Doing puzzles can only offer these read this advantages if the child is offered a puzzle that suits his/her age and level of development. It’s important to pick the right degree of difficulty so that children enjoy doing puzzles. Little ones also appreciate it when their parents help them, especially when the puzzle is a bit more difficult.
1 to 2 years / 12 to 24 months
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For children one year or a little older, clutching puzzles with button grips are perfect because they are easy to grip. Wooden puzzles or wooden-framed puzzles are also good for younger children because they are robust. They are not too difficult, with only a few pieces fitting together to make an image. The images are generally brightly colored to arouse the interest of little ones. They show popular images such as animals or vehicles, themed worlds such as farmyard or construction site, or scenes from children’s everyday life that also stimulate language development and expand vocabulary. You can find a variety of puzzles that are suitable for this age on haba.de under “Wooden puzzles & clutching puzzles”.
Wooden puzzles & clutching puzzles
Wooden puzzle On the Farm
Only available in specialized shops
Clutching Puzzle Four Seasons
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Wooden puzzle Fire Engine
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Clutching Puzzle Family Pets
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Clutching Puzzle Forest Animals
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Clutching Puzzle Sea Creatures
Only available in specialized shops
2 years and up
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Wooden puzzles with up to 8 individual puzzle pieces are interesting for children ages 2 and up. Some puzzles contain multiple images in a set with an increasing number of pieces, offering even more variety. One image is made up of two pieces, the other of three and the next of four. In this age group, experienced puzzle fans stop doing wooden puzzle and move on to puzzles made of cardboard. Children ages 2 and up enjoy sound clutching puzzles with sound effects. Here children need to put the matching piece in the right gap according to the sound.
6 Little Hand Puzzles – Zoo
Only available in specialized shops
6 Little Hand Puzzles – Vehicles
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6 Little Hand Puzzles – Animal Kids
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6 Little Hand Puzzles – Animals
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6 Little Hand Puzzles – Construction
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My First Puzzles – Princesses
Only available in specialized shops
3 years and up
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For children ages 3 and up, cardboard puzzles with a fixed frame are increasingly more interesting. They start putting together puzzles with more cardboard pieces that are smaller. At this age, children lose the interest in exploring the world with their mouth and also continue to develop their manual and visual skills. Puzzles with up to 24 pieces become manageable. When doing puzzles, children often use the “trial and error” principle.
Puzzles Glittering Fairyland
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Puzzles Farmyard Animals
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Puzzles Unicorn Glitterluck
Only available in specialized shops
Puzzles Police, Fire Department & Friends
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Puzzles Animals
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Puzzles The Seasons
Only available in specialized shops
4 to 5 years
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Children ages 4 and up continue to get better at putting together the individual pieces, thanks to their experience doing puzzles. Generally they can do puzzles with up to 24 pieces. Some still work with the trial and error method while others already operate a little more systematically. When it comes to images, puzzles for this age group can also show pictures with a little more detail. Many puzzles for children ages 5 and up contain around 49 pieces, but puzzles with up to 60 pieces can also be managed.
Puzzles Motorsport
Only available in specialized shops
Puzzles Horse Girls
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Puzzles Tractor and Co.
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Puzzles Little Fire Station
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Puzzles Emergency Vehicles
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Puzzles Dinosaurs
Only available in specialized shops
6 to 8 years
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Six year old children can already manage to identify and sort puzzle pieces according to their final location. They have developed their own strategies for putting together the overall picture based on shapes, colors and the picture shown. With up to 100 pieces, the puzzles become increasingly challenging and show detailed scenes such as hidden object images, maps, jungle or dinosaur landscapes, fantasy worlds or space. Eight year old children can, depending on their earlier puzzle experience, handle puzzles with 260 or even 500 pieces. 3D puzzles bring the third dimension into play and train spatial imagination abilities. It’s still important to make sure that the number of pieces and degree of difficulty is suitable for the individual development level of the child, as doing puzzles should always be something enjoyable.
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