Adult Learners' Week - websites to challenge your brain!
Learning doesn’t have to be dull – it can be a lot of fun. Do you enjoy puzzles? What about Soduku or Brain Training? Here are some links to websites that are fun, free and help to give your brain a good workout!
This is a simple game to play – but really helps to stretch and extend your everyday vocabulary. Just click on the answer that best defines the word – if you get it right you get a harder word. If you get it wrong you get an easier word. For every word you get right, this website will donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.
The popular number game can be played for free on the internet. This site has a new puzzle everyday and if you don’t like playing on the computer you can print the puzzle instead.
Drag and drop the cut up images to make a whole picture
Click a ball, then click an empty square to move. You can only move along unblocked paths. Build rows of 5 or more balls of one color to score. This is easy to play but hard to win!
Play chess against the computer! Full rules are provided with this fascinating game
Mahjongg Solitaire, also called Taipei or Shanghai, is the web adaptation of an old chinese board game. The objective is to remove all 144 tiles from the board; for each pair of tiles removed you will get two points. The rules are simple: Starting from the sides, or from the central tile at the top of the pile, remove tiles by clicking on two equal symbols. If the tiles are identical, they will disappear, and your score will rise.
Choose from easy, normal or hard mode. The classic word game
An online – timed version on Wordsearch. Much harder to complete against the clock!
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