Brain games and puzzles
Maze Maker
Design your own maze on squared paper with one true path and lots of dead ends, then swap with a friend.
Thinking sheet · Brain games and puzzles
Grid Treasure Hunt
Hide three treasures on your grid and find your partner’s by calling out squares like B4.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Kids practice
- coordinates, strategy, taking turns
What kids do
“Hide your treasures. Then call out squares to find your partner’s!”
- My grid (label A–F across, 1–6 down)
- My guesses on their grid
- Guesses it took
- My search strategy:
How to run it
- Use a 6 by 6 corner of each grid and label it.
- Hide three treasures by drawing tiny pictures.
- Say “hot” if a guess is next to a treasure.
Talk about it
- Where did you hide your treasures?
- What strategy found them fastest?
- Where are coordinates used in real life?
Take it further
Make the treasures bigger, like boats that take up three squares.
Pairs well with
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