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  BENEFITS OF PLAYING WITH PUZZLES From childhood through adulthood we love to play with puzzles. We like the way they challenge our thinking and exercise our minds. Table puzzles are popular because they provide satisfaction, enjoyment, and an opportunity for children to focus on an activity that has an ending. Puzzles are also an important educational learning tool for toddlers and young children as they provide many skills, mental learning benefits, and opportunities. Children often start with puzzles of simple knobbed pieces of cardboard or foam to outlines of simple shapes that fit into corresponding board cutouts. Puzzles gain complexity...

    Beads, beads, beads! Most Occupational Therapists and Early Childhood Educators agree, after working with children of all ages, that beading promotes children's development in more ways than meets the eye! Not only do children love working with beads, but here are some other areas where beads help with development. Grasping: Various sizes of beads promote different kinds of grasps. Larger beads promote a grasp similar to holding a large primary pencil. Smaller beads encourage children to use their pincer grasp, strengthening the small muscles of their hands. In-hand manipulation skills: Many parts of making a beaded project increase strength and coordination...

Research indicates mastery of these fine motor skills will help your child have an easier time learning handwriting!

  Part of Easter is about celebrating new life - farm animals, little ducks, and baby chicks, to name a few. What better way to appreciate this, but to create cute baby chicks with your toddler or preschooler. Model your own creativity and fine motor skills. Enter today to win this Skoolzy craft giveaway! This activity comes with a handful of Skoolzy Egg Basic Shapes and Colors plus enough craft elements to make 2 cute fuzzy baby chicks. Here is what the winner will receive:  1. Chick plate2. Easter eggs3. Cute, fuzzy pom poms to be made into chicks4. Four...

Excerpt: Skoolzy's Easter Egg Memory Match is a great activity to help improve your toddler's hand dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and color recognition while having fun!

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