In Kibtoy’s online store, puzzle are one of the most popular toy categories. There are about 20 puzzle toys for our customers to choose, such as Face-changing Magic Cube, Tangram Puzzle Game and Silicone Jigsaw Puzzle Game Board. It seems that children at all ages are interested in puzzle toys. What’s more, parents tend to choose puzzles in order to tease children’s minds during the process of having fun. When people are asked to articulate the specific benefits of puzzles, they might list these things as below, promoting mental health, logical thinking and so on. No parents could tell the whole pictures of the advantages that puzzle toys could bring to our kids. In this article, I will try to conclude what benefits that puzzle toys could bring to children so that parents could know what puzzles are suitable for their children.
Generally speaking, puzzles are fun and could work as important learning tools to enhance children’s mental and physical development. Some psychologists argue that puzzles could help improve children’s development of their brains because puzzles allow the m to manipulate the world around them by themselves. So, parents should give puzzles and get their children engaged in playing puzzles.
As for parents, the most important thing about choosing puzzle toys is to attract their children to spend less time in playing computer or video games, watching TV so that their minds could engage in some healthy entertainment for hours. As a result, parents want to see that their children love to play puzzle games, enjoying them, having fun out of them so that they could relax their minds from intensive TV programs or exciting scenarios of video games. What’s more, children could tend to think logically, make rational decisions, manage their emotions efficiently, develop comfortable social relationships with others and so on.
Let's look at how playing puzzle games or toys can facilitate children’s mental and physical development. Play is very important for children's learning and development which has been usually ignored. Eduators and teachers have found that play, including playing puzzles could bring a wide range of benefits to children from social, physical to emotional skills.
Fine Motor Skills
Firstly, a puzzle game always involve with much of children’s physical movements, which could facilitate the development of their fine motor skills. As children play they are invariably developing their fine motor skills through picking things up and putting them back down. Being able to coordinate movements enables children to use their hands to complete daily activities such as writing, getting dressed and doing up buttons. As they grow older this coordination will help children when they are playing sports or learning musical instruments.
Large Magnetic Building Blocks
Creativity
Role play often encourages children to use their imagination to fulfil their stories. Whether they're pretending to be real roles whom they see in their lives or someone imaginary in an imaginary scenario, kids would like to create many new things in their minds. For instance, children have to use their imagination to create solutions for this tragram game. Thinking independently and originally could help them find solutions to solve problems when they grow up.
Relationships
A puzzle games usually involves tow ore more children or adults to compete or cooperate with each other. Therefore, playing puzzle games is an important way to foster the relationships between children and their parents, or playmates in joyful environments. They will learn how to get along with others, such as emphasizing, compromising, helping and negotiating. Eventually, children will gain some experience of getting along with others. They could enjoy better relationships with others.
Lingual Development
At the meanwhile, playing puzzles could also help children develop their lingual abilities, such as increasing their vocabulary and expression efficiency. Children could naturally pick up and practice words and expression when they are communicating with others in a puzzle games. As adults, parents and teachers could intentionally lead children into conversations and discussion so that they could exchange their ideas with children. Just like other interactive toys, puzzles could provide a safe environment for children to try and practice those new words and expressions they gain from the conversations with adults or playmates. This learning experience could help children gain more self-confidence.
Puzzle games are not only for fun but also provide some valuable learning opportunities outside the classroom. In other words, puzzle games could be fun, enjoyable and educational. For instance, this magnetic magic shape-shifting box could teach children some knowledge about solid geometry. They could also develop good understanding toward space. All this knowledge is learned outside the classroom and children will never forget them because they obtain it through their personal experience not reading it in books.
Social Skills
During the process of play puzzle games, children will have many opportunities to learn and practice social skills, such as empathizing, sharing, turn-taking, compromising, negotiating, follwing rules and interacting with others. These skills will help children gain pleasant relationships with others when thew grow up as they interact with different people in different social environments.
Wooden Sorting and Stacking Rocks
Independence
Of course, a child could also play puzzle toys or games by themselves, which could foster their independence. Some puzzle game could either a group or independent activity, such as a magnetic alphabet and number train or a fast cup stashing game. Having fun in a independent puzzle game does not only make chidlren feel comfrotable but also stimulate their self-confidence in dealing with problems. They will believe that they could figure out solutions to the problems they encounter in their future lives.
So don't underestimae the value of puzzle toys or games because they could benefit children’s mental and physical development in many areas. In Kibtoy’s online store, our customers have many puzzles to choose. They could have some great time when playing those toys with their children.
