My Page Description
On this page you will have puzzles to solve, information on Centers, and a few pictures. There are three Mindbenders that you can print out and solve. There is also a sample Minbender. You can click on the links below to get to the different puzzles. You may not put anything on this page. There is some fun stuff on this page, so Enjoy!
My page has questions I' ve been asked about Centers by another student or parents of students. Readers won't be able to type their own questions for me.
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The Questions below are about centers.
What are centers?
How do you do the centers?
What is the purpose of centers?
My answers are:
Centers are problem solving skill builders. Each center helps build a different problem solving skill. For example, Mindbenders, my favorite center, builds the process of elimination skill.
Figure out the following Mindbender.Abby, Max, Neal, and Ruthy are nicknamed Bubba, Peet, Rosy, and Skipper. Read the clues to find each person's nickname. 1. Abby is taller than Skipper and is shorter than Peet, who dyed her hair blue last Monday. 2. Skipper is younger than Neal and older than Bubba. P.S. The girls are: Abby and Ruthy. The boys are: Neal and Mac. This kind of problem would be on a sheet of paper, and you would solve it on the table below
The other centers are called: Word Ways, Symbol Simon, Math Path Puzzles, Logic Links, Venn Perplexors, and Pentominoes.
Here is a Mindbender I made myself. Molly, Benny, Andy, and Franny all have the last names Kaleb, Nolan, King, and Warp. Who has which last name? Use the following clues to solve the puzzle. Girls: Molly and Franny Boys: Benny and Andy
1. Kaleb can do a cartwheel better than Andy and Benny.
2. Nolan can stand on her head for 19 min, but Molly can do it for 20.
3. Warp and Benny are on the gymnastics team, but Franny and Kaleb are not.
| Kaleb | Nolan | King | Warp | |
| A | - | - | - | - |
| M | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - |
| B | - | - | - | - |
`Print this out it is not interactive. You may write it on a piece of paper.
Below is the second Mindbender I made. Matt, Bri, Phillip, and Carly all have last names that start with C. They are Camper, Cirra, Clay, and Chang. Find the belonging last name to each person via the clues below.
1. Matt and Clay played jump rope with Phillip and Carly.
2. Carly and Camper are best friends with Cirra.
3. Matt and Camper dislike Bri.
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The following Mindbender is one I made.
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Kilo, Mike, and Anie are half siblings. They all have different moms.The mom's names are Lirrie, Peggy, and Patty.Find out who everyone's mom is using the following clues.
1. Kilo and Mike's moms' names start with P.
2. Kilo's mom has a name similar to what a pirate with half a leg puts on his area where his foot should be.
| Peggy | Lirrie | Patty | |
| Kilo | - | - | - |
| Mike | - | - | - |
| Anie | - | - | - |