Puzzles

Children and Valuable Life Skills Revealed by Doing Jigsaw Puzzles

Copyright (c) 2009 Elke Smith

Jigsaw puzzles have been a long-time favorite learning toy. Parents often appreciate the value of puzzles and their importance in enhancing a child’s basic educational skills. By putting together a Puzzle, a child’s hand-to-eye coordination skills are sharpened as each piece is worked to “magically” fit into its proper space with its distinctive shape or form. Puzzles encourage cognitive development like memory, problem solving and decision-making skills. When shared with others, puzzles promote social interaction thereby helping develop a child’s social skills. The educational value of a puzzle doesn’t stop with basic educational skills, puzzles also teach life skills such as patience, persistence and self-worth, for example. The attitude with which a child completes a puzzle will be a small indication and reflection as to how they can and will relate to life as they mature.

PATIENCE: Puzzles teach patience. As defined in the Encarta Dictionary, “patience is the capacity for waiting without becoming annoyed or upset and to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties”. The concept of waiting is difficult for a child. Using a puzzle as an example, we can show our children the importance of patience as each piece is maneuvered into place, sometimes with ease and sometimes by trial and error. As his patience is exercised, he will begin to realize that with patience each piece will eventually fit and he will achieve the desired result thereby realizing his reward in the end. Life (and puzzles) does not provide the instant satisfaction of “I want it now, I have to have it now” as understood in a child’s world. The reward is the end result of delayed gratification. As adults we become aware of the benefits of working toward a goal. We learn that ethic and achieve that goal with time, hard work and persistence. As a result we achieve the satisfaction of accomplishment which becomes a reward within itself. Teach your child to compare the puzzle to life – how many times do things not make sense when we don’t have all the facts (pieces)? We learn through patience that each piece contributes to the entire picture offering its own contribution or variable aspect to the whole. Puzzles help provide children with a better understanding that unless you have all the facts (puzzle pieces) organized, sorted out and put together you will not be able to see the puzzle to its completion to see the entire picture.

PERSISTENCE: Another life skill children learn from puzzles is persistence. This means to continue steadily or stubbornly despite problems, difficulties or obstacles. It is difficult for children to make progress when faced with obstacles. Sometimes these obstacles can hinder a child’s self-esteem and the value they have to give to life itself. By the example of a puzzle and adult encouragement, children learn that obstacles do not have to have a negative influence on a task or life itself. With persistence children learn to accomplish goals and bring projects to fruition to reap their reward and eventually see the complete picture. With a puzzle, you can teach your child to take the time to think about color, shape and how the shape relates to a space and how each piece can be placed in its proper position through trial and error. Using logical thinking and problem solving skills, ask your child in what ways the puzzle pieces relate to the entire picture. Ask questions like, “Where do you think this piece should go?” Or encourage your child’s persistence by saying; “I like how you keep trying.” Let your child know that with persistence most anything in life is within reach. With the proper perspective children will be able to ultimately solve their problems (or complete their puzzle).

VALUE/WORTH: Puzzles help make children realize that the meaning of the picture is unclear with one piece of the puzzle, just as one person in life gains more value as he/she interacts with other people. One person alone (one isolated puzzle piece) has significance relative to his/herself (e.g. self-concept), but a connection or relationship with one or more other pieces an entire picture is created; and in life a sense of self worth is enhanced. We are unique in our own individual way. By ourselves we can have significant impact but through collaborated efforts life can take on a fuller meaning. What do you do with one piece of the puzzle? What value or worth does it have? Help your child understand some things don’t make sense on their own but in combination with other pieces a new concept can be realized.

Puzzles help teach children to stretch their imagination. With persistence and perseverance their joy and reward will be inevitable, not only in the completion of their puzzle, but in life. Puzzles are an extremely valuable educational toy when worked independently, but can take on a whole new meaning when guided by a “teacher” who teaches how each piece relates to another puzzle piece, by its size, shape and color. Just as a single puzzle piece, children can learn how their individual contribution to life brings its own reward, just as each piece in the puzzle creates the entire picture.

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6000 Tons Of Gold $20.36 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Where Gold Was As DrossCHAPTER III. . It was dusk when the six horsemen, descending the still tortuous path, reached the bottom of the mountain-guarded valley. They had been challenged by a small band of Indians when they first entered the narrow pass between the mountains two hours before. Now again three dark-skinned sentinels suddenly barred their way with a gruff command which the white men did not understand. Casimiro responded, giving what was probably a countersign. The shadows were so dark that the three guardsmen of the pass did not recognize their chief until he spoke. When they heard his voice, they made obeisance to him, and he conversed with them for a few moments. The party moved on presently, and came at once upon a scene quite different from the wild and barren chaos of the mountain-side. It was a bit of Nature’s most peaceful loveliness thrown down in the midst of her most majestic confusion ; it was an emerald in a setting of jet, an oasis of beauty in a desert of shapeless grandeur. There was waving grass, nodding flowers, and a grove of stately trees. The twilight softened the grimshapes of the surrounding heights. Nature’s face had changed suddenly from frowns to smiles, and the transformation was bewildering. The visitors were puzzled and delighted. They had seen no sign of verdure from the pass above, when Casimiro pointed out what seemed to be but a tiny patch of white sand. It was not a wide expanse, this spot of fertility in a sterile wilderness, but it afforded pasturage for quite a large herd of horses, and among the trees beyond was a numerous village of huts. A number of natives caught sight of the party, and came to meet them. They received the chiefs, Casimiro especially, with many signs of respect and pleasure. The white men they regarded with curious interest. Dismounting .

6000 Tons Of Gold $19.42 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Where Gold Was As DrossCHAPTER III. . It was dusk when the six horsemen, descending the still tortuous path, reached the bottom of the mountain-guarded valley. They had been challenged by a small band of Indians when they first entered the narrow pass between the mountains two hours before. Now again three dark-skinned sentinels suddenly barred their way with a gruff command which the white men did not understand. Casimiro responded, giving what was probably a countersign. The shadows were so dark that the three guardsmen of the pass did not recognize their chief until he spoke. When they heard his voice, they made obeisance to him, and he conversed with them for a few moments. The party moved on presently, and came at once upon a scene quite different from the wild and barren chaos of the mountain-side. It was a bit of Nature’s most peaceful loveliness thrown down in the midst of her most majestic confusion ; it was an emerald in a setting of jet, an oasis of beauty in a desert of shapeless grandeur. There was waving grass, nodding flowers, and a grove of stately trees. The twilight softened the grimshapes of the surrounding heights. Nature’s face had changed suddenly from frowns to smiles, and the transformation was bewildering. The visitors were puzzled and delighted. They had seen no sign of verdure from the pass above, when Casimiro pointed out what seemed to be but a tiny patch of white sand. It was not a wide expanse, this spot of fertility in a sterile wilderness, but it afforded pasturage for quite a large herd of horses, and among the trees beyond was a numerous village of huts. A number of natives caught sight of the party, and came to meet them. They received the chiefs, Casimiro especially, with many signs of respect and pleasure. The white men they regarded with curious interest. Dismounting .

6000 Tons of Gold $32.86 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Where Gold Was As DrossCHAPTER III. . It was dusk when the six horsemen, descending the still tortuous path, reached the bottom of the mountain-guarded valley. They had been challenged by a small band of Indians when they first entered the narrow pass between the mountains two hours before. Now again three dark-skinned sentinels suddenly barred their way with a gruff command which the white men did not understand. Casimiro responded, giving what was probably a countersign. The shadows were so dark that the three guardsmen of the pass did not recognize their chief until he spoke. When they heard his voice, they made obeisance to him, and he conversed with them for a few moments. The party moved on presently, and came at once upon a scene quite different from the wild and barren chaos of the mountain-side. It was a bit of Nature’s most peaceful loveliness thrown down in the midst of her most majestic confusion ; it was an emerald in a setting of jet, an oasis of beauty in a desert of shapeless grandeur. There was waving grass, nodding flowers, and a grove of stately trees. The twilight softened the grimshapes of the surrounding heights. Nature’s face had changed suddenly from frowns to smiles, and the transformation was bewildering. The visitors were puzzled and delighted. They had seen no sign of verdure from the pass above, when Casimiro pointed out what seemed to be but a tiny patch of white sand. It was not a wide expanse, this spot of fertility in a sterile wilderness, but it afforded pasturage for quite a large herd of horses, and among the trees beyond was a numerous village of huts. A number of natives caught sight of the party, and came to meet them. They received the chiefs, Casimiro especially, with many signs of respect and pleasure. The white men they regarded with curious interest. Dismounting .

A Bewitching Minx $0.99 A charming short story, set in Regency London.Since the moment Lord Sebastian Byefield’s pretty new neighbor moved in, he hasn’t enjoyed a single night of restful sleep. He blames her for the unearthly sounds that keep him awake at night and sour his mood during the day. But when he finally meets her one crisp autumn afternoon, she is nothing like he imagined she’d be.Miss Amelia Merriweather, the free-thinking new resident of the townhouse next door, is rescuing her kitten from a tree when she meets Lord Byefield. She’s pleasantly surprised to find he is just as handsome and he is serious . . . and that he’s just as puzzled as she is by the source of the ghostly noises that keep her awake every night. The only way they’ll ever solve the mystery is to join forces and search together for the cause of those sinister sounds. Of course, their search would go much smoother if Amelia’s kitten didn’t keep getting in the way. It’s almost as if the impish little kitten were possessed of a matchmaking spirit intent of bringing Sebastian and Amelia together. Be sure to read other Regency Romances by Nancy Lawrence, available in the NookBook Store:An Intimate ArrangementOnce Upon A ChristmasSweet Companion

A Bill Of Divorcement $12.88 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:ACT II The curtain rises on Margaret’s drawing-room. It is prettily furnished in a gentle, white-walled, water- color-in-gold-frame fashion and is full of flowers. In one corner is a parrot in a cage, and near it Miss Fairfield’s armchair and footstool and worktable. The fireplace has a white sheepskin in front of it, and brass fire irons; on the mantelpiece is a gilt clock and many photographs. At right angles to the fire a low Empire couch runs out into the room. There is a hint of Sydney in the ultra-modern cush- ionry with which it is piled. As the curtain goes up Bassett is showing in Gray Meredith. BASSETT They’re still at lunch, sir. [Glancing at the clock.] They’re late. BASSETT It’s the visitor, sir. He’s kept them talking. Gray Visitor? BASSETT Yes, sir, a strange gentleman. Will you take coffee, sir? I may as well go in and have it with them. BASSETT The mistress said, would you not, sir. She’d come to you. [A little surprised.] Oh, very well. BASSETT I’ll tell Miss Sydney you’ve come, sir. [Lifting his eyebrows.] Tell Mrs. Fairfield. BASSETT ‘Miss Sydney said I was to tell her too, sir, quietly. Gray [Puzzled.] Is—? [He checks an impulse to question the servant.] All right! BASSETT Thank you, sir. [She goes out, leaving the door open. There is a slight pause. Margaret comes in hurriedly, shutting the door behind her.] Gray [Smiling.] Well, what’s the mystery? MARGARET Gray, he’s come back! chapter{Section 4GRAY MARGARET Hilary. Hilary? What Hilary? [Realizing.] Hilary! MARGARET Good God! MARGARET He got away. He came straight here. I found him with Sydney. Don’t be frightened. I’m here. Is he dangerous? MARGARET No, no, poor fellow ! You can’t be sure. …

A Bill Of Divorcement $12.38 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:ACT II The curtain rises on Margaret’s drawing-room. It is prettily furnished in a gentle, white-walled, water- color-in-gold-frame fashion and is full of flowers. In one corner is a parrot in a cage, and near it Miss Fairfield’s armchair and footstool and worktable. The fireplace has a white sheepskin in front of it, and brass fire irons; on the mantelpiece is a gilt clock and many photographs. At right angles to the fire a low Empire couch runs out into the room. There is a hint of Sydney in the ultra-modern cush- ionry with which it is piled. As the curtain goes up Bassett is showing in Gray Meredith. BASSETT They’re still at lunch, sir. [Glancing at the clock.] They’re late. BASSETT It’s the visitor, sir. He’s kept them talking. Gray Visitor? BASSETT Yes, sir, a strange gentleman. Will you take coffee, sir? I may as well go in and have it with them. BASSETT The mistress said, would you not, sir. She’d come to you. [A little surprised.] Oh, very well. BASSETT I’ll tell Miss Sydney you’ve come, sir. [Lifting his eyebrows.] Tell Mrs. Fairfield. BASSETT ‘Miss Sydney said I was to tell her too, sir, quietly. Gray [Puzzled.] Is—? [He checks an impulse to question the servant.] All right! BASSETT Thank you, sir. [She goes out, leaving the door open. There is a slight pause. Margaret comes in hurriedly, shutting the door behind her.] Gray [Smiling.] Well, what’s the mystery? MARGARET Gray, he’s come back! chapter{Section 4GRAY MARGARET Hilary. Hilary? What Hilary? [Realizing.] Hilary! MARGARET Good God! MARGARET He got away. He came straight here. I found him with Sydney. Don’t be frightened. I’m here. Is he dangerous? MARGARET No, no, poor fellow ! You can’t be sure. …

A Bill Of Divorcement $12.71 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:ACT II The curtain rises on Margaret’s drawing-room. It is prettily furnished in a gentle, white-walled, water- color-in-gold-frame fashion and is full of flowers. In one corner is a parrot in a cage, and near it Miss Fairfield’s armchair and footstool and worktable. The fireplace has a white sheepskin in front of it, and brass fire irons; on the mantelpiece is a gilt clock and many photographs. At right angles to the fire a low Empire couch runs out into the room. There is a hint of Sydney in the ultra-modern cush- ionry with which it is piled. As the curtain goes up Bassett is showing in Gray Meredith. BASSETT They’re still at lunch, sir. [Glancing at the clock.] They’re late. BASSETT It’s the visitor, sir. He’s kept them talking. Gray Visitor? BASSETT Yes, sir, a strange gentleman. Will you take coffee, sir? I may as well go in and have it with them. BASSETT The mistress said, would you not, sir. She’d come to you. [A little surprised.] Oh, very well. BASSETT I’ll tell Miss Sydney you’ve come, sir. [Lifting his eyebrows.] Tell Mrs. Fairfield. BASSETT ‘Miss Sydney said I was to tell her too, sir, quietly. Gray [Puzzled.] Is—? [He checks an impulse to question the servant.] All right! BASSETT Thank you, sir. [She goes out, leaving the door open. There is a slight pause. Margaret comes in hurriedly, shutting the door behind her.] Gray [Smiling.] Well, what’s the mystery? MARGARET Gray, he’s come back! chapter{Section 4GRAY MARGARET Hilary. Hilary? What Hilary? [Realizing.] Hilary! MARGARET Good God! MARGARET He got away. He came straight here. I found him with Sydney. Don’t be frightened. I’m here. Is he dangerous? MARGARET No, no, poor fellow ! You can’t be sure. …

A Bill Of Divorcement $15.96 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:ACT II The curtain rises on Margaret’s drawing-room. It is prettily furnished in a gentle, white-walled, water- color-in-gold-frame fashion and is full of flowers. In one corner is a parrot in a cage, and near it Miss Fairfield’s armchair and footstool and worktable. The fireplace has a white sheepskin in front of it, and brass fire irons; on the mantelpiece is a gilt clock and many photographs. At right angles to the fire a low Empire couch runs out into the room. There is a hint of Sydney in the ultra-modern cush- ionry with which it is piled. As the curtain goes up Bassett is showing in Gray Meredith. BASSETT They’re still at lunch, sir. [Glancing at the clock.] They’re late. BASSETT It’s the visitor, sir. He’s kept them talking. Gray Visitor? BASSETT Yes, sir, a strange gentleman. Will you take coffee, sir? I may as well go in and have it with them. BASSETT The mistress said, would you not, sir. She’d come to you. [A little surprised.] Oh, very well. BASSETT I’ll tell Miss Sydney you’ve come, sir. [Lifting his eyebrows.] Tell Mrs. Fairfield. BASSETT ‘Miss Sydney said I was to tell her too, sir, quietly. Gray [Puzzled.] Is—? [He checks an impulse to question the servant.] All right! BASSETT Thank you, sir. [She goes out, leaving the door open. There is a slight pause. Margaret comes in hurriedly, shutting the door behind her.] Gray [Smiling.] Well, what’s the mystery? MARGARET Gray, he’s come back! chapter{Section 4GRAY MARGARET Hilary. Hilary? What Hilary? [Realizing.] Hilary! MARGARET Good God! MARGARET He got away. He came straight here. I found him with Sydney. Don’t be frightened. I’m here. Is he dangerous? MARGARET No, no, poor fellow ! You can’t be sure. …

A Bill Of Divorcement $14.73 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:ACT II The curtain rises on Margaret’s drawing-room. It is prettily furnished in a gentle, white-walled, water- color-in-gold-frame fashion and is full of flowers. In one corner is a parrot in a cage, and near it Miss Fairfield’s armchair and footstool and worktable. The fireplace has a white sheepskin in front of it, and brass fire irons; on the mantelpiece is a gilt clock and many photographs. At right angles to the fire a low Empire couch runs out into the room. There is a hint of Sydney in the ultra-modern cush- ionry with which it is piled. As the curtain goes up Bassett is showing in Gray Meredith. BASSETT They’re still at lunch, sir. [Glancing at the clock.] They’re late. BASSETT It’s the visitor, sir. He’s kept them talking. Gray Visitor? BASSETT Yes, sir, a strange gentleman. Will you take coffee, sir? I may as well go in and have it with them. BASSETT The mistress said, would you not, sir. She’d come to you. [A little surprised.] Oh, very well. BASSETT I’ll tell Miss Sydney you’ve come, sir. [Lifting his eyebrows.] Tell Mrs. Fairfield. BASSETT ‘Miss Sydney said I was to tell her too, sir, quietly. Gray [Puzzled.] Is—? [He checks an impulse to question the servant.] All right! BASSETT Thank you, sir. [She goes out, leaving the door open. There is a slight pause. Margaret comes in hurriedly, shutting the door behind her.] Gray [Smiling.] Well, what’s the mystery? MARGARET Gray, he’s come back! chapter{Section 4GRAY MARGARET Hilary. Hilary? What Hilary? [Realizing.] Hilary! MARGARET Good God! MARGARET He got away. He came straight here. I found him with Sydney. Don’t be frightened. I’m here. Is he dangerous? MARGARET No, no, poor fellow ! You can’t be sure. …

A Book On Birds $26.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:Chapter I SUGGESTIONS IT goes without saying anywhere, but especially here, after what has been set down in the preceding pages, that the only real way to get acquainted with birds is on the spot. Book knowledge of them alone is as much unlike the knowledge you obtain directly, in field and wood, by brook and hedge, as the ideas of baseball a girl gathers from reading of it differ from those of the boy who plays the game. Books on birds may be both interesting and instructive; and also indispensable as a help and a guide. But to find a bird for yourself, in the early morning or at sunset, and see for the first time the beauty of his plumage close at hand, and hear and learn his calls and his music, and be puzzled for a bit, and run over your mental memoranda, referring to such colored plates asyou have been wise enough to bring along —the while your feathered enigma skips from twig to twig and poses at every possible angle; and then at last to place him surely, mark for mark, and follow his secret haunts to his very nest—this is vital and satisfying; and this only. Each acquaintance thus acquired will stir you with the joy of new discovery. He is yours—you will say. You have made him so by dint of personal search and observation. The book you have at home was merely a preliminary; the achievement is your own, and to you belongs the credit of it. This is the spirit that will ultimately make a bird-lover and a field-lover of any one. Lectures, essays, pictures—of themselves— never; except as they incite you to pick up your hat and field-glass and start right off for the great open book of nature itself. Here you will truly master your subject, if you are in earnest, and be fascinated by it; and your scant and vague and uncertain ideas will grow, and

A Book On Birds $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:Chapter I SUGGESTIONS IT goes without saying anywhere, but especially here, after what has been set down in the preceding pages, that the only real way to get acquainted with birds is on the spot. Book knowledge of them alone is as much unlike the knowledge you obtain directly, in field and wood, by brook and hedge, as the ideas of baseball a girl gathers from reading of it differ from those of the boy who plays the game. Books on birds may be both interesting and instructive; and also indispensable as a help and a guide. But to find a bird for yourself, in the early morning or at sunset, and see for the first time the beauty of his plumage close at hand, and hear and learn his calls and his music, and be puzzled for a bit, and run over your mental memoranda, referring to such colored plates asyou have been wise enough to bring along —the while your feathered enigma skips from twig to twig and poses at every possible angle; and then at last to place him surely, mark for mark, and follow his secret haunts to his very nest—this is vital and satisfying; and this only. Each acquaintance thus acquired will stir you with the joy of new discovery. He is yours—you will say. You have made him so by dint of personal search and observation. The book you have at home was merely a preliminary; the achievement is your own, and to you belongs the credit of it. This is the spirit that will ultimately make a bird-lover and a field-lover of any one. Lectures, essays, pictures—of themselves— never; except as they incite you to pick up your hat and field-glass and start right off for the great open book of nature itself. Here you will truly master your subject, if you are in earnest, and be fascinated by it; and your scant and vague and uncertain ideas will grow, and

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