Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Monday, March 21, 2011

OUR HOME LIBRARY (PART III)


Books for elementary group are those that which children can read and understand by themselves. The range of authors and classics are quite vast. Biographies prepared in picture story formats can also be introduced and mixed in an acceptable ratio for kids. 

Some excellent books my daughter picked this year for reading from our adjacent public library includes Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling; The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond; The Mermaids Cap by Margaret. Wetterer; Indian Tales and folk tales, a compilation published by National Book Trust etc. From Chavara Public Library they enjoyed reading  A Meow from the Heart by Rini Mary Varghese; Up Close, a compilation of short stories by Leo Fay; by the Riverside Publishing Company, Chicago;  and few others in English; Chilapathikaram; Unniyum urumbu Rajavum by Joseph Narimattom; Shirdi Sai Baba, Swami Vivekananda, etc in Malayalam from Vagbadananda Library …
Our domestic collection for this group is from the following list.

An important and versatile set for this group of kids are those by Enid Blyton.

AWARD PUBLICATIONS LIMITED (www.blyton.com)
·         The greedy rabbit
·         The little brown bear
·         The magic brush
·         Snicker the brownie
·         Big Eyes – the enchanter
·         The twelve silver cups
·         The teddy bears tale
·         A hole in her pocket
·         The gobbling hat
·         The banana robber
·         The rabbit’s whiskers
·         The fairies shoe maker
·         The Magic snow bird
·         The strange umbrella
·         Pretty Star the pony
·         The tower in Hohowood
·         The little toy engine
·         The ugly old scare crow
·         The sneezing dog
·         Look out for the elephant
·         Mr. Icy cold
·         The wishing wand
·         The fly away cottage
·         The brave little puppy
·         The cat with a feathery tail
·         The pig with green spots
·         The little lost hen
·         The secret door
·         The magic clock
·         The little brownie house
·         The goblin’s toy shop
·         Bicycle magic
·         Christina’s kite
·         The very peculiar cow
·         The cuckoo in the clock
·         Three bold pixies
·         The donkey on the sands
·         The little witch dog
·         The enchanted bellows
·         The wishing jug
·         The little white rabbit
·         The brave toy soldier
·         The walk away shoes
·         Sneezing powder
·         The little old toy maker
·         The enchanted table
·         The magic mirror
·         The flyaway money
·         The magic ice cream
·         The house with six legs
·         The bed that ran away
·         Giant’s round the corner
·         The tale of bushy the fox
·         The three strange travelers
·         The magic watering can
·         The astonishing ladder
·         The magic needle
·         Mr. Meddle’s bicycle
·         The Smickle Smockle
·         Six red wizards
·         Mr. Wumble and the dragon
·         The fairy kitten
·         The flopperty bird
·         The enchanted shoes
·         Peronel’s magic polish
·         The wonderful torch
·         Mr.Pink whistle’s stories
·         Mighty-One the wizard
·         Benny and the giants
·         Mr. Twiddle fetches polly
·         Peter and the magic shadow
·         The wishing spells



SCHOLASTIC (www.scholasticindia.com)

  • 1.       Best of Tagore, 12 short stories; translated and compiled by Jharna Basu
  • 2.       Living in Space by Sharon Dalgleish
  • 3.       Diwali Stories compilation by various authors.
  • 4.       Get the facts- Space by Biman Basu
  • 5.       Get the facts- Maths by Bal Phondke
  • 6.       Brain teasers – Puzzles and Games (level-1) by Peter Clutterbuck
  • 7.       Glow in the dark –Planets by John Starke
  • 8.       Incredible Quotations – by Jacqueline Sweeney
  • 9.       Puzzles, Mazes and games by Radha.S.
  • 10.   The best days of my life- childhood stories of famous people; by Scharada Dubey.
THE BOOK PARADISE (Email: book paradise @hotmail.com)

Junior Encyclopedia – Awesome facts
This is a series of books published in association with Macbeth Books Limited, Moscow, Russia.

The topics covered are: 
  1.          The Universe
  2. ·         Computers
  3. ·         Animals
  4. ·         Plants
  5. ·         The Human body
  6. ·         Science
  7. ·         Our Environment
  8. ·         History
  9. ·         History of India
  10. ·         Nations of the world
  11. ·         Inventors and Inventions
  12. ·         Science Projects
  13. ·         Birds
  14. ·         Earth and Space
  15. ·         Wonders of the world
  16. ·         Amazing records
A comprehensive reference book that introduces young readers to various topics noted here. Richly illustrated, fun-to-read book encourages children to really think about the world them and discover the pleasure of learning. Complex subjects are introduced with care in an easy to understand manner. A ideal compilation to possess.


ROHAN BOOK COMPANY (www.rohanbooks.com)

A series of modern illustrated world classics are being made handy to the convenience of young readers to cultivate reading habit, improve word power and strengthen their language.

  • ·         Tales from Shakespeare; Charles and Mary Lamb
  • ·         Bible Stories
  • ·         As You Like It, William Shakespeare
  • ·         The Tempest, William Shakespeare
And many more…



In a set titled the big book; the compilations are from Fairy Tales, Jataka tales, Classic tales and Tenali Raman.



APPLE BOOKS (www.applebooks.org)

They have released many series. Titles available in the different series are as follows.

Series1: My Most Loved
·         Stories from around the world.
·         Bedtime tales
·         Grandpa tales
·         Grandma tales

Series2: Most popular
·         Aesops fables
·         Classics
·         Jataka tales
·         Panchatantra

Series 3: Famous tales
·         Tenali raman
·         Arabian Nights
·         Akbar & Birbal
·         Vikram & Betal

Series 4: My best loved
·         Moonlight stories
·         Goodnight Stories


STERLING PRESS PRIVATE LIMITED (www.sterling publishers.com)

Their series Shakespeare for everyone is a simple version that kids adored. The titles are:
  1. ·         As You Like It
  2. ·         Twelfth night
  3. ·         The tempest
  4. ·         The taming of the Shrew
  5. ·         Romeo and Juliet
  6. ·         Antony and Cleopatra
  7. ·         Hamlet
  8. ·         Henry V
  9. ·         Julius Caesar
  10. ·         King Lear
  11. ·         Macbeth
  12. ·         The Merchant of Venice
  13. ·         Much Ado about Nothing
  14. ·         A Midsummer nights dream
  15. ·         Othello
  16. ·         Richard III

Their series classic tales has the following titles.
  • ·         Gulliver’s Travels
  • ·         Black Beauty
  • ·         Heidi
  • ·         The Wizard of Oz
  • ·         Tom Sawyer
  • ·         Oliver Twist
  • ·         Little Mermaid
  • ·         The Selfish Giant
  • ·         Sleeping Beauty
  • ·         Goldilocks and the three bears
  • ·         Bambi
  • ·         The Bremen Musicians
  • ·         Ali Baba and 40 thieves
  • ·         Tom thumb
  • ·         Rapunzel
  • ·         Beauty and the Beast
  • ·         Jack and the beanstalk
  •  
SHREE BOOK CENTRE (shreebk@vsnl.com)

Illustrated Classics has a set of 8 titles.

  • ·         Black beauty
  • ·         David Copperfield
  • ·         Gulliver’s Travels
  • ·         Huckleberry Finn
  • ·         Kidnapped
  • ·         Tom Sawyer
  • ·         Treasure Island
  • ·         Oliver Twist
  •  
PUSTAK MAHAL (www.pustakmahal.com)

Stories from Panchatantra are retold by Mahesh Chandra Bhargava. Panchatantra is a collection of fables mostly through the animal-characters which has exerted considerable influence on mankind, the world over. The stories are divided here into five sections on worldly wisdom. It helps us to reinforce morals in kids; it helps them differentiate between good and bad; to learn the rules of social limitation and many more.


50Wittiest Tales of Birbal is a compilation retold by Clifford Sawhney. Birbal’s tales of wit and wisdom make lively reading for children.  Legendary stories are narrated in a simple lucid manner.

OM BOOKS INTERNATIONAL (www.ombooks.com)

Unlike the above books, each book in this set is a collection of small stories of half a page to 2 pages and is titled 365!

There are different compilations named as follows.

  • ·         365 Tales of Indian Mythology
  • ·         365 Animal tales
  • ·         365 fairy Tales
  • ·         365 Bedtime Stories
  • ·         365 Jataka tales
  • ·         365 Folk Tales
  • ·         365 Questions and Answers
  • ·         365 inventions and Discoveries
  • ·         365 Stories from around the world
PETER HADDOCK PUBLISHING (UNITED KINGDOM, YO16 6BT).

 Stories of Adventure is an exciting collection of adventurous stories for kids; sure to entertain and delight them.

Content include14 stories.

  • ·         Jack the Giant Killer
  • ·         Ali Baba and the forty thieves
  • ·         Treasure Island
  • ·         Gawain and the Green Knight
  • ·         Sindbad the Sailor
  • ·         The Rock of the Caribbean
  • ·         Jack and the Beanstalk
  • ·         The Hare and the Tortoise
  • ·         Arabian Nights
  • ·         The Sword in the stone
  • ·         Puss in Boots
  • ·         The three brothers
  • ·         Dick Whittington
  • ·          Aladdin

There is a delightful series of classic stories that keeps kids spell bound until the very last page. Each story has been rewritten to suit the reading standards of this age group. With single page Van Gool illustrations, this book was first published by Creations for Children International, Belgium(www.c4ci.com).

Titles in the Junior Classic series are:
  • ·         Heidi
  • ·         White Fang
  • ·         Robinson Crusoe
  • ·         Treasure Island
  • ·         Tom Sawyer
  • ·         Robin Hood
  • ·         Pocahontas
  • ·         Gulliver’s Travels
  • ·         A Christmas carol
  • ·         Black Beauty
  • ·         The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • ·         Huckleberry Finn
MANOJ PUBLICATIONS (manojpublication@mantraonline.com)

Ramayana, each volume depicts the various chapters in a comprehensive manner easily picked by kids. Illustrations are also good. 

Sage Valmiki created the greatest epic “Ramayana”. Saint Tulsidas redrafted the epic to layman’s language in Ram Charitha Manas. It communicates messages of sacrifice, righteousness and love. Such stories are sure to uplift youngsters morally and spiritually.


101 Stories from Panchatantra is another unique contribution in fiction literature. Said to be a branch of Indian Nitishastra, these stories keep the readers spell bound throughout. It shows kids the right path for wise conduct in our daily life through simple morals. 


TICKTOCK MEDIA LTD (Unit2, Tunbridge wells, Kent, TN2 3XF, Great Britain)

They have a good collection of kid’s books. From the series on Animal Puzzlers we picked WHY DON’T ELEPHANTS LIVE IN THE CITY? An interesting good read that amazes toddlers and self readers alike.

Friday, March 11, 2011

OUR HOME LIBRARY (PART I)


Books are indeed a fascination that draws us like junkies…

Once into a bookstall, we seldom feel like coming out…

That’s the basic nature of book lovers.

Anybody who is interesting in reading would naturally have their own personal taste and my experience shows it’s the same with kids as well. I personally feel that the best way to kindle reading habit in children is to facilitate them to select books of their choice and help them understand the meanings or explain only when they seek help from us.

Simply let them enter the ocean of books and see them getting equipped all by themselves.

Monday, March 7, 2011

CUCKOO AS OUR ENTRY POINT TO ORNITHOLOGY


Kuoo..kuoo..Cuckoo..cuckoo..???

It was Friday. 

The day started as usual.

My elder daughter went to fetch the milk sachets and daily news paper. She loves passing through the kids supplement in the courtyard itself.

As she started to read the children’s page, we heard a feeble moaning sound.
Initially we thought it’s our younger fellow sobbing for being late or for having missed her chance to fetch the kids’ magazines afresh.

We went to her. But it was not her!

By then, lots of crows were making a gala show above our roof!

My kids rushed outside. They saw that all these crows together were violently scaring a poor bird. 

As my kids yelled, I went out. The crows gradually tuned into silence and finally left.

As we looked on, the poor frightened bird fell down the roof. 


My elder girly ran quickly and sat near the bird observing it. She felt very sorry for the bird.

As I took some water she ran and got a dropper and gave it with so much of care and passion, into its beak. 

Now the bird crawled and groaned. Slowly, it vomited something. She gave water for a second time. Once more the bird vomited. It repeated until the bird became comfortable.

 Now all were relieved.

School time got already over. Another day of absence!

I said it’s a koel and it would have tried to harm eggs in a crow’s nest. Else it would have tried to replace crow eggs with its own. The crows might have observed the act and hence the hungama.

She already knew all that!

She said it’s a female koel and that the males who visit our homestead sing sweet. Grandma had told her many stories long back!

As the koel remained in silence, she left us to care for the bird and went in to check the shelves for books on birds. She wanted to identify the bird with the images in it and know its nature and feed!

Now into the details gathered.

H&C Books has a small compilation (Rs.10.00) in Malayalam, on Birds- winged servants,(pakshikal chirakula sevakar) collected by Satheesan. It says about Cuckoo of family Cuculidae on page 21.Spotted cuckoos are females. Apart from sweet singers, they are brood parasites, eat lot of fruits and are good pest control agents.
  The Wonderful world of birds (Pakshikalude Adbuda prapanjam) is an excellent handbook for children, a preface for bird watchers. It is priced at Rs.90 and published by KSSP. 

A popular bird watcher and writer with the pen name Induchoodan, Prof. K.K.Neelankandan was former Principal of Brunnen Collge, Talassery. He is also founder member of the Kerala Natural History Society.
From page 32 of this book, we understand that Cuckoo is known as Indian koel. Scientifically it is named Eudynamys scolopacea. These birds cannot built nests by themselves nor take care of their young ones without help of crows. So these birds are seen wherever crows are popular.



        Further the page facilitates kids into watching birds for the difference in appearance due to gender, and continues the effort through many questions like why they became parasitic? Can’t crows identify koel eggs? And so on.

Common Birds, a book in the series India- the land and the people; by Salim Ali and Laeeq Futehally, from National Book Trust sketches the life habits of Cuckoos on page 72. (Plate 10.51)

It says Cuckoos are world wide in distribution. Males are glistening metallic black all over with a striking yellowish green bill and blood red eyes. The female is brown, spotted and barred with white. Only males can sing!
 
They are basically arboreal and feed on figs, berries, insects and hairy caterpillars. These birds are called Kokilas in Hindi and Kuyil or Pullikuyil in Malayalam.

Ornithology is the study of birds. This was popularized by Dr. Salim Ali (1896-1987); who is accredited as an authority on Indian birds, internationally.

 Those who are further interested can peep into his compilation entitled “The Book of Indian Birds”, published by Bombay Natural History Society. (ISBN 0195637313). It’s like an encyclopedia on Indian birds and an excellent field guide for bird watchers.



 
Plate 33, narrates the habitat of these birds as lightly wooded country sides, gardens, groves and cultivated areas. On page 179-180 of the Centenary edition, field characters are described vividly. We understand that koels are silent during winter and become noisy with onset of summer. They represent indicators for change of season.

Our Pullikuyil was silently lying down on the ground.

We were trying to search for the biography of this great scientist and ornithologist, when our fellowmen came in to gather donations for the upcoming temple festival.

 One of them asked for the bird. 

My kids were reluctant to part with the bird then. They didn’t want to cage the bird either. When asked why, they surprised me by reciting a verse taught by Grandma:

ബന്à´§ൂà´° à´•ാà´ž്à´šà´¨ à´•ൂà´Ÿ്à´Ÿിà´²്‍ ആണെà´™്à´•ിà´²ും 
ബന്à´§à´¨ം ബന്à´§à´¨ം തന്à´¨െ à´ªാà´°ിà´²്‍...
They à´¸ൈà´¦്‌: "Let the bird totally revive and fly off". 
But the visitor promised to take care of the bird and tried to catch it. 

The bird that lay for more than an hour now struggled and managed to fly onto a nearby branch. From there it flew still higher after sometime. It remained silently there for two days and then went off.

We thanked God for the fortuitous instance to save a life and the opportunity to learn from nature…



      

Thursday, March 3, 2011

SUDOKU - learning and playing the game


I have two kids and both have highly diverse interests. So, each is enrolled for extra curricular activities, in different places. As the session is in progress for one, the other remains with me and during the waiting hours, both are keen to play games on my cell phone.

I seldom use the instrument except to send an urgent SMS or make an emergency call when out of home. But these young fellows, they have identified other options and speak about them!

In my Nokia 2630, Sudoku is an available option in the games folder.

One day as my younger one played with the same, I simply peeped in. I felt there was something wrong in the way in which she moved ahead in the game. I got the cell, read the instructions and tried playing the game. Wahl!my trial was successful. We got an emoticon displaying CORRECT!

My elder kid was already familiar with the same as she used to play it with her aunty. Though she can play for herself, she could not explainthe basic points to be considered and hence couldn't guide her sibling effectively.

Earlier my younger one thought it was something related to Mathematics and so kept herself off, as she is yet to learn addition and subtraction. however, as she came to know about it, she has become so interested that she is quite eager to fetch the morning newspaper and search for Sudoku in it.Though its a higher level, she facilitates me to fill in as much as I can. She verifies for the answers where available and gets excited for all the right entries.
There are small books with Sudoku puzzles for kids in any book stall.

 What is a Sudoku?
It is a logical number placement puzzle in which we enter a digit from 1 to 9 in each cell of a 9x9 grid made up of 3x3 sub grids, starting with various digits given in some cells. Each row and column must contain only one instance of each digit. As we enter into the game option, there are three categories, Easy, Medium and Hard. The basic procedure is the same.

Naturally I took the Easy segment. There were 100 puzzles in that alone.

Easy simple grid:
The first one was as tabulated below.
2

1
6
3
4

4
6
2
5

1
2
5

6
3
4
6
3
5

2

1
4

2
6
6
3
2
1

5

This game is like filling up the blanks. The numbers used in this grid ranges from 1 to 6. Now I named the cells based on position in the rows and columns for identification.
R1 C1
R1 C2
R1 C3
R1 C4
R1 C5
R1 C6
R2 C1
R2 C2
R2 C3
R2 C4
R2 C5
R2 C6
R3 C1
R3 C2
R3 C3
R3 C4
R3 C5
R3 C6
R4 C1
R4 C2
R4 C3
R4 C4
R4 C5
R4 C6
R5 C1
R5 C2
R5 C3
R5 C4
R5 C5
R5 C6
R6 C1
R6 C2
R6 C3
R6 C4
R6 C5
R6 C6

In Row 1, only RIC2 was blank. The missing number was 5 in that row. All other numbers from 1 to 6 were present in other cells. 

In row 3, only R3C4 was missing and the left out number was 4 and in row 4, the missing one was R4C5 and the value was 1.

Similarly in the last row, only R6C5 was missing and the missing number in that line was 4.
This seemed so easy.

2
5
1
6
3
4

4
6
2
5

1
2
5
4
6
3
4
6
3
5
1
2

1
4

2
6
6
3
2
1
4
5

In the remaining two rows there were two cells each with missing values. How to find that?
I calculated the total sum of all values in the complete rows and columns. Both ways it was 21.
Now I started concentrating attention into columns. Last column had only one left out value. Cell R2C6. The number was 1.

In the 4th column the cell was R5C4 and the value 3.
2
5
1
6
3
4

4
6
2
5
1
1
2
5
4
6
3
4
6
3
5
1
2

1
4
3
2
6
6
3
2
1
4
5

Now only column 1 was left to be filled.  Here in the second row, the missing value was 3 and in the fifth row, the missing value was 5.
2
5
1
6
3
4
3
4
6
2
5
1
1
2
5
4
6
3
4
6
3
5
1
2
5
1
4
3
2
6
6
3
2
1
4
5

Addition of all values in every row and column gave 21. Thus the Sudoku was completed and the answer was right!

So, this is how we play a Sudoku? The number range would differ and also the sum total also with each Sudoku. This is only demonstration of a simple one for beginners.  

This helps kids to learn through fun. It helps them to identify missing numbers, addition and subtraction. It improves their comprehensive ability, concentration and confidence. Read more about Sudoku and its logic, mathematics, variants, etc at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku

Standard grids:
Sudoku is generally in a 9x9 grid format in which the sub grids are units of 3x3.


8


5
3
6
4
9

4
7
9
2
8

6
3

5
3
6



2
8
1
9
6
8
4
5
3





3
1

7
8





6
2
8
9
5
3
3
2
1



5
4
8

8
4

1
5
7
2
9

9
5
8
4
2


6

 An example on how I proceeded to solve the above Sudoku is elaborated below.
R
O
W
S

Columns

C1
c2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
R1
8

1
2
5
3
6
4
9
7
R2
4

7
9
2
8
1
6
3
5
R3
5

3
6
9
7
4
2
8
1
R4
9

6
8
4
5
3
1
7
2
R5
2

5
3
1
9
7
8
6
4
R6
1

4
7
6
2
8
9
5
3
R7
3

2
1
7
6
9
5
4
8
R8

6
8
4
3
1
5
7
2
9
R9

7
9
5
8
4
2
3
1
6

Naturally the sum of numbers 1 to 9 along a row or column would be 45.
In columns C3 AND C7, only two numbers are missing.
In C3, the numbers 2 and 7 are missing. In R6, we have 2 in C5. So the probable value for C3R6 is 7.
In C7, the numbers 1 and 3 are missing. Here also, in R4, we have 3 in C6R4. So the most probable entry here is 1.

Now let us move to rows.
 In R1, R2, R4, R6, R8, R9 only two numbers are missing.
R1: here 1 and 7 are missing. But number 1 is available in C9R3 and number 7 in C2R2.
So it is easy to note the numbers here.
R2: the missing numbers are 1 and 5.
Here again 1 is already available in R3C9 and 5 is available in C6R8.
So it is easy to note the numbers.
R4: the missing numbers are 2 and 7.
The number 2 is already available in C8 and 7 in C9. So entry of numerals is again an easy task.
In R6, the missing numbers are 1 and 4.
Of this 1 is in C2 and 4 is in C1. So again numbers is easy.
In R8, the missing numbers are 3 and 6. Here also 6 are there in C4 and 3 in C1.
In R9, the missing numbers are 1 and 7.Here again 1 is already there in C1 and 7 in C8.
So the entry is quite easy.

At this stage let us move to columns once again. As we span them, we can see that C1, C2, C8 and C9 have only one missing number each. So, let us fill them soon with the respective missing number from 1 to 9. (Entries are highlighted in yellow).

Now rows R3 and R7 remains to be filled. So let us move back to rows.
In R3, numbers 4, 7, 9 are missing. But 4 are available in C4 and 7 in C6. So let’s enter 4 and 7.
In R7, numbers 6, 7, 9 are missing. But 6 are in C4 and 7 are in C6. So let us enter these numbers 6 and 7.
These entries are highlighted in blue.
Now we can enter 9 comfortably in C4R3 and C6R7. (Entries highlighted in green.)
The only box that is left blank is R5C5, waiting for another 9.(entry highlighted in pink).
This completes the Sudoku.

There is another method of approaching the same Sudoku through sub-grids. This is elaborated in the link http://www.sudokudaily.net/instructions/ . Here we can also play Sudoku online, daily at different levels.


9

5





8
4


5
7

1

6

2
7
6



4


9
6


3
5
1
2
7

4

1

3


2
1

9
8



4

8
1


4

9

3


8



5
1


2


7

6


In this Sudoku,let us combine all available options.This is a sample from the Nokia category Hard(level1).
Initially let us divide the Sudoku into sub grids of 3x3 units.(Better use a sketch pen to demarcate thus in the beginning.)
In each sub grid the numbers 1 to 9 can appear only once.As earlier, in any column or row also, the numbers 1 to 9 can appear only once.
Now, let us start the process by identifying the column or row or sub grid that has least number of blanks and start filling them one by one. As we proceed, we can see that the rows or columns with many balnks are reduced to minimum blanks and are automatically easy to be filled in.
 
The resolved puzzle is added for cross reference...


9
6
5
4
2
1
7
3
8
4
3
8
5
7
9
1
2
6
1
2
7
6
3
8
9
4
5
8
9
6
7
4
3
5
1
2
7
5
4
2
1
6
3
8
9
2
1
3
9
8
5
6
7
4
6
8
1
3
5
4
2
9
7
3
7
9
8
6
2
4
5
1
5
4
2
1
9
7
8
6
3

Another sample from Nokia 2630 set of Medium category Sudoku, done giving emphasis to the sub grid style.
try yourself and check out the answer key beneath.

3
1
2

9
5
4
7
6
5

9
1

7

8
2
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3

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9
3
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7

5

Answer key for verification

3
1
2
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9
5
4
7
6
5
6
9
1
4
7
3
8
2
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7
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9
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1
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6
2
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6
3
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8
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1
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There are many sites that explain about Sudoku, its logic, steps and methods with tips. Some of them are noted below. Visit them for more Sudoku.  

On You tube there are many videos that explain about this puzzle resolving game. A sample is brought below.

1.       How to play a Sudoku


Another simple guide on types of Sudoku, strategies in Sudoku and a tutorial is also available at eHow. http://www.ehow.com/how_2041470_play-sudoku.html. They say it improves your memory and strengthens your brains.


At the next level, an excellent video of the same is available as 8 segments, at Monkey see. This covers the following topics in a simple manner.

1.       How to play a Sudoku

2.       Basic rules of Sudoku

3.       Guess work in Sudoku

4.       One choice technique

5.       One place technique

6.       Scanning technique

7.       Double scanning technique

8.       Finishing the puzzle

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