Post by britbratjf on Apr 21, 2015 11:48:33 GMT -5
What kind of puzzles an your kids do? We still just have the big chunky piece puzzles but they aren't exactly a challenge anymore. Should I get one that's more like an actual puzzle? I found some that are 3+ but that just seems way too hard. Maybe I'm underestimating her capabilities
Post by summergirl1211 on Apr 21, 2015 11:52:41 GMT -5
Riley's in the same place. She's been doing the chunky piece puzzles (like the Melissa and Doug numbers) for awhile and is bored with them now. But we also have several 25 piece Doc McStuffins puzzles that she got for Christmas and can't figure them out yet. We just keep bringing them out once in awhile and help her put them together. I'm sure she'll start getting it soon!
Post by origamimommy on Apr 21, 2015 11:54:53 GMT -5
Tyler just started doing the floor puzzles (like 25-30 pieces), but it took a while of introducing them, him watching us, etc. Sometimes (um, most times) he gets frustrated and walks away, but more and more he's starting to really figure them out. I say give them a try!
Tyler just started doing the floor puzzles (like 25-30 pieces), but it took a while of introducing them, him watching us, etc. Sometimes (um, most times) he gets frustrated and walks away, but more and more he's starting to really figure them out. I say give them a try!
Zoe has one floor puzzle too and she usually needs help getting started, but she likes it. You can give it a try and see what happens.
Post by snickers4everyone on Apr 21, 2015 13:23:09 GMT -5
We do all kinds of floor puzzles together, but just recently discovered the foam ones. LOVE them. They are so much more durable than the cardboard. She doesn't get them right away either, but I'll give her two halves of a face and she can figure that out. Really I think she just likes the time together. ETA: we have this one, but if you search foam puzzles you'll find others (like Mickey, Frozen, Cars, etc).
Hanna loves to work on a puzzle at my Mom's that is pretty hard IMO. It's an underwater picture and it's the normal pieces I want to say areound 50 pieces. They are probably 1.5" but the base has the picture so she can line the pieces up. It still takes her a bit but she has actually completed quite a bit.
T can do 24 piece puzzles on his own. He's always been really, really good a puzzles. He loves them and does a few a day. For his birthday I'll get him a 48 piece. He usually needs help with those, but I don't have to do them. I love the Melissa and Doug ones that come on the wood board. Those are by far the most durable.
Tommy mastered this box pretty quickly, but he still loves to do them.
After helping him a few times he can do these on his own. These are wood and thick. Great puzzles.
Before Christmas I got my LO's a puzzle with maybe 6 pieces to introduce them to jigsaw puzzles. Then for Christmas I got them a set of 3 24-piece wooden puzzle. Similar to these Melissa and Doug ones. At first they needed some help but now do them with no help at all. I think the wooden frame helps and the pieces are thick so they snap together and stay in place.
We have been doing two piece puzzles. There will be 18 pieces to make 9 puzzles mixed up and Emmett has to find the two pieces that go together to make a picture. To us it seemed like a good way to bridge the gap between the chunky puzzles and the real things.
Amazon had a good amount of two piece puzzles. We have one set that make animals. I think it matches the baby with the mom or something along those lines. We also have one that matches uppercase and lowercase letters. This one does not really make a sceen, but it is still a puzzle.
Besides the wooden melissa & doug type puzzles with just the different kinds of animals, travel, letters, etc. we also have a big foam Minnie & Daisy puzzle (<<clicky) that she really likes that she got for Christmas.
This year in her Easter basket I got this one from the dollar store and she likes it. The Doc one is cardboard like regular puzzle pieces and she does okay with it, since they're large pieces (it's a 3+ puzzle) but she did try bending one or two of the pieces already.... so we have to remind her to be gentle with it and not to bend them. I think the foam one is better for right now and she really likes doing that one together, but the cheapo $1 puzzle doesn't make me cry if she ruins it.
ETA: I definitely have to help her with it, but i'll pull out a piece and ask her to find another piece with red on it so we can match them. She loves matching things, so that helps!
We got a three pack from Walmart that are not super hard, but not super easy either and LO loves them! They stay at my in-laws, but she totally looks forward to playing with them each time we visit. One is ABCs, one is colors, and the third is shapes.
On a side note, lacing cards have been a big hit in our house lately! We have the ones below and it keeps LO busy for a while.
Post by huskiefanuw on Apr 22, 2015 20:37:44 GMT -5
Am I the only one who hates puzzles? She just makes a mess with them once she is done and always seems to hide a piece. I might have some of her puzzles on the top shelf of her closet.
Oh, this is another fun puzzle kind of thing. When I first taught K it was in my room and the kids loved it. I decided I would get it for my kids one day. Tommy seems to like it more as he gets older.
trixi282 we have that, but haven't given it to T yet! I got it super cheap near Christmas but he had so many gifts I was saving it for his Easter basket and forgot. Maybe if he has a really good week at school I'll give it to him as a prize.
Am I the only one who hates puzzles? She just makes a mess with them once she is done and always seems to hide a piece. I might have some of her puzzles on the top shelf of her closet.
I despise puzzles. I hate doing them myself and hate kid puzzles too. Emma has a bunch of the 12 piece wooden puzzles and a few of the boxed 24 piece puzzles. She can do the 12 and needs encouragement with the 24. Puzzles are her and DH's thing though. I hide the puzzles when he isn't home so I don't have to do them.
USCgirl Emma would love those lacing cards! I'll have to pick some of those us soon.
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