Disclosure: I received a copy of each Solve It! book to review and keep.
The summer holidays are almost upon us and with them comes the age-old challenge of keeping kids entertained. Particularly if you’re travelling anywhere and keen to keep the calls of “Are we nearly there yet?” to an absolute minimum.
I’m a strong believer in keeping their minds active while school’s out – six weeks is a long time not to be giving their brains a workout, after all – so this new range of books by Collins is just the job.
The Solve It! range comprises four books, each focusing on a different area and all aimed at kids aged eight and up. Read on for an overview of each title plus your chance to win one of two sets.
Solve It! Word Games for Big Thinkers
Much like me, my kids love word games so this one is bound to prove popular. It boasts over 120 puzzles including anagrams, wordsearches and missing vowels.
It’ll help them keep their literacy skills sharp and the challenges are of a decent standard so they should feel a good sense of achievement with each one they complete.
Solve It! Number Games for Big Thinkers
My lot are going to love this one too. Again, there are more than 120 puzzles comprising sum finders, Sudoku and number towers among others.
Again, they’re not too easy which can only be a good thing – well, unless the kids need my help, but I’m hopeless at maths – so this should serve them well.
Solve It! Brain Games for Big Thinkers
This one offers a bit of everything. There are wordsearches, picture problems and code breakers among a great many others.
As is the case with the previous two books, the puzzles get progressively harder as you go through – a great idea for keeping young minds engaged and ready to hit the ground running when they return to school in September!
Solve It! Guess the Word Inspired by Wordle
We all love Wordle in our house and the kids have been known to create their own grids for us to complete, so I know they’ll enjoy this book too.
It allows two players to play a game inspired by the hugely popular online title. One checks the answer in the back of the book and then marks the other’s progress at guessing the mystery word.
Win one of two sets!
I’m impressed by all of the books and am glad my kids will be using them while they’re off school. We’ll definitely be packing all of them for our summer holiday.
All of the Solve It! books have an RRP of £4.99, but I have two full sets up for grabs. To be in with a chance of winning, enter via the Rafflecopter widget below.
You can use as many of the entry methods as you like. Good luck!
Comments
I like the sound of the ‘Solve It! Number Games for Big Thinkers’ as it’s a great way to build their confidence with maths at the same time!
fabtastic giveaway
Would love to win. Son loves Wordle.
great prize!
Great for my nephew many thanks
These would be perfect for my son, we’re struggling to get him a school place since moving to a new area a few months ago, so things that are educational, without seeming like actual school are ideal!
These look really fun! My children love puzzles and word games, we’re always playing them on car journeys 🙂
These look great to keep kid’s minds occupied and are not electronics!
Great value for the content and attractively designed covers. We were taught mainly by rote as children. Shame books like these were not used in schools at that time.
My Godson would love these! He would enjoy them so much.
Great fun and challenging prize
my grandson loves challenging problems and he would be delighted if l were the lucky winner
These books look great especially for children who may be a little behind!
My son would really enjoy these. Hopefully they would distract him from gaming.
These look great – I like the sounds of the one based on Wordle.
My son would really enjoy these books!
My grandson would love these.
great fun! my grandchildren would love this!
These sound great. We love books like these.
Yes these sound great for kids.
This would be amazing to take on holiday with us, we have five boys who would love them
My kids love these puzzles- great to keep their brains working over the summer holidays
Great for my grandchildren with it soon to be the summer hols
My children love puzzles and word games, especially during car journeys
Ideal for my Little Cousin
Oh these look great. Me and my kids love puzzles to get the brain working
They look great! I think activities like this are so important to keep the brain active – and they’re just fun to do together 🙂
These sound ideal for my granddaughter. She loves puzzles and games
These would be great to keep my daughter busy over the school holidays!
These would be great for my nephew and niece.
fantastic boredom buster for school holidays
My daughter would love these great holiday fun sat round the beach
Great for our long car trip coming up!
These sound great! Perfect for over the summer holidays!
perfect for the holidays
They would be perfect for the holidays
Fab prize! Thanks for the chance x
these looks great
My 9 year old twins would love these!
My son would love these and just perfect for the summer holidays
These books sound brilliant! They’d definitely keep the kids brains busy during the summer holidays
This would be perfect for my kids over the summer. Fingers crossed
My son will love these, great for passing the time on journeys
would be lovely for my grandson bertie
These look great & would entertain the boys when we have no signal over the holidays
Cool giveaway love it I could see the kids reading these.
My son is always needing entertainment on long journeys these look perfect.
My daughter would love these
These sound fantastic perfect for school holidays
Love these fun educational books. My kids and I have great fun doing puzzles and when they are having fun they don’t realise they are learning at the same time.
Wow. Awesome prizes… Wordle is a big hit in our house, so I think Guess The Word would go down well 🙂
This would be great to try and win for my nephew for the Summer break.
I’d like to win this for my daughter. Thanks for the competition.
This would be nice to try and win for my grandchildren.