Lynn Brunelle - The World Almanac for Kids Puzzler Deck: Math, Ages 5-7, Grades K-1

THE WORLD ALMANAC FOR KIDS PUZZLER DECK MATH!

Lynn Brunelle is a former classroom teacher, a best-selling childrens book author, and an Emmy Awardwinning writer. She lives with her husband and two sons near Seattle. Her educational projects range from the board game Cranium to the TV show Bill Nye the Science Guy. Other Chronicle Books titles include Yoga for Chickens and Mamas Little Book of Tricks.

Mind-Bending Brainteasers by Lynn Brunelle

Based on the No. 1 best-selling kids almanac in the world, The World Almanac for Kids Puzzler Decks are chock-full of interesting facts, games, riddles, and brainteasers.

These curriculum-based activities encourage children to develop their comprehension of fundamental math concepts. Activities range from basic games that involve counting, addition, and subtraction to more challenging exercises that promote an understanding of logic, patterns, and measurements. Use a separate piece of paper to jot down notes as you decipher riddles and equations. These decks can be a fun, interactive activity for teachers and students, parents and kids.

Note that younger children (nonreaders) will require an adult helper. These decks can be a fun, interactive activity for teachers and students, parents and kids.

Enjoy!

Lynn Brunelle

How many squares do you see in this picture?

Ollie wants an octagon for his shape collection. Which of these shapes is an octagon? How many sides does it have?

Peyton loves pizza and hes having a party! There are 12 guests at Peytons party. Which pizza is cut to serve each guest one slice?

Which number is one hundred three?

130
1003
301
103

Spendy Suzy bought the most expensive bike from her choices below. Which bike did Suzy buy?

Chip has a pocket full of spare change. Can you help him put his coins in order from the smallest value to the largest?

Lisa wants to know how long her pencil is. Which tool should she use?

Zo the zoo vet is checking the animals teeth. Which animal is showing the highest number of teeth?

Its snowing! Which two snowflakes are exactly the same?

Leo loves triangles. How many triangles are in his shape collection?

Zo is at the zoo looking at zebras. They are lined up to form a pattern. Which zebra comes next?

Which group of coins is worth more?

Freddy the Frog will only hop to lily pads that equal the number 5. Can you find his path from start to finish? 7 -2

Walter needs to wake up at 6:10 in the morning. Which alarm clock should he use?

Twinkle-Toes Toshi needs a partner who is doing the exact same ballet move. Can you find the dancer who matches Toshi?

Hula Hazel had three friends over for a luau dance party. Two of them left when the luau started. How many people were left to hula?

Woody loves woodwind instruments. How many clarinets can you find? How many flutes? How many clarinets and flutes together?

Traveling Ted just got back from visiting the Eiffel Tower in France. But his picture fell out of his scrapbook! Can you find his picture of the Eiffel Tower?

Pete loves planets. Use the clues and the image shown below to help Pete put the planets in the right order.

Venus Mercury Mars Earth

Mercury is next to the Sun.

Mars is the farthest of these four planets from the Sun.

Earth is next to Mars.

Venus is next to Mercury.

Bill is trying to find the biggest countries in the world. Whats the largest country in South America?

Alex and Amanda are playing a game on a family trip. The person who finds the highest number on a license plate wins.

This is the license plate Alex picked: