In celebration of “National Puzzle Day,” Melissa shares some
background on how our passion for puzzles began! Today is
National Puzzle Day, which brings me back to the early days of
puzzles and why puzzles were not only our VERY FIRST category of
wooden products, but the dearest to my heart!!! I am convinced
that EVERY CHILD needs puzzles in their young lives for proper
development, as puzzles are one of the key building blocks to
early learning. Here are a few reasons why: - Manipulating the
pieces of a puzzle develops the small hand muscles of children.
Fine motor skills are so important to young children, yet take
lots of practice and repetition to properly develop, which
puzzles encourage! - Puzzles are also crucial for helping build
eye-hand coordination. The need to use visual clues like color,
shape, or pattern in order to fit pieces together helps develop
this skill. - Puzzles can also help teach and reinforce early
identification and recognition of objects such as letters,
numbers, shapes, colors, an