Eddie and Josie have a variety of puzzles, but there is one in particular that Eddie LOVES. He plays with it so much that he has literately memorized where all 48 of the pieces belong. It's an underwater ocean scene with sharks, fish and corral.
He wanted me to work on it with him today and as I sat down he says, 'lets take turns putting pieces on--and lets work on one row at a time'. This doesn't sound hard and it's not a particularly difficult puzzle, but as I wondered which piece to select for the row, an impatient Eddie would start to give me 'hints' as to where I could find an eligible piece, much as we do with Josie when helping her-- "it's next to a corner piece, it has a yellow fish on it".
When I selected a piece that didn't work, he would correct me saying, "that piece goes 'here'." As in, wrong row, mommy. About 1/2 way through he asked if next time could he please do the puzzle by himself.
I thought it an innventive way to put a puzzle together, even though I was at a distinct disadvantage. he has granted me exactly 5 minutes to write about our little game...back to playing.
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