

Java Games and Puzzles Gallery: Great games and puzzles for you to play online in your web browser

KidsWorld: Puzzles and games

Orisinal: Morning Sunshine: Incredible, multimedia-rich collection of online games and activities

Puzzle Depot: Trivia, Puzzles, and games

Yahoo! Games: Play a multitude of Java Games; listed in alphabetical order

Yahoo! Puzzles: Play a multitude of Puzzles; listed in alphabetical order

Yahoo! Sliding Puzzles: Play a multitude of Java Sliding Puzzles; listed in alphabetical order

Zeeks.com:More than 100 games and other fun, safe activities


Board Games
Battleship
Connect-4
Mr. Potato Head

Play Station: A Java game site; challenge someone to a game of chess, checkers, reversi, or backgammon

PlaySite: The "premier Java game site"; chess, checkers, Reversi, backgammon, concentration, Tangleword, and Go-moku


Card Games
ECardTricks
Card Games

Crossword Puzzles

Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles


Educational Games

FunBrain.com: Educational games and puzzles

LearningPlanet.com: Quality interactive learning activities; a place for kids preschool thru sixth grade to learn while playing fun games online.


''Pencil and Paper Games''
Dots and Boxes
Paper and Pencil Games

Make Your Own Puzzles

PuzzleMaker: Create your own mazes, word searches, crosswords, number blocks, math squares, and more. Enter information and click the "Create" button; wait a few seconds; print a customized puzzle.


Mazes
Labyrinth
Mazes

Mysteries

Online Mystery Network: Solve the Case - Changes often


Optical Illusions

Amazing Optical Illusions on the Web: Optical illusions: pictures, movies, links and downloads, all by categoriess

Eye Tricks: Amazing Optical Illusions; 3D Sterograms, and other Mind Teasing Oddities


Puzzles

Enigma: Slide Puzzles: Put the tiles in order to form a picture

JigZone: Online Jigsaw Puzzles

PuzzleFactory: Puzzles and online games for young and old

Puzzles and Mazes

Puzzle Connection: Online puzzles


Riddles

Riddles and Games

Riddles Online


Stereograms
Stereograms Pages
Trivia
Trivia Questions, Quiz Games, Word Puzzles
Trivia Web

Typing
Free Touch Typing: A new, free, comprehensive, online typing instruction program; animated characters, games, interesting material, and over 230 lessons; a great way to learn to type.
Video Games
Arcade and Adventure Games
Word Games and Logic Puzzles

Word Games: Games designed to build vocabulary skills: ABC Puzzle; Word Search; Sentences Puzzle; Making Sentences; Hangman; Hoppers (Spelling); Word Generator; Wuzie Board Games; Picture Find

Matell Scrabble: Three Shockwave word games (Scrabble Hangman, Scrabble Invaders and Scrabble Snake) on the kid's menu (follow the pig) and four Scrabble challenges. The challenges are in the form of a turn in an existing game. You are given seven tiles and asked to maximize your word score.

Nowhere Home

Suduko

Peg Game

Think: Puzzles, brain teasers, jigsaw puzzles, and MORE


 

 

...the crossword puzzle first appeared in England in the 19th century?
...Arthur Wynne printed the first American crossword puzzle in the Sunday newspaper called World , on December 12th, 1913?
..,Simon and Schuster, a publisher, published the first crossword puzzle book, which started a crossword puzzle craze in the U.S. ?
...the first jigsaw puzzle appeared in 1760?
...the first jigsaw puzzles were designed to help children learn geography, as these puzzles were cut up maps?
...checkers was played by the Egyptians in 1600 B.C., and became very popular in ancient Greece?
...the game of chess has been popular for over 14 centuries?
...dice have been found in Egyptian tombs?
...the game of dominoes was first played in China or Egypt?
...the crusaders of the Middle Ages introduced card games in Europe?

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