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Solving puzzles provides a number of benefits for young children, such as improving concentration as well as strategic planning skills. Puzzles have been a much loved learning toy of kids, moms and educators. Giving children a variety of puzzles enhances their early childhood educational experience both at home and in school.

Puzzles improve a child's problem solving and reasoning skills. It helps them to see whole-part relationships, increases their visual awareness and depending on the subject matter can teach them a variety of topics like the Alphabet, Numbers, Color recognition, shape recognition, categories like pets or transportation vehicles, and more.

As a child places each piece in the puzzle they are manipulating it so see if it fits. Their hand eye coordination is enhanced through this trial and error process.

Puzzles can be done alone but are also a great tool for fostering cooperative play. As kids ask for a piece to be passed to them, or discuss where a piece should go they are sharing the task and learning to cooperate. It can also help a child learn how to handle frustration when a piece does not fit.

Categories of Puzzles:

The very first category of puzzle is named as beginners, as these are the puzzles for kids of very small age. These are easy to use and very attractive. Mostly these are the one which are there with a picture puzzle, which is easy to solve.

The next in the list can be described as intermediate. We all are aware of the fact that, slowly and steadily with the age of a child his/her capability to understand various things and link them together also increases, therefore in this category of toys those products are involved which are a bit difficult to solve. These puzzles are appropriate for the Kids in the age group of four to nine.

The last category in which these various puzzles for kids are divided is known as advanced, as these are the one which can be provided to a kid of age in between nine to twelve. Normally it is advised that for the first few times parents should get involved in playing these games for kids as it will help them to learn faster.

Factors to consider while choosing a puzzle for your child:

Age: Make sure you are purchasing the appropriate type of puzzle for your child's age. If a puzzle is not suitable according to his/her age then, there are very strong chances that, it would not be able to help your kid irrespective of the fact that how advanced or good that puzzle is. And that’s the very reason, we always suggest you to bring puzzle which are according to the age of your kids. For example, jumbo knob or chunky puzzles are great for toddlers but jigsaw puzzles would be frustrating. At the same time a preschooler would really like a peg puzzle or jumbo piece floor puzzle. Older children prefer jigsaw puzzles ranging from 50 - 200 pieces depending on their skill.

Material: Various material used for a puzzle are wood, cardboard, painted, foam, etc you have to decide if you want a puzzle with textures to improve sensory perception as well as a cognitive skills

Types of puzzles: peg puzzles, chunky puzzles, jumbo knob puzzles, heavy duty cardboard floor puzzles, peg puzzles, foam puzzles, textured puzzles, shape sorting puzzles, sound puzzles, layer puzzles, and jigsaw puzzles.