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Completing A Jigsaw Puzzle WIthout Looking

by thunderbird
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In the early evening, I saw my son (4) complete a 100-piece jigsaw puzzle while watching an episode of Curious George and not actually looking at the puzzle pieces at all as far as I could make out. I asked him how he did that and he just looked at me oddly like I was asking him a really bizarre question.
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    Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

    In the early evening, I saw my son (4) complete a 100-piece jigsaw puzzle while watching an episode of Curious George and not actually looking at the puzzle pieces at all as far as I could make out. I asked him how he did that and he just looked at me oddly like I was asking him a really bizarre question.
    I don't know if my kid could even do a 100 piece puzzle,
    I do know, there is no way he would sit still long enough to do it.

    His shelf life of concentration is around 5- 10 minutes - max.
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by kenmichaels View Post

      I don't know if my kid could even do a 100 piece puzzle,
      I do know, there is no way he would sit still long enough to do it.

      His shelf life of concentration is around 5- 10 minutes - max.
      Every kid is different, but I gather that 5-10 minutes is a pretty standard attention span for kids around their age and fairly typical of my son as well. He concentrates much better on something he's chosen to do rather than what an adult has presented to him. Getting him to talk about something can be pretty futile.
      "What did you do in school today?"
      "We did poopy things."
      "Did you sing any songs?"
      "We sang poopy songs."
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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Your son, who is four.....saw the pieces, he just wasn't paying attention.

        And a 100 piece puzzle is just ten across and ten down. Pretty easy to group the pieces without much attention.

        The part of the brain that solves puzzles and recognizes shapes develops pretty early.
        It's why little kids can be really good at chess.

        But if he's still four, that's still impressive.

        You have a bright, healthy, good looking kid...who has interested parents. It doesn't get much better than that.
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