2 years old being a new milestone for Wen Jia. She has started showing interest in things that she didn't ever bother to take a second look on. One such example is her interest in puzzles.
I bought a simple set of puzzles with a maximum of 8 building blocks each. Each with farm and pet animals such as dog, cat, duck, cow that Jia Jia is exposed to from various sources such as educational VCD, story books, and flash cards.
She showed interest after a few rounds of playing. Most importantly, either Siew Wei or myself has to accompany her in solving the puzzles. We were by her side to show encouragement as well as praise her when necessary for her "achievement". With that, she built her interest in these puzzles and has since volunteering to play them every now and then.
It is crucial to start with simple puzzles so not to discourage the kids. Even adults find it hard sometimes to solve moderate to difficult puzzles so why burdening our children to do the same!
I am happy with what Jia has achieved and will continue to add into her collection some new puzzles in future.
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