People have long known that puzzles present many benefits for children as they develop. I read an article once about the three basics of what puzzles do for your child. When our child is alone with a puzzle, you can expect three basic skills to be built:
- Physical skills- from holding puzzle pieces and turning them until they fit
- Cognitive skills- as they solve the problem of a puzzle
- Emotional skills- they learn patience and are rewarded when they complete the puzzle
There are many different types of puzzles sold in the market with different stages of difficulties with appealing picture/characters. I found that this magnetic puzzle book from Janod is really interesting and good to introduce it early. N can have fun creating different vehicles with this cleverly designed Janod-Magnetic Book.
How to play this game?
When we opened the box, there is a background of road, ocean and sky on the cover box to place the magnetic puzzles.
There are 2 compartments, left side of the compartment are 18 vehicle cards. On the right side of the compartment are all the magnetic pieces are placed.
Just select one of the 18 cards and then match the magnetic pieces to copy the card. This activity is good to build problem solving and skill building. Alternatively the child can be creative and mix and match to build your own super cool transport. They could even make a story or change the arrangement when they play which is not a repeating type of puzzle.
The 50 pieces magnetic puzzle and 18 cards all store away in the book when not in use. As everything are packed and played in the box, this toy is actually quite handy where we can bring it everywhere.
This activity is good for little one to learn about number recognitions and fine motor skills as he/she learn paste it using glue.
Cut the bottom of the pipette and attached the brick house using tape. As for fun, I pasted a wolf cartoon on the straw using a tape.
I just hand drawn 3 houses with black markers and we decorated the houses in story sequence.
Along the way I’m surprised at myself that I found many inspiring activities that kids can do from this storybook. So please stay tuned for our next part of activities.
Then, I told N that we need to park all the cars according to their colors. For the start, N chose to do one color first before moving on to the next color.
Then, he continued to the next colors.
As N grew older we started to present him more accessories from Takara Tomy Play set. In addition, N received Takara Tomy Carpark Elevator from his aunt on his 3rd birthday.
In my preference this toys can actually last longer for the kids to play and they can creatively built as they like when they grow up. Hunting for some limited type of diecast car model can also be exciting for some collectors.
When we entered, there’s a nice lady who assisted us about PIP’s PLAYbox rules and show us the free craft activity available which was decorating Christmas ornaments and coloring.
At that time, there were few parents with their kids who already enjoyed decorating the Christmas ornaments quietly. N decided to do some decorating too with me and coloring.
After that, N excitedly asked me to come with him to explore the book and toy’s rooms which is wide, bright and airy space. They have nice corners for the kids to read too. Sadly, the books were limited and more suitable for kindergarten kids. Thus, every time N chose a book he eagerly wanted to enjoy different corners of the room but he flipped every book that he chose very fast.
