Sheila McKinney

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Can U KenKen?

KenKen is a math game that was invented in 2003 by Japanese math instructor Tetsuya Miyamoto. KenKen means "square wisdom" or "cleverness squared". Mr. Miyamoto developed it as a learning tool to improve arithmetic and logical reasoning skills for his students. The puzzles are so fascinating and addictive that Mr. Miyamoto has a huge following.

I recently introduced KenKen as a learning tool in my financial literacy presentation to children and young adults. It is another way to get kids to be involved with numbers and it is fun!!!!! Even the young adults (and older adults) love it!!!!