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Early Childhood Education and Care News
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October 27, 2020
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Kia ora, this week new research sheds light on the developmental processes leading up to a child's ability to complete a jigsaw puzzle. Also, non-scary and inclusive activity ideas to ensure fun for all this Halloween.
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The power of puzzle play
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Educators have always understood the value of jigsaw puzzles as an enriching playtime activity. Now, new research has shown that children understand that individual pieces, when assembled, produce a picture around the age of four years.
Published in the Society for Research in Child Development, the study looked at the cognitive processes underlying jigsaw puzzle completion, finding the average child is able to use visual cues from puzzle pieces and the box to complete a puzzle at around the age of four. Three-year-old children use trial and error to put the pieces together.
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Turn down the terrors and promote fun this Halloween
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Halloween is almost here, heralded by the appearance of spooky and sometimes grisly spectres of witches, ghosts and skeletons on neighbourhood lawns and shop fronts.
By dialling down the scary factor this year, educators and parents can work together to support children and prepare them for Halloween, creating an appropriate experience to deliver fun for everyone.
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