It’s a puzzle! In today’s world, where technology is everywhere, it’s great to find fun activities that also teach important skills. These puzzles are exactly that! They’re not just fun, they also help kids learn and grow. Children can’t resist these puzzles. They love finding the hidden pieces and are excited to see what surprises await.
The puzzle Cat Family and the puzzle Dog Family may look like QR codes at first, but they are not! Kids will enjoy finding and removing 16 cats and 20 dogs from the black and white patterns. When they turn the pieces over, they find bright, colourful animals. But the fun doesn’t stop there. These puzzles help kids improve their counting, recognize shapes and colours, and understand ideas like ‘same’ and ‘different.’ With the Cat Family Puzzle, kids look closely to find pairs of cats and match them. The Dog Family Puzzle is a bit different. It also helps kids learn about numbers and sorting by length. They can also learn which numbers are odd or even.
In group activities, these puzzles become even more fun. Children can work together to put the pieces back, match shapes and colours, and arrange numbers in order. They learn through play, which makes these puzzles a wonderful tool for both fun and education. Learn more about these two puzzles below.
Children have to look closely and discover the eyes of 16 cats in the Cat Family puzzle. They take the puzzle pieces out of the board and are surprised! Because on the backside of the puzzle pieces, they will find the cats in colour. But that’s not all! Kids can lay the coloured cats on the table and pairs of cats that are exactly the same.
– Arithmetic skills: orientation on the flat surface, critically looking at colours and shapes.
– Concepts such as right, left, same, different.
1. Children puzzle the coloured cats into the puzzle board. They pay attention only to the side of the tail.
2. Children puzzle the black and white cats into the puzzle board. They pay attention to all black and white shapes.
3. Children have to find the same cats or play memory with the coloured cats next to the puzzle board.
Children search and discover the dogs in the Dog Family puzzle. A total of 20 cute dogs hidden in the black and white shapes. They take the puzzle pieces out of the board and discover that the back of the dogs are coloured. Children play with the dogs on the table next to the puzzle board: they sort the short and long dogs and arrange the numbers from 1 to 20 that are printed on the dog collars. They look at the numbers, the dark green even numbers, light green odd numbers, and the numbers in the 5-structure have a red circle around the tag on the collar.
– Arithmetic skills: orientation on the flat surface, critically looking at colours and shapes.
– Concepts such as short, long, left, right.
– Number symbols and number line: 1 to 20, even and odd, and the 5-structure.
1. Children puzzle the coloured dogs into the puzzle board. They note whether the dog is short or long and whether the dog is looking left or right.
2. Children puzzle the black and white dogs into the puzzle board. They pay attention to the black and white shapes on the puzzle board.
3. Children arrange the dogs on the table, next to the puzzle board, in order from 1 to 20. Or they sort all even and/or odd numbers.
In short, Children enjoy shapes and colours of the Cat Family puzzle and Dog Family puzzle. These puzzles are irresistible. Children’s eyes are drawn to them and there is so much to discover and to play with. The Rolf Puzzles Cat Family and Dog Family are a must-have for teachers and a joy for children!