Books with mazes maps and puzzles
The purpose of this resource is to provide suggestions to whānau about how they can support their children with their mathematics learning through puzzle and maze books.
About this resource
This section provides some ideas for how you can raise awareness and share mathematics using everyday experiences and resources found around your home. It includes ideas for supporting your children’s learning in all areas of mathematics: geometry, measurement, statistics, algebra, and numbers.
This page provides suggestions as to how whānau can use books of mazes, puzzles, and maps to support learning.
Books with mazes, maps, and puzzles
Another type of book that can support a child’s maths learning are books with mazes, maps, and puzzles. These help with developing an understanding of space, shape, and direction. The library usually has these books in a special section, and they may also have maths puzzle books. You can encourage your child to work through a puzzle or a maze by sitting with them and offering praise and suggestions.
- This looks tricky. Where will we start?
- If that is north, in which direction are we headed now?
- That was clever. What should we do if we get stuck?
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