It's been fun. As Ed & Tiffany's boys have grown older they have figured out some games and puzzles that they're now suited for. A good example is the picture below. I announced that I would like to do someting with Jake or Tim. Tim wasn't sure since he had some new electronic games. But Jake took the opportunity to learn how to work "big boy" puzzles. I think this one was just over 100 pieces.
Regular jigsaw puzzles, of course are quite different from pre-school puzzles. The concept of building the picture "outside the frame" was the first one Jake saw as we separated out the "border" pieces. Once he saw what was going on and what we could do, he really got excited.
Once we had a border in place Jake had to understand the concept of matching colors and shapes so that you gather together all of a particular color or shade or line. I was particularly impressed how quickly he caught on to the concepts and began building inside segments on his own.
The one concept he had been clear on from the beginning was "can we glue the whole thing together like my parents always do?" Somehow we persuaded him to take it apart and try putting it together another time.
Regular jigsaw puzzles, of course are quite different from pre-school puzzles. The concept of building the picture "outside the frame" was the first one Jake saw as we separated out the "border" pieces. Once he saw what was going on and what we could do, he really got excited.
Once we had a border in place Jake had to understand the concept of matching colors and shapes so that you gather together all of a particular color or shade or line. I was particularly impressed how quickly he caught on to the concepts and began building inside segments on his own. 
The one concept he had been clear on from the beginning was "can we glue the whole thing together like my parents always do?" Somehow we persuaded him to take it apart and try putting it together another time.
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