Infantino Town Hero's Puzzle
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: InfantinoBrand: Infantino
Release Date: 2007-10-10
Model: 156-022
Product features:
- Develop hand-eye coordination
- Practice matching and problem-solving
- Improve their powers of observation and identification
- 28 piece town of heroes
Description of Infantino Town Hero's Puzzle
A puzzle makes a great developmental learning tool, building a child's matching and problem-solving skills. Town Heroes Puzzle goes a step further by offering a great concept that encourages children to think about their town, the people in it, and notions of community and citizenship. Bright, sturdy pieces 28 in all depict a typical town's regular people who also happen to be everyday heroes, including a fireman, mail carrier, police officer, tow truck driver, teacher, and doctor.Baby Products Reviews of Infantino Town Hero's Puzzle
Customer Review: not your same old puzzle
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this for my almost-three-year-old son. He was enchanted with this puzzle right away. Here is what he likes:
--the transporation theme. There are six themed locations on the puzzle: Firehouse, Post Office, Auto Garage/Carwash, School, Hospital, and Police Station. Each one has a vehicle (!) and a person that goes with the building. Everything is connected by a road. My son likes to take the six vehicle pieces and the six people pieces and play with them separately. These pictures are complete on one puzzle piece each.
--the details in the pictures. He likes to study the finished puzzle, just like he does a picture book. There are tons of details, big and small, to notice. Also, the locations/people on the puzzle are the ones he is learning about in real life--learning about his neighborhood.
--the unexpected shape. This puzzle is not square with all straight outer edges. The people and vehicle pieces stick off the sides. This makes the whole thing seem more like a toy than a puzzle. This confused him at first, but then he got the hang of it.
--the mix of sizes of puzzle pieces. The vehicle and people pieces are the small ones, maybe 3" X 1.5". The other pieces are pretty big, around 5 inches in either direction. One really big piece is about 8" X 4 ". This is great because the details in the picture can be small, so the big pieces make it easier to find what goes where. Also, this adds variety to the challenge, from easier to harder, all in one puzzle.
That's what he seems to like. Here's what I like:
--the long-term value of the puzzle. Right now, this is a mommy-and-me puzzle. He can't work it by himself, but he is eager to work it with help. Later, he will get more mileage out of it when he can work it alone. Plus, eventually I'm sure he'll realize that the roads are the perfect size for matchbox cars. Eventually, we could shellac the thing and make it a play mat or wall hanging. It's cute!
--the teaching opportunity. My son loves tow trucks, but he'd never heard the word "mechanic" before, until we talked about the mechanic who drives the tow truck in the puzzle. Now, I ask him to find the mechanic, and he can use his new word. Also, he can practice his speech skills, since naming the six people in the puzzle is challenging to him right now. There are LOTS of conversation opportunities while we work it.
--the imagination opportunity. We also talk about what he thinks is going on, or could go on, at each of the locations in the puzzle.
--the quality. The pieces are thick and stocky and don't seem accident-prone. No peeling, for example, and no warping. (I got a Cars/McQueen puzzle at Target recently that came with the pieces shrink-wrapped so tightly that it had warped them, and the puzzle won't lay flat. No problem like that here.) This is good because with a puzzle this big, he's gonna step on or lean his hand on pieces while putting it all together.
--the fun way to teach logic skills. How do you begin to work the puzzle? With this one, he can sort all the vehicles in one group, all the people in one group, and the pieces of each location in separate groups. OR, he can sort the matching vehicle, person, and location pieces in their own six piles. It's a different approach than sorting out corner pices or straight-edge pieces, which he doesn't seem to get yet anyway.
There are only two things I would love to see that aren't here, and these are just wishes. One is a larger picture of the finished puzzle, since you have to rely on the picture to help work it, and the picture on the box is smallish, and the details in the puzzle are so, um, DETAILED. A larger picture would help--and this leads me to my other wish, a poster-size print of the finished puzzle.
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