Free Alphabet Puzzles

Alphabet puzzles and posters are available in over 60 world languages from Schottenbauer Publishing. These include single-language puzzle books in more than 40 languages, multiple-language puzzle books with a selection of 30 languages per book, and puzzle posters in more than 60 languages.

A free sample alphabet book featuring 10 languages is available on the Schottenbauer Publishing website. Languages include:

• Arabic 
• Chinese
• English
• Greek 
• Hebrew 
• Hindi 
• Neo-Tifinagh Berber
• Numbers
• Russian 
• Thai

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With Kindle Unlimited ($9.99/month) at Amazon.com, you can read all e-books from Schottenbauer Publishing for no extra charge! Amazon offers Free 30 Day Trials of Kindle Unlimited. With this deal, trial members can read all Schottenbauer Publishing e-books free! This includes all the e-book puzzles, Alphabets of the World, The World in a Graph, all the geometry workbooks, the books on Bow Science & Exercises, and the educational novels by M. Schottenbauer, Ph.D. 

Alphabet Puzzle Posters

What's Missing puzzle posters in over 60 languages provide an interesting addition to language classrooms, as well as the home decor of language aficionados everywhere! The posters, available from Zazzle, require viewers to compare two diagrams, and locate the missing letters. An additional component offers the viewers the opportunity to name the overall gestalt pattern of the diagram.

An example from Chinese is located below:

Overall, puzzle posters are available in the following languages:

Schottenbauer Publishing also offers What's Missing alphabet puzzle books and tests in a similar set of languages.


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Free Education Resources

Unbeatable Specials

With Kindle Unlimited ($9.99/month) at Amazon.com, you can read all e-books from Schottenbauer Publishing for no extra charge! Amazon offers Free 30 Day Trials of Kindle Unlimited. With this deal, trial members can read all Schottenbauer Publishing e-books free! This includes all the e-book puzzles, Alphabets of the World, The World in a Graph, all the geometry workbooks, the books on Bow Science & Exercises, and the educational novels by M. Schottenbauer, Ph.D. Currently, Kindle Unlimited is available in the USA and UK, with expansion to other countries expected soon.

Alphabet Puzzle Challenge Task

Searching for new uses of Alphabets of the World: Letters from 78 Languages in class or at home? Try this unique lesson plan! 

Alphabet Puzzle Challenge Task

Task Leader: Pick a set of unique letters from different alphabets, and write them on a sheet of paper.

Participants: Locate each letter in the book. Rewrite each letter on a sheet of paper, and write the name of the language from which it came.

Sample Task

Find each letter: 人 α ی ש ई ع 산 д س 용 ל 犬 

Variations

Timed Task: Record the time of completion for each participant.
Chained Task: Write the nth letter before or after the cued letter.

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Free Education Resources

Unbeatable Specials

With Kindle Unlimited ($9.99/month) at Amazon.com, you can read all e-books from Schottenbauer Publishing for no extra charge! Amazon offers Free 30 Day Trials of Kindle Unlimited. With this deal, trial members can read all Schottenbauer Publishing e-books free! This includes all the e-book puzzles, Alphabets of the World, The World in a Graph, all the geometry workbooks, the books on Bow Science & Exercises, and the educational novels by M. Schottenbauer, Ph.D. Currently, Kindle Unlimited is available in the USA and UK, with expansion to other countries expected soon.

Lesson Plans for "Alphabets of the World"

The book Alphabets of the World: Letters from 78 Languages can be integrated into classes from elementary school through high school, plus some college and university. Possible lesson plans include the following:

Handwriting & Art Classes

• Recopy one or more alphabets by hand

Language Arts & Math Classes

• Compare the geometry of the alphabets. Count the number of letters containing curves, and count the number of letters containing only straight lines. Create a table, comparing the number of curvy and edgy letters in each language. In two additional columns, calculate proportions for curvy and edgy letters (curvy letters/total letters; edgy letters/total letters). Which language is most curvy? Which language is most edgy?

Geography & Art Classes

• Compare the alphabets by geographical region of origin, using a black-and-white map of the world, and then color-coding the regions. Which geographical regions use the Roman alphabet? The Cyrillic alphabet? No alphabet, symbols, or glyphs? 

These are but a few possible lesson plans which can be based on Alphabets of the World: Letters from 78 Languages. Additional information about this fascinating book is available on the Schottenbauer Publishing website under Education: Language.


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Free Education Resources

Unbeatable Specials

With Kindle Unlimited ($9.99/month) at Amazon.com, you can read all e-books from Schottenbauer Publishing for no extra charge! Amazon offers Free 30 Day Trials of Kindle Unlimited. With this deal, trial members can read all Schottenbauer Publishing e-books free! This includes all the e-book puzzles, Alphabets of the World, The World in a Graph, all the geometry workbooks, the books on Bow Science & Exercises, and the educational novels by M. Schottenbauer, Ph.D. Currently, Kindle Unlimited is available in the USA and UK, with expansion to other countries expected soon.

Special Alphabet Puzzle Books Featuring 30 Languages Each!

What's Missing? Alphabet Puzzles in 30 Languages: Assorted Language Series provides a fun and easy way to explore different languages! Each book features 30 puzzles, with alphabet characters from around the world. Readers compare two puzzles, and circle the missing alphabet characters. No knowledge of foreign language is necessary!

Additional information on these and other puzzle books is available in the article "What's Missing?" Puzzle and Poster Series in Over 60 Languages! Readers who are interested in the series may also enjoy the book Alphabets of the World: Letters from 78 Languages, which presents alphabets from around the world in clear format for easy comparison.


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Unbeatable Specials

With Kindle Unlimited ($9.99/month) at Amazon.com, you can read all e-books from Schottenbauer Publishing for no extra charge! Amazon offers Free 30 Day Trials of Kindle Unlimited. With this deal, trial members can read all Schottenbauer Publishing e-books free! This includes all the e-book puzzles, Alphabets of the World, The World in a Graph, all the geometry workbooks, the books on Bow Science & Exercises, and the educational novels by M. Schottenbauer, Ph.D. Currently, Kindle Unlimited is available in the USA and UK, with expansion to other countries expected soon.

Puzzle Test Series Expands on Theme of Puzzle Books & Posters

Do you enjoy alphabet puzzles from Schottenbauer Publishing, available in languages from around the world? Educators, teachers, parents, and homeschoolers can also use alphabet puzzle tests in over 60 world languages! These tests from Schottenbauer Publishing offer flexible use for educational purposes, including: 

• Screening new & current students
• Testing ESL students in their primary language
• Testing any student for language skills
• Testing any student for cognitive abilities
• Enhancing language studies
• Testing in a second language
• Practicing second language skills
• Exploring new alphabets & languages
• Competing in academic language competitions for special events

In this series, each language is offered in two books: (1) the teacher book, with both puzzles and answers, and (2) a testbook, with instructions on the back and no answers. The same sequence of 30 puzzles are translated into 66 foreign languages, allowing for comparison of literacy and cognitive skills in two or more languages. The books can be used for a variety of assignments, not only completing the puzzles under timed or untimed conditions, but also serving as a platform for story-telling, essay-writing, analogy-formation, and other educational activities. With specific types of questions from the examiner, the tests can be used to screen for literacy, visual-spatial skills, simultaneous processing, gestalt perception, memory, processing speed, and other cognitive skills among children, youth, and adults. Additional information on the books is available on the Schottenbauer Publishing website under Education:Testing.

Complementing the alphabet puzzle test series, Schottenbauer Publishing also offers puzzle books and posters in over 60 languages. Also available is a book, Alphabets of the World: Letters from 78 Languages, which allows students to compare and contrast alphabets by various features, such as the number and type of letters per alphabet, as well as the geometrical style of the letters.

A free sample booklet of 10 mixed-language alphabet puzzles is available for download on the Schottenbauer Publishing website under Education:Puzzles.

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"What's Missing?" Puzzle and Poster Series in Over 60 Languages!

Alphabet puzzles from language around the world are now available from Schottenbauer Publishing! In these puzzles, readers compare two pictures fashioned out of alphabet letters, locating the missing characters.  Knowledge of foreign language is not necessary to complete these puzzles. The puzzles in What's Missing? were intentionally designed to be enjoyed by native speakers, foreign language learners, casual puzzle enthusiasts, children, youth, and adults.

Readers will be amazed by alphabets from around the world. The exquisitely artistic alphabet characters of Asian and Middle Eastern languages provide a delightful challenge for native speakers of English and Western European languages. Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Neo-Tifinagh Berber Glyphs puzzles are also quite interesting, with consistently larger graphics than other books in the series. Chinese puzzles contains full-word symbols from Mandarin.

These puzzle books are some of the most popular selections from Schottenbauer Publishing's catalog, which contains over 1000 books and multimedia educational products. The following selections are available:

• Single-language puzzle books in more than 40 languages 
• Multiple-language puzzle books with a selection of 30 languages per book
• Puzzle posters in more than 60 languages

Additional information and a free 10-page puzzle book is available on the Schottenbauer Publishing website under Education: Puzzles. Additional free reading opportunities and links are available under Education: Resources.

Educators may be interested in the series What's Missing? Puzzles for Educational Testing, available in over 60 languages. Additional information is available on the Schottenbauer Publishing website under Education:Testing.

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Schottenbauer Publishing

Free Education Resources


Unbeatable Specials

With Kindle Unlimited ($9.99/month) at Amazon.com, you can read all e-books from Schottenbauer Publishing for no extra charge! Amazon offers Free 30 Day Trials of Kindle Unlimited. With this deal, trial members can read all Schottenbauer Publishing e-books free! This includes all the e-book puzzles, Alphabets of the World, The World in a Graph, all the geometry workbooks, the books on Bow Science & Exercises, and the educational novels by M. Schottenbauer, Ph.D. Currently, Kindle Unlimited is available in the USA and UK, with expansion to other countries expected soon.