Fruits and vegetables puzzle

The wooden puzzle Fruits and Vegetables is a puzzle consisting of 15 pieces. The drawings placed on the edges of each tile form only one combination, can you manage to reproduce the pattern?

Vegetables and fruits are not only elements of the nature around us, which we show and name already with the youngest children, but also the basis of a healthy diet for everyone. It’s time for older kids to also discover that vegetables and fruits are not boring! Who knows, maybe the addictive fun will convince more than a few non-addicts to discover the richness of flavors, smells, colors and textures of these agricultural crops.

The logic puzzle helps to shape, first of all: concentration, logical thinking, visual perception, spatial imagination, eye-hand coordination, small motor skills. Did you know that:

1. Concentration is the ability to focus on something specific. It can be a task being performed, a particular object or instructions given by a teacher. Concentration ensures children’s proper development and is essential at each stage of their education.
2. Logical thinking allows one to analyze situations, draw conclusions and develop possible solutions based on the information gathered. This is one skill that can be difficult for a child to achieve. Why practice logical thinking? Because it is essential at every stage of our lives.
3. Visual perception allows a child to know and understand the world around him, and is essential for further education when learning to read, write and count. In the puzzles, the picture is divided by straight vertical and horizontal lines into identical pieces. Therefore, in order to put together a puzzle picture, the child must perform visual analysis and synthesis.
4. Thanks to spatial imagination, children are able to predict what an arrangement of several pieces will look like, determine the relationship between objects or identify their own location in the field. Spatial imagination is extremely important for further learning, especially for the development of mathematical and technical skills.
5. Eye-hand coordination makes it possible to achieve precision of movements, and is essential for everyday activities – from eating, dressing, drawing or writing independently to physical activity. Eye-hand coordination additionally requires training of the child’s hands and fingers, i.e. fine motor skills.
6. Small motor skills are the precise movements of the hands and fingers, such as squeezing, stroking, kneading and grasping. It is essential in many areas of a child’s life and the achievement of independence (e.g. brushing teeth, buttoning up, eating, writing).