Play and Learn

My kids love to Play and I love to see them enjoy themselves while they play. Recently, I found something good at the Cartoon Network in Ikano. It's a simple puzzle but it actually trains your children's motor skill when they learn how to match and it widen their vocabulary in a way too.

These puzzles are recommended for age 3 and up and I actually bought them for my sweetheart (age 4) but my little honey angel (age 2) became pretty interested when her brother was playing and so, she started playing too. She slowly got the hang of it and played really well.

Puzzle 1: Whose Baby?

- A very simple puzzle which consist of 2 groups: the mummy or daddy (1st group) and the baby (2nd group). Children match the baby animal to the mummy or daddy animal. For example: Puppy to Dog, Tadpole to Frog, Owlet to Owl, etc. What I would do is to separate the animals from their youngs and then, I would take out one animal, and ask my little honey angel: Where's the cat's baby? Where's the kitten? Then, she would search for the kitten and match it with the cat. After that, she would proudly present her work and say "see mummy, see this." So, teaching vocabulary isn't as tough as we think.

Whose Home?

- This puzzle is similar to "Whose Baby?" which also consist of 2 groups: the animals and their homes. All you have to do is to match the animals to their homes. Example: Dog to kennel, rabbit to burrow, spider to cob web, etc. Most of the animals are animals that the children know but the challenge is in the type of home which most of them do not know. It's so wonderful to see them learn through play. Even my little honey could answer her daddy when he asked her: Where does the rabbit live? Haha...