|
This was perfect. I got it for my dad after he had a stroke. I love it. It was nice to come into the hospital every day and see another jumble filled out or partially filled out. He had always been a huge fan of the Jumble - did it every day in the paper. After his stroke, he was pretty wiped out and couldn't see very well. The print is so big - one jumble per page - that it made it a lot easier on him. And of course the puzzles are really cool.
The picture puzzles are usually clever and amusing. Some are easy, some are so hard that we spend the morning thinking and then going back to it. My husband and I have done 1-2 Jumble puzzles every morning of our 15 year marriage. I like this much better than crossword puzzles - I'm not sure why because I like words. We have differing ways of approaching it - I must be looking at the letters to make a word, he keeps the letters in his head while solving it. It must reflect how our brains solve problems - he's an engineer, I'm a writer. These are mostly words we all recognize, you wouldn't think they would be so hard. Keeps the synapses snapping.
I use these Jumbles in my English classroom on a daily basis, both as extra credit and team-building exercises. The students love the challenge of solving these puzzles, and the best part: they don't realize they are building vocabulary.
My Mom loves Jumble, and this book delivers the goods. Great deal compared to the smaller Jumble books. It could use some more of the challenge puzzles at the end though.
I was thrilled with this book. It was bought as a gift and was a great choice. The book has over 500 full page jumbles, each 81/2 by 11 inches in size. Worth every penny.
|
