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 brain at the same time as a childhave fun and learn. 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. Physically, the hand-eye coordination and spatial perception also asked to complete a puzzle.

If these benefits aside, I would especially like to look at the puzzle that are "characterized Educational". These puzzles are designed to teach a specific learning objectives. SomeExamples of this might be a puzzle map of the world or 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 that the goal of learning, learning of geographyUnited States of America, in particular the position of countries. You buy a puzzle every painting states 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, is comparable to a puzzle that they do. TheirFocus on the states and where it can make the process of completing the puzzle limited.

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

Children are entered into various types of learning and an advantage of a puzzle that contain more than one type of learning in the process of completion. The most obvious learning style for a puzzle is the view. Here, a puzzle of the United Statessee the overall shape of the child and also how the different states together to mount the turn. all the puzzles involve both the global (big picture) and analytic (details) aspects of learning. puzzles are also good for the kinesthetic learner trends. Kinesthetic learners learn best through hands on activities hands. For those with a auditory preference in learning, conversation about learning and the correlations in the puzzle combined with the global strategyLearning objectives must be applied simultaneously, as the puzzle is done.

But the greatest educational benefit arises when the puzzle is done as part of the objective of learning. A puzzle can be used to introduce a new topic and learned that to strengthen its already happened. The gains in educational value to the extent that the object of the puzzle correctly, the child is already aware of. To the extent that relate the childPrevious experience with the puzzle experience, gained 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 researched in books or on the Internet. Stories read or told to historical events that have occurred. The actual size of aU.S. State could be achieved by working, 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 the company Great American Puzzle Puzzle puzzles are accompanied by a guide book, the value can be used for maximum benefit and educational institutions .

In summary, we can say that all the puzzleseducational value of a degree. 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 experience a more meaningful and memorable. Not only will your child a gift of a jigsaw puzzle-instead give your child a learning experience and a memory that will lasta life.