M.J.Hayes (Austin, Texas)

I am a university professor who does as little as possible with math. I work best in a verbal world so when a neighbor encouraged me to work Sudoku, I knew I couldn’t do it. But I found Sudoku challenging and, fortunately, learned that is has nothing to do with math. Still I kept missing out on the patterns and had to search through some books. Arghh! Now I have to learn a new language and these books didn’t explain the terms well. I searched online and found Chad Barker’s site and was so excited that some clear, concise instruction from a very good teacher helped me understand some of the tricks to solving the simplest puzzles. Then I tried the harder ones and failed.

Chad Barker came to the rescue again with his fabulous DVD set. Chad is a natural teacher, carefully showing the way to solve the problems, providing hands-on experience for the neophyte like me, and goes even further by having follow-up exercises. His instructions follow all of the best practices for teaching and learning. I encourage everyone – even if you think you know it all – get Chad’s DVD and you will not regret it. These are actually interesting and enjoyable to watch.