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Manufacturer: SMART MEMORIES Sp. z o.o.

The Nature progressive puzzles are a set of 5 independent pictures (clover, bee on a honeycomb, butterfly, swans, rainbow behind clouds) consisting of a different number of pieces: three, four, five, seven, and eight, respectively. This solution is perfect for children who have already mastered putting together the simplest two-piece puzzles.

Our puzzles are complemented by 4 game suggestions, most of which are aimed at supporting the development of speech and communication.

Puzzles help to shape primarily: concentration, visual perception, spatial awareness, eye-hand coordination, fine motor skills, as well as speech and communication. Did you know that:

Concentration is the ability to focus attention on something specific. It can be an activity being performed, a specific object, or instructions given by a teacher. Attentional focus ensures a child's proper development and is essential at every stage of their education.
Visual perception allows a child to get to know and understand the world around them and is essential for further education when learning to read, write, and count. Initially, when playing with several pieces featuring different pictures, the child must focus their eyes on them and evaluate what they see, e.g., colors, shapes, similarities, and differences. This is an introduction to more advanced analysis, which is, among other things, the foundation of logical thinking.
Thanks to spatial awareness, a child is able to predict what an arrangement consisting of several elements will look like, determine the relationships between objects, or identify their position in space. spatial awareness is extremely important for further learning, especially for developing mathematical and technical abilities.
Hand-eye coordination enables the achievement of precise movements. It is necessary for everyday activities – from eating independently, dressing, drawing, or writing to physical activity. Eye-hand coordination additionally requires training the child's hands and fingers, i.e., fine motor skills.
Fine motor skills are the precise movements of the hands and fingers, such as squeezing, stroking, kneading, and grasping. They are essential in many areas of a child's life and for achieving independence (e.g., brushing teeth, buttoning buttons, eating, writing).
Speech and effective communication are the basis of daily life in the family and are also indispensable in developing social competence. They allow a child to express their thoughts and feelings and to understand what others want to convey.

Magic sentences, or let's make... sentences! – number of players: 2-5, suggested age: 3+

Lay all the pictures out in front of you together. The person starting the game chooses one object while looking at the puzzles and says its name out loud (e.g., rainbow, bee, etc.). The player sitting to their left makes a sentence with that specific word, then, looking at the pictures on the puzzles, chooses a word for the next person.

Tips:

when choosing words to form sentences, use both general names for what you see (e.g., bird, swan, chick, plant, clover) and details from the pictures (e.g., eye, beak, leaf, heart, stem, green);
to spice up the game, play in teams; within a team, you can build sentences and choose words together, or you can do it individually and take turns – the choice is yours; team play is also recommended if there are more players than suggested;
the difficulty level of the game can be modified by introducing scoring; you can score based on the number of words in a sentence (e.g., 1 point for each word) or award points based on the time it takes to build and say the sentence (e.g., 2 points if the player stays within 5 seconds, 1 point if it takes them 5-10 seconds, 0 points if they exceed 10 seconds).

You can find more game suggestions in the brochure included with the toy and on our Facebook and Instagram fanpages.