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Melissa And Doug wood Shape Sorter 25 piece $0.99 |
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SWEET HEARTS WOOD Jewelry BEAD SET Melissa & Doug + NEW $7.99 |
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NEW MELISSA DOUG WOOD STRINGING BEADS WOODEN TOYS $23.99 |
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NEW Melissa&Doug Wood Blocks ABC Wooden Alphabet Cart $14.99 |
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NEW First Vehicles Plane Truck Wood Set Melissa & Doug $19.99 |
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MELISSA AND DOUG FARM LARGE PEG PUZZLE WOOD $19.99 |
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MELISSA AND DOUG ZOO LARGE PEG PUZZLE WOOD $19.99 |
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MELISSA AND DOUG HOUSE LARGE PEG PUZZLE WOOD $19.99 |
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NEW Melissa and Doug Wood Lacing Sneaker Tying Shoes $11.99 |
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Melissa and doug wood toy lace and trace fun farm set $6.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wood Lacing Sneaker $13.37 |
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Melissa & Doug Deluxe Natural Wood Puzzle Storage Case $37.34 |
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MELISSA & DOUG WOOD WOODEN LATCHES PUZZLE $24.99 |
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Melissa Doug Wood Furnished Mansion Doll House Child $124.99 |
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Melissa & Doug NEW! Art Supplies Felt Chalk Eraser Wood $2.88 |
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NEW Melissa and Doug 100 Wood Block Set $9.00 |
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Preschool Thomas Felt Board Melissa & Doug Wood Puzzle $5.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Bear Dress Up wood excellent cond $3.25 |
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Lot of 3 Melissa & Doug Wood Jumbo Knob Puzzles – EUC!! $2.50 |
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Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wood Standing Art Easel NEW $49.99 |
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JIGSAWS-IN-A-BOX~MELISSA & DOUG~DINOSAURS~ALL WOOD!+BON $4.95 |
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Melissa & Doug NEW! Mighty Builders Tow Truck Wood $22.22 |
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Melissa and Doug Decorate-Your-Own Wood Flower Chest $6.29 |
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Melissa&Doug Wooden Wood Farm Animals Sound Peg Puzzle $9.99 |
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Brand New Melissa & Doug Wood Magic Discovery Set $1.00 |
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MELISSA & DOUG LARGE ALPHABET WOOD WOODEN PUZZLE $19.99 |
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NEW MELISSA & DOUG STACK SORT BOARD WOOD BUILDING BLOCK $6.99 |
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MAILBOX & MAIL Toy Set-WOOD-MELISSA & DOUG-NEW $35.99 |
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Melissa & Doug NEW! Mighty Builders Fire Truck Wood $22.22 |
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Melissa & Doug WOODEN WOOD POUND ROLL TOOL SET HAMMER $4.99 |
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MELISSA & DOUG BABY WOODEN WOOD GRASPING TOY BUMBLE BEE $9.99 |
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MELISSA & DOUG CHUNKY PUZZLE VEHICLES TRAIN WOODEN WOOD $6.99 |
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Melissa and Doug PIRATE CHEST Wooden Toy WOOD PLAY Set $9.99 |
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MELISSA & DOUG CHUNKY PUZZLE SAFARI LION WOODEN WOOD $6.99 |
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MELISSA & DOUG BABY INFANT TOY WOOD RATTLE CROCODILE $4.99 |
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MELISSA & DOUG CHUNKY PUZZLE CONSTRUCTION WOODEN WOOD $6.99 |
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Melissa & Doug WOOD ALPHABET ART PUZZLE MONTESSORI ABC $7.99 |
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Melissa & and Doug WOODEN SOUND PUZZLE DINOSAURS WOOD $4.99 |
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Melissa & Doug WOODEN WOOD POUND ROLL TOOL SET HAMMER $4.99 |
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Melissa & Doug MONTESSORI WOODEN WOOD BLOCKS SET Cart $17.99 |
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MELISSA & DOUG CHUNKY PUZZLE FIRE TRUCK WOODEN WOOD $6.99 |
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Melissa & and Doug WOODEN SOUND PUZZLE DINOSAURS WOOD $4.99 |
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Melissa & and Doug WOODEN SOUND PUZZLE DINOSAURS WOOD $4.99 |
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MELISSA & DOUG BABY INFANT TOY WOOD RATTLE CAR KEY RING $4.99 |
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Melissa & and Doug WOODEN WOOD PEG PUZZLE ZOO MIX MATCH $3.99 |
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MELISSA & DOUG CHUNKY PUZZLE SCHOOL BUS WOODEN WOOD $6.99 |
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Melissa & Doug NEW! Mighty Builders Jet Plane Wood $22.22 |
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MELISSA & DOUG CHUNKY PUZZLE SCHOOL BUS WOODEN WOOD $6.99 |
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Melissa & Doug WOODEN WOOD PIZZA PARTY PLAY FOOD SET $9.99 |
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MELISSA & DOUG CHUNKY PUZZLE SEA SHARK FISH WOODEN WOOD $6.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Sports Door Plaque $5.02 Its easy to create a personalized keepsake with the Melissa and Doug Sports Door Plaque! This durable wooden plaque features a blank space surrounded by soccer balls, basketballs, baseballs, and big stars. Use the enclosed stickers to personalize the plaque for your little all stars room! The color-coordinated hanging ribbon makes this gift a hit!… |
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Maple Landmark 25128 HANG-A-NAME- STARTERS- FIRE TRUCK $4.99 Personalize your baby’s nursery or room. Hang-A-Name starter shapes have a keyhole slot in the back for easy hanging on the wall or door. Hangs from a screw or nail(not included). Made from pine, with a non-toxic color finish. Attach Hang-A-Name letters to a starter shape to create a name or word…. |
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Melissa& Doug Bead Set Bundle (3 Pack) $34.99 This bead bundle set comes with Flower Power, Sweet Hearts and Butterfly Beads. Thats 450 beads!… |
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Griffkin 1000 Piece Building Set in Wooden Box Make amazing things with these fun Griffkin Blocks! Griffkin Blocks are the winners of the Toy Mothers Smart Play Smart Toy and Best Toy award 2008! Wooden blocks have been around for centuries and make an excellent tool to teach basic math concepts, organizational skills, sequential skills, and spatial relations. It is no surprise that blocks are found in almost every pre-school and kindergarten… |
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Melissa & Doug Cutting Food Box $12.00 The Cutting Food Box from Melissa and Doug contains eight pieces of wooden food, a cutting board and a wooden knife. With 31 pieces, this pretend play food set offers a great way to introduce the concepts of part, whole and fractions! And, the food makes a fun “CRUNCH” sound when sliced…. |
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Melissa & Doug Wooden Shape Sorting Clock $8.93 It’s time to “block” around the clock! Two toys in one, this colorful clock combines shape sorting and learning to tell time. Place the numbered and shaped pieces in their proper place on the face of the clock, then move the hour and minute hands to make telling time fun! Measures 9″ x 5″…. |
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Melissa & Doug Wooden Sandwich-Making Set $11.97 This Sandwich-Making Wooden Play Set includes colorful likenesses of meaty cold cuts, garden vegetables and fresh bread. The entire pieces feature Velcro inserts, so keeping sandwich creations together is no problem. A play wooden knife rounds out the collection. The kit comes packaged in a 12″ X 10″ wooden crate. Also, it includes 18 mix-and-match pieces total…. |
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Melissa & Doug Solid Wood Snowman Stacker $12.95 AGES 18 MONTHS +… |
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Wood Lacing Sneaker By Melissa and Doug $9.99 This learning activity will tickle kids down to their toes! The sturdy wooden high-top sneaker is the perfect size toy for kids to learn how to lace and tie over and over again!Size: 8 x 5 x 3 1/2Ages 3+… |
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Melissa and Doug 8 1/2in Wooden Ascending Train Tracks (6 Pack) $16.33 Take train play to new levels with the Melissa and Doug 8.5in Wooden Ascending Train Track Set! Each pack includes 6 ascending/descending track pieces. Enhances your train track layout!… |
Melissa & Doug Wooden Puzzles Help Toddler Development
Wooden puzzles encourage many types of physical and emotional development among toddlers, while at the same time providing durable, low-cost toys for toddlers. Non-toxic puzzles with smooth-edged pieces are safe for toddlers, as well as easy for them to pick up and move around.
With today’s global economy, there are a slew of wooden puzzles to choose from. Costs are relatively low thanks to slave labor wages paid to oppressed workers in China and other communist economies. Popular brands include Melissa & Doug, Ravensburger, and Parker Brothers.
Wooden puzzles can help toddlers develop their physical motor skills and their hand-eye coordination. Because a puzzle requires the child to manipulate several relatively small objects, this will develop their physical skills. They will learn to visually match the puzzle piece with its corresponding space on the puzzle board, and then will learn to physically manipulate and fit the piece into that space. They will also have to match colors and shapes on the board to colors and shapes on their puzzle pieces, which will engage multiple areas of the child’s brain.
Puzzles can improve a toddler’s cognitive skills, in particular their problem-solving and reasoning skills. Each puzzle piece fits in a precise location, and the child may have to rotate the puzzle piece or flip it over. A toddler may become frustrated at first as they struggle to make the piece fit. However, with continued puzzle play, the toddler’s problem-solving skills will improve with repeated successes at solving their problem (making the puzzle piece fit).
Problem-solving requires persistence and steadfastness to stay with the task until it is solved. It requires breaking the problem down into smaller steps, then solving each step one at a time, while maintaining a focus on completing the overall objective. Each of these problem-solving skills is required by puzzles. As children grow and develop better skills, puzzles can grow increasingly more challenging in order to continue promoting skill development at higher levels with increasing degrees of difficulty. Puzzles can even teach the child patience, as a puzzle piece that does not fit one way will ultimately fit somewhere if they keep trying.
Toddlers will also develop their spatial skills and abstract thoughts by playing with wooden puzzles. As they rotate or flip a puzzle piece to make it fit in the puzzle, they will be forced to think in three dimensions. They will have to think outside their concrete thoughts (what they can see right now) and consider abstract thoughts (whether the puzzle piece will fit if they rotate it).
Puzzles may also encourage children to think ahead about the results of their actions. They will have to consider the effect of inserting a particular puzzle piece into a particular place on the puzzle board, on the placement of the next puzzle piece.
Durable wooden puzzles from brands like Melissa & Doug and others can help foster a love of puzzles in a child that will grow along with the child, evolving from wooden puzzles to jigsaw puzzles, Rubik’s cubes, and crossword puzzles. These advanced puzzles offer similar benefits as wooden puzzles, from cognitive and physical development to learning abstract thought.
About the Author
Joe Kanooga is a father of two kids, a successful business owner and the author of numerous articles about wooden puzzles. Click here to download our free Melissa & Doug guidebook filled with tips, ideas and information.