100 Piece Puzzle

Ok so if I'm totally honest I have no idea how to cultivate a mind as bright as my son's. He's such a smart little guy and he's so wonderful. One thing he loves to do is puzzles. We picked up a load of puzzles at the Dollar Store featuring all sorts of Marvel heroes. Some are 25 pieces- which take him about five minutes to put together, and some are 100 pieces- which take him about a half an hour. There is one that he's been able to do for a long time but I never thought much of it because it has twelve or so different images on it and he put it together accordingly. Turns out that's the perfect skill for piecing puzzles! When he finally put together this puzzle back in September all by himself (I didn't hand him one single piece or tell him where to put it)we were so proud of him. He separates the pieces out by color and/or character and then completes them one at a time. If he finds a piece that might fit he puts it in one spot and turns it in all directions to try to get it to fit. If it doesn't work he tries another pieces. Working spot by spot and piece by piece he has become a master of puzzles. We are so proud of our little Smartie-Pants!

That tongue comes out during concentration time! Oh and he never even looks at that smaller picture of the puzzle- that's just for me and Jake when we put them together with him!

Both Papa and Uncle D have worked on puzzles with him lately and they are both impressed (Papa's face) with Polo's powers of deduction when it comes to placing puzzle pieces! ... And so are we!