Ages 3–12

Activity books by age, from 3 to 12

Every book is tuned to the age you choose. Here is what actually changes as children grow, with real pages from our sample books. Nothing below is a promise about how your child will do: every child is different, and you can always make the next book a step easier or harder.

Ages 3–5

Pictures first, and a grown-up nearby to read. A 3-year-old gets the same puzzles as a 4-year-old.

Mazes on a 5 × 5 grid
Picture matching and name tracing instead of word searches
Picture sudoku on a 4 × 4 grid, 10 pictures given
Secret codes with pictures for letters

**Match the first letter**
Pictures and the letters they start with

**Find the way**
Their pet finds the way home

**Road-trip bingo**
Pictures to spot, three in a row wins

Ages 6–7

Words start to appear: word searches, picture crosswords and comics with speech bubbles.

Mazes on a 8 × 8 grid
Word searches on a 8 × 8 grid with 6 words
Picture crosswords with 5 words
Picture sudoku on a 4 × 4 grid, 7 pictures given
Secret codes with numbers for letters

**Home word search**
Their own name hides in it

**Make a comic**
Panels and speech bubbles to fill

**Our travel map**
Draw the route and the stops

Age 8

Longer words, more of them, and puzzles that need a bit of planning.

Mazes on a 12 × 12 grid
Word searches on a 10 × 10 grid with 9 words, some of them diagonal
Picture crosswords with 7 words
Picture sudoku on a 6 × 6 grid, 18 pictures given
Secret codes with a mirror alphabet
Also riddles

**Picture crossword**
Clues are pictures, answers are words

**Crack the code**
A mirror alphabet message

**Road signs**
Match the shapes to their names

Ages 9–12

Bigger grids, trickier codes and more words, for older children who still love a good puzzle book.

Mazes on a 16 × 16 grid
Word searches on a 12 × 12 grid with 12 words, some of them diagonal, some hidden backwards
Picture crosswords with 9 words
Picture sudoku on a 6 × 6 grid, 14 pictures given
Secret codes with a mirror alphabet
Also logic grids, word ladders and riddles

**Word search, 9+**
A bigger grid with words hidden backwards

**Maze, 9+**
A large maze with long dead ends

**Picture sudoku, 9+**
A 6×6 grid with fewer pictures given

Easier or harder next time

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