Gifted Children: Toys for Gifted Children: Puzzles: Beginners

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Beginner

Basics

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Manipulation

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Beginner Pattern Blocks
Child Magazine Best Toy of the Year - Holiday 2004! 2004 Oppenheim Gold Seal Award Winner!
This set features 10 brightly-painted wooden patterns and 30 colorful shape pieces to replicate the fun pictures. Great for early development of colors, shapes and matching skills. A tremendous value and a great learning set! Contains one each: fish, dog, butterfly, flowers, bird, and fire engine. Ages 2 years and up.

Baby's First Puzzle - Soft with Sounds!
Open this "book" to reveal eight different simple and soft puzzles - four on one side and four on the other. The plain side features four different shapes and colors that fit into a soft and sturdy puzzle base. The animal side features four different puzzle shapes that make up an elephant, bird, dog and fish. The puzzle book will Velcro shut and has a soft carrying handle. Parts of the puzzle will crinkle, rattle and squeak for added fun. Age Appropriate: 12-36 months.

IQ Baby Animal Puzzle Parade
Child Magazine's Best Toys Award Winner 2003!
Six animal cubes cleverly fit into a fabric covered foam tray. Animal cubes are full color on one side and black and white on the other. Three foam cubes jingle and rattle, three soft plastic cubes squeak--great for teething. Tray has guide art on bottom to make solving easier. Promotes abstract thinking and fine motor skills.

ABC Sound Puzzle Melissa and Doug
Realistic sounds are played when the puzzle pieces are properly placed on the board. Play musical notes, listen to letter and number sounds, imitate animal and vehicle sounds, and more! It’s a fun and unique way to reinforce cause-and-effect, early vocabulary and matching skills. (26 pcs) 9”x12”. Ages 2+.

Word Alphabet Learning Puzzle
The most beautiful illustration, the best design, and the sturdiest around! Like no other tray puzzle introduced for decades! These puzzles make a great gift and will remind you of the quality toys you had as a child. 6 styles to choose from! Size: 15" x 11 1/2" Ages 3-4 years +

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Music Peg Puzzle by Melissa & Doug- $ 9.98
This wooden peg puzzle has nine pieces featuring beautiful, realistic illustrations of musical instruments. Each puzzle piece can be easily removed by its peg, and once removed will reveal a full-color matching illustration. Age: 1,2,3 Manufacturer: Lights, Camera, Interaction! Dimensions: 9"x12"

Dinosaur Peg Puzzle by Melissa & Doug - $ 9.50
Popular childhood themes are colorfully represented in this beautifully illustrated wood puzzle. Small hands can easily remove each piece, revealing a full color illustration underneath. This 9"x12" puzzle has 9 pieces and features dinosaurs with their respective names. Age: 2,3,4,5 Manufacturer: Lights, Camera, Interaction

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Part-Whole Perception Puzzle

from: Tag Toys

Price: $33.95

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Hands-on discovery that two parts make a whole. Contemporary design. 18 brightly colored pieces provide many problem-solving challenges. Shapes are raised above the puzzle board for easy removal and fitting.

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Puzzibilities L4 United States of America Map

from: Small World Toys

List Price: $19.99

Price: $15.99

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Level 4 Puzzles are challenging teaching puzzles designed for a 4 to 7 year-old and created from sturdy wood with brightly colored graphics! Our Level 4 puzzles provide concentration, critical thinking and sequencing opportunities, while educational themes boost vocabulary and reading skills. Make learning fun! Our map of the United States is a classic teaching tool with illustrations of each states resources and industries on every state puzzle piece, plus the state capital revealed underneath! A 2-sided, laminated Fun Facts guide has each states name, nickname, bird, motto, flower, geographical location and lots more interesting facts. A Mylar sheet with state outlines is also included. Ages: 4-7 + Manufacturer: Small World Toys

Amazon.com:
This encyclopedia-like United States of America Map puzzle provides loads of information for each of the 50 states. The Fun Facts Guide lists each state's capital, nickname, bird, motto, and flower, and includes such state trivia as the nickname of Wyoming ("The Equality State") and the motto of Oregon ("Alis Volat Propriis--She flies with Her Own Wings"). Each colorful wooden puzzle piece is decorated with symbols representative of its state. The massive California piece, which is broken into southern and northern regions, includes illustrations of exotic animals from the San Diego Zoo, a computer icon from Silicon Valley, and an image suggestive of a redwood forest. Such information helps puzzle builders equate national landmarks, industries, and well-known regions in the United States to specific states and cities. --Cate Bick

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Parenting Tip: Some gifted kids love puzzles and are quite good at them -- starting very young. Don't be surprised if your gifted child works through the first level puzzles earlier than 12 months! They do enjoy those first level puzzles, such as the peg puzzle shown at the left; they just tend to start at younger age and move through the levels more quickly than non-gifted children. This means you should buy puzzles sooner than you think and keep them handy.

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