I've spent the last two days feeling sorry for myself, reading, doing jigsaws, and watching Grey's Anatomy. If it wasn't for feeling rough I'd be enjoying it.
Husband has it now and seems worse than I was/am. But I always think that. I assume that he feels more poorly than I do, but of course neither of us knows exactly what the other feels or can cope with without moaning. It's the moaning I excel at.
Anyway, jigsaws. This is my work in progress.
Those of you who've ever tried to help a child do a jigsaw, have you been able to get them to understand the concept of straight edges at the side? It seems so obvious but, and maybe it's the way I explain, children never seem to grasp it. And I know for a fact that all my children and grandchildren are geniuses so it must be me.
Must go now, my jigsaw is calling me - and I'm still poorly (a little bit)so I'm not doing anything today. (Our official Covid test results came back negative, by the way.)
P.S. Just visited a new (to me) blog and discovered this rather wonderful jigsaw thingy.
5 comments:
Good luck with the jigsaw and I hope you both feel better soon!
Hi, Liz! I've never really thought about kids and the straight edge of puzzles. I have shown them that I usually start with the straight edge. What I have learned as a teacher watching hundreds of kids do puzzles is that there is no one right way to attack solving puzzles: some go for edges, some for faces, some for colors or words. What does matter is that we finish it (and have all the pieces ~ LOL!). Have fun with your colorful puzzle. I'm gad to hear that you don't have Covid. Feel better soon!
Yes I've been trying to teach my 4 year old Granddaughter about straight edges and corner pieces on a jigsaw and she doesn't understand, and yet she's a bright little button.
I always have a jigsaw on the go and have just finished one tonight.
Jigsaw finished, Debra.
Is there anything worse than having a missing jigsaw piece, Fundy Blue? (Of course there is but not when you're doing a jigsaw.)
Precisely, Joe. Bright at everything else - and good at doing jigsaws - but not this handy trick.
My youngest daughter is a puzzle worker though I hoped to stymie her just a bit with a round puzzle made up of lines drawn in a loop on a white background. I think puzzles focus your mind and allow the other stuff to go elsewhere. Kind of a relief, you know.
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