puzzles for children
Y letters for children 10
Alphabet and number strips Alphabet and number strips. For lots of ideas for how to use these and our printable "alphabets", have a look here. Downloa... more>> <<less
PuzzleTron 0.9
PuzzleTron - Create web puzzles for your friends more>>
It works on MacOSX, Linux, Windows. Create and Share puzzles with your friends - PuzzleTron has a function to upload your puzzle to PuzzletTon.com site (Web Publish) then simple email link to community.
Puzzle 1.1
A lovely Yahoo widget that is able to generate puzzles. more>> A lovely Yahoo widget that is able to generate puzzles.
With the Puzzle Widget, you can drop a photo from your computer or a web page onto the resizable frame and it will create a jigsaw puzzle to solve with 8 to 120 pieces!
You can rotate, reposition, and resize your photos before creating your puzzle. You also have the possibility to open a smaller window in order to see how it will look like when finished.
System requirements:
- Yahoo! Widget Engine
Area Puzzles 1.2
Area Puzzles is designed to be an interesting puzzle in which students are shown a ten by ten grid sprinkled with numbers. more>>
Area Puzzles 1.2 is designed to be an interesting puzzle in which students are shown a ten by ten grid "sprinkled" with numbers. Students must fill the grid with colored rectangles so that the area of each rectangle matches the "sprinkle" number inside of it.
Area Puzzles is a set of math programs for students is grades 5 through 9. Students must fill a ten ... Area Puzzles is a set of math programs for students is grades 5 through 9. Students must fill a tenPuzzle Icons 1.0
Puzzle Icons - Puzzle icons collection more>>
All icons are aquafied and look best in 128x128 at 32bit mode.
Completly freeware for personal use.
Twixt Puzzles 1.0
Twixt Puzzles - Challenging puzzle game widget more>>
This widget lets you play with a set of Twixt quarterboard puzzles (one 12 x 12 quadrant of a regular 24 x 24 Twixt board). These puzzles represent fairly realistic endgame conditions, and some are derived from actual games between good players.
Be warned: these are challenging puzzles!
Fortune Puzzles 1.2
Fortune Puzzles - Solve the puzzles and Madame Murghi will appear from the murky depths to tell your fortune more>>
This game works best on older Macintoshes. Compatible with system 7.0, it even works well at speeds as low as 16 mhz. Works on newer computer, but a bit clunky and without some of the visual effects.
TooHot Crossword Puzzles Compiler 0.5.0
TooHot Crossword Puzzles Compiler allows you to create custom crossword puzzles fully automatically using your own databases or built in clue-answer dictionaries more>> TooHot Crossword Puzzles Compiler allows you to create custom crossword puzzles fully automatically using your own databases or built in clue-answer dictionaries. Puzzles can be exported as HTML or published as Online-Game with popular TooHot Open Source Java Applet.
Java 1.2 or later.
Jigsaw Puzzle Player for Mac OS X 1.0.4
Play jigsaw puzzles on your Mac OS X computer, its just like the real thing but without the hassle. The free JPP software includes several free jigsaw puzzles. More puzzles are available from the www. more>>
JPP lets you work on multiple puzzles and switch between them, the program automatically remembers the state of each puzzle, so that you can continue with it later. Play small puzzles that fit within your screen or use the smart zooming, navigating and splitscreen features to play large puzzles with several hundred pieces.

Fraction Puzzles 1.5
Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. The program shows a series of 150 preset problems more>> Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. The program shows a series of 150 preset problems. Each problem has a blank, sectioned square and a given fraction goal. Students must shade the square to match the given fraction. The program allows students to draw lines on the screen, and to shade certain fractional parts.
Mac OS 7.0 or later.
Version 1.5:
- A help screen has been added.
- Students can now select to have the program complete the puzzle grid.
- Improved interface.
$1.64 Puzzle 1.0
$1.64 Puzzle is known as a free yet very useful program taken from a CD-ROM collection of over 200 mathematics puzzles, available on the developers Web site. more>>
$1.64 Puzzle 1.0 is known as a free yet very useful program taken from a CD-ROM collection of over 200 mathematics puzzles, available on the developer's Web site. Developed by a veteran teacher, these visually-oriented puzzle games have a simple interface and are designed to provide math problems in context to middle-school (grades five through nine) students.
In this particular program, students must place four quarters, four dimes, four nickels, and four pennies on a four-by-four grid so that the rows and columns sum to given values. The program generates hundreds of problems on two levels of difficulty. You can view a screenshot of this program by clicking here.

MacPips Jigsaw Puzzle Widget 1.2
MacPips Jigsaw Puzzle Widget is the new and fascinating latest in the line of popular Dashboard games and utilities in widget form! Drag the pieces around to complete one of three built in puzzles. Each time you play the puzzle changes. more>>
MacPips Jigsaw Puzzle Widget 1.2 is the new and fascinating latest in the line of popular Dashboard games and utilities in widget form! Drag the pieces around to complete one of three built in puzzles. Each time you play the puzzle changes.
Jigsaw Widget gives you 3 puzzles to choose from:
- easy iPod
- tricky Penguins
- fiendish Pebbles
MacPips Jigsaw Puzzle is the full-featured version of
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Children-safe ghost screensaver. more>>
Plane Fighter 1.5
Free and open source Java shooting game more>> Free and open source Java shooting game
Plane Fighter is a small shooting game for children. Plane Fighter is written in Java so it should compile on all major platforms.
System requirements:
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DiGi Puzzle 1.0.1
DiGi Puzzle is a sliding piece jigsaw puzzle that uses pictures of the fun characters from the DiGi Charat television show more>> DiGi Puzzle is a sliding piece jigsaw puzzle that uses pictures of the fun characters from the DiGi Charat television show. You click on the square picture fragments to slide them around until they are all in their correct places, at which time youll see the full picture as a reward.
Mac OS X 10.0 or higher.