{"id":30081,"date":"2021-10-13T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=30081"},"modified":"2021-10-12T17:23:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T00:23:51","slug":"colorku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/colorku\/","title":{"rendered":"ColorKu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/colorku\">Colorku<\/a> is sudoku as a game board with colored wooden spheres. Each color represents a different number in a sudoku game.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great way to be able to play sudoku as a family. The colors are more visually appealing than plain numbers and give the game a different feel.<\/p>\n<p>When contemplating possibilities for a given row or square, you can hold the missing colors in your hand and mentally try them out.<\/p>\n<p>For advanced sudoku it helps to write possibilities in the squares to help analyze patterns. That is just not possible with this setup. I<\/p>\n<p>t&#8217;s great for kids to learn pattern matching and deductive logic. They can contribute without having to solve the entire puzzle themselves. As a math game, it also gives people a chance to explain their reasoning and get feedback.<\/p>\n<p>My main complaint is that the balls in the plastic holder sit too deeply making it difficult to grab the ball. That is not a problem with the wooden board, which is shallower. Pets can also find the balls irresistible to chew on or bat around. We&#8217;ve had our set for at least 10 years now and still pull it out every month or so.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorful alternative to sudoku<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30081"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39226,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30081\/revisions\/39226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}