[blparent] Jigsaw Puzzles

[Brandy Wojcik]

If you want Braille on them numbering the back of the puzzle piece with a number works. Number them from 1-24 going across. Melissa and doug have 4 or so 12 piece wood puzzles, and that is a good place to start.s Some times a long floor puzzle like the alphabet train helps them because 2 sides are flat, and it conects like a train.

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 11:24 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Jigsaw Puzzles

I hope someone can give me a few pointers.  I’m at the end of my wits trying to help my daughter with jigsaw puzzles.  She really enjoys them, and her sighted dad has tried to show her how to look at the pieces and match them by what part of the picture they belong to, as well as shape and size.  She really wants me to do the puzzles with her, but we inevitably end up with a pile of pieces and a whole lot of frustration.  And these are fairly simple puzzles, some are the wooden 24-piece ones from Melissa and Doug, and a couple are small Veggie Tales or Bible story puzzles.  I tried to label one with braille letters on the back, but it didn’t help much.  Now the talking ones are great.  My little girl can put the puzzle of the fifty states together all by herself.  I hope there’s some ingenious way I just haven’t thought of to help her with the non-talking puzzles.

Thanks,
Jo Elizabeth

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