Puzzle Man

Zane has been loving puzzles lately and has gotten SO good at them. It seems like all of a sudden a few months ago, it just clicked and he could do puzzles. His favorite one before Christmas was a 24 piece puzzle with pictures of kids and babies. He did it so many times that eventually, he could just whip it out in like a minute or two. Luckily, for Christmas, he got a bunch of new ones that are keeping him very busy and engaged.


This first video is him doing one of four Eric Carl puzzles that go with the box. They are 12 pieces each, so he usually gets them done pretty fast. He knows how to put each puzzle back in the box when he's done and get a new one out. It's fascinating though, because he doesn't just have them completely memorized, he actually has to think and try pieces and rotate them. It's fun watching him. He also got two other 24 piece puzzles that don't have any kind of frame on them, that he's finally just now starting to be able to do by himself.

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The next videos are of Zane doing his United States puzzle. He got it for Christmas and it's for ages 6 and up, so we though we'd be working with him on it forever before he'd be able to tackle it, but man, he learned SO fast. After doing it several times with Zack or me, he remembered so much that he started doing a bunch of it on his own (all the states and the border) and then before we knew it, he was completely independent on it! Now, he does it several times a day with no help whatsoever. It's also been fun because as he's learning the puzzle, he's also learning tons of information about who lives where, the state names, symbols for states, cities in states, and who is from where. He also comes up with connections of his own, like New Orleans (Nola) is where "Princess and the Frog" is from. You'll hear some in the videos (yes, they are so long but we had to get it on tape for our sake).

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.