At what age can babies start to solve wooden puzzles?
A young baby will, from the age of about 10 months, start to work out very basic puzzle solving toys. Whilst they might not be able to complete all puzzles straight away, its a vital part of their learning development that you give them toys and wooden puzzles which they need to work out. When your child is about ten months old, a very simple stacking game or placing small cubes into large shapes is an ideal first wooden puzzle.
The most popular wooden puzzles which babies begin to learn with are usually toys known as shape sorters. These come in all sorts of sizes, shapes and designs. We have a wide range from simple square ones to harder animal shaped ones. Simple shape sorters work like wooden puzzles and help babies to learn through play. They help babies and toddlers with solving problems and learning basic motor skills. Children learn shapes and solve problems by playing with them and figuring out how to put them into the correct sized hole in the shape sorter frame.
Another great wooden puzzle for young children is wooden stacking toys. By repetitive play young toddlers can learn to stack the pieces up, and eventually how to stack in the right order.
By the time your child is two years old, he or she can solve simple games like memory games, where wooden pieces have matching images on and they take in turns to turn two over and match up. These memory games are great for communication skills as well as memory and puzzle solving, and can be great fun! As your child grows up, the skills they learn through solving the puzzle can be used to help other skills such as fine motor skills, communication and memory. It’s a great way to help develop focus and concentration skills in young children.
Can Toddlers Do Puzzles?
Yes! If you get age appropriate or ability appropriate puzzles then with a little help and patience they will learn outYou can teach your child to solve a puzzle if you provide him or her with some basic knowledge of how to solve it. If you keep your child on track, he or she’ll learn how to solve simple puzzles in no time at all. If you keep your child on track, he or she’ll have no trouble solving larger, more complex puzzles before long. Just plenty of play and practise!
Jigsaws for Children
A regular jigsaw puzzle is not as easy as it sounds; even if it is just a small amount of pieces. Jigsaw requires a lot of skills to complete it. Basic toddler jigsaws start with just 2-3 pieces. Your child will need to learn to look at pictures, recognise images, then use their fine motor skills to match the pieces together. Usually jigsaws for younger children are cut into more simpler shapes which should fit easily together. As children’s abilities develop they can move onto much larger jigsaws, some contain thousands of pieces! However, the same skills they learn when completely their first jigsaw, will stay with them for completely all jigsaws.
