Time fillers, warm-ups and games
Last updated 8th October 2006
Timefilling ideas
Puzzles
Word games
Fun
Other Ideas
Some of the best time-fillers from teachingideas.co.uk
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Puzzles
discovery.com/brainboosters - On the website of the popular TV channel, this page offers lateral thinking, logic, spatial awareness, word and letter play and reasoning problems.
puzzlesineducation.com - As you might guess, this site holds educational puzzles. Most are suitable for use on the IWB.
TES Brainteasers - Mixed bag of puzzles with a maths focus.
Sudoku for children - Dozens of archived sudokus to download and a new one each day.
Puzzle Maker - All sorts of puzzles including wordsearches, cryptograms, hidden message and more.
puzzlesoup.com - Rebus puzzles (Dingbats) and links to puzzle websites.
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Word Games
wordsmith.org - Anagrams, word play plus dictionary and thesaurus by email.
funwithwords.com - Every conceivable type of wordplay. From online hangman to puns, anagrams, definitions for every type of "nym" words and a lot more.
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Fun Stuff
janbrett.com - Games, activities, colouring, "how to draw" videos and more.
Magic Kaleidoscope Painter - Amazes children of all ages; just move the mouse around the screen and create your own patterns.
Virtual Drumkit - A lot of fun!
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Other Stuff
teachingideas.co.uk/timefillers - Timefilling whole-class, group and individual activities.
theboredombuster.co.uk - Games, classroom activities, stories, articles and reviews - well worth a look.
Free (and very professional-looking) quiz generator
Random Bingo card generator - To make up to 35 unique cards with up to 20 different words, phrases or numbers.
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