educational puzzle, as Educational?

Many companies to advertise their products as educational. How much of this terminology is sales promotion and jargon, and how is it made?

As an educator for many years, I can say with authority that there is educational value in all types of puzzles. The skills acquired and practiced in completing puzzles are an essential part of successful learning. Doing puzzles develops several functions of the brainsame time as a child has fun and learns well. developed, especially in this learning process, the ability of reason to be derived by analyzing the sequence of development and logical thinking and problem solving skills. Hand physical coordination and spatial perception are the eyes also be asked to complete a puzzle on.

If these benefits aside, I would especially like to look at the puzzle that are "characterized Educational". These puzzles are designed to teacha specific learning objectives. for this world might be some examples or a map puzzle of the solar system. The producers say that these puzzles have a baby these specific facts. What is the reality to make this kind of value in educational puzzle contain?

First, the level of the educational value of this type of puzzle depends on how the puzzles are used in the learning process. For example, suppose we want theThe objective is to report on the geography of the United States of America, in particular to learn the position of countries. You buy a puzzle painting all states and their position in the country and give the child to do. If your child ace a test for the states? Probably not! I'm sure that some learning takes place, but will be limited to a few weeks later, very little would be managed to learn. To do this the child's learning process that would puzzleeach puzzle as they do. Their focus on the states and where it is, the process of completing the puzzle is limited.

To maximize the educational value of a puzzle, it needs a part of the learning process, but not all.

Children have ways of learning and an advantage of a puzzle is different, that there is more to understand as a kind of learning ability in the process of completion. Mostobvious learning style is the view of a puzzle. Here, a puzzle of the United States, the child will see the general shape as well as the various states fit together to complete everything. Hobbies include both the global (big picture) and analytic (details) aspects of the puzzle of learning. Good for kinesthetic tendencies of learners. Kinesthetic learners learn best through hands on activities hands. For those with a preference for auditory learning,Speaking of learning and the correlations in the puzzle with the overall objectives of learning together, must take place simultaneously, as the puzzle is done.

But the greatest educational benefit arises when the learning objective puzzle is made as part of the overall system. A puzzle has occurred, use a new theme to introduce and reinforce already learned that. The gains in educational value to the extent that the subjectthe puzzle makes sense, knowledge of the child already. To the extent that the child relate his knowledge with the experience of the first puzzle, has earned more educational value.

The puzzle can also create new learning experiences. These experiences can develop into many other possibilities for a complete learning experience. For example, a puzzle game on American Geography, famous landmarks could be the puzzle, then looked up and researchBooks or the Internet. Stories read or told to historical events that have occurred. The actual size of an American state could work, how long would it take to travel around to explore by train or car. The learning possibilities are endless.

Some puzzles educational institutions, such as "Faces and Places" and "A Map of the Solar System ', produced by Great American Puzzle Company come in and enjoy the company of a guide to training that could get used toValue of the puzzle.

In conclusion it may be time, all the jigsaw puzzles have some educational value. The puzzles that the level of education publicized child may "be of great educational value if introduced, not in isolation but as part of a specific learning objective and this has relevance for the purpose.

The time taken, a puzzle with your child will be a more meaningful and memorableExperience. Not only will your child a gift of a jigsaw puzzle-instead give your child a learning experience and a memory that will last for life.