Puzzles and Games

One of the skills we measure at School for Little Children is whether or not your child solves puzzles. 
What does that mean exactly?
When we think of solving puzzles, most of us narrowly think of working jigsaw puzzles.  Jigsaw puzzles ARE a kind of puzzle, but there are so many, many more!
At school, we take the w i d e view of solving puzzles.  To us, any toy or manipulative with pieces that need assembly or ordering or nesting is a puzzle.  Just look in the photo above. One Bunny is matching egg halves to each other.  Another Bunny is ordering pegs by size, shape and color.  Also on the table are beads for stringing, and pattern blocks to create pictures on mats.  ALL of these are puzzles!!  And they all need solving.  It is important to give the children a variety of puzzles to solve so they can exercise different cognitive skills with each attempt.  Lucky for these kiddos our closets are stocked with fun activities for them to try each week!