Your students may think they are playing games, but you know that they are actually stretching their vocabularies, testing their decoding skills, recognizing common spelling patterns, and strengthening their visual thinking.

The 54 illustrated puzzles provide plenty of holiday fun for November and Decembe, including activities for Veterans Day, Election Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanzaa. Turn to Holiday Puzzlers when you want a break from the usual classroom routine, put spare moments to good use, or to reward students who finish their work early.

All kinds of puzzles-from word searches and mazes to make-your-own puzzles-fill spare moments and help celebrate winter holidays. Many of the 54 illustrated puzzles are word puzzles that stretch students' vocabularies in particular word categories, test their decoding skills, and require recognition of common spelling patterns; others strengthen visual thinking. Includes solutions.