My little Zo Ee: Logic Toys

Monday, November 16, 2009

Logic Toys - 18 month old

Zo Ee at 18 month old.

What skills will my child develop through Puzzles and Logic Toys?

1. Intellectual Benefits
Puzzles and logic toys help to stimulate the thinking side of the child’s brain, and force them to focus on problem solving skills such as process and logic. The child begins to understand that there are several ways to attack a problem, and will experiment with ways which work best for him/her. The more puzzles and logic toys a child explores, the stronger his/her personal sense of process will be. The problem solving skills learnt through puzzles can be transferred to every area of the child’s life.

2. Physical Benefits
At a young age, puzzles help children to develop fine motor skills, which in everyday terms means the ability to make small (or fine) movements. The picking up, grasping or putting of pieces together helps to develop fine muscle control, which will be in good help in learning to write later.

3. Emotional and Social Benefits
Puzzles offer a number of emotional and social benefits including:

A sense of achievement when the puzzle is complete
The development of determination and perseverance
Co-operation when completing a puzzle with others
The chance to solve problems independently and know when you have reached a right result

Basically, I don't go all out to look for specific toys for little Zo Ee's development. I'll buy whenever I see some good toys during shopping. Some were gifts while some were hand-me-down toys. Shown below are some of Zo Ee's logic toys collection. Now, at 18 month old, my little Zo Ee is capable of doing these:

Putting these puzzles together; filling in the smaller pieces in the center (eg. 2 semicircles to form the circle, 2 rectangles to form a square) before joining the bigger pieces together.

She could put 0-9 correctly in place since 14 month old. Now, she has moved on in trying to make a hop scotch with these foam mats after Mummy made her one last week.