Elephant Tray Puzzle

The Blue Ribbon Elephant Tray Puzzle is a fun and engaging puzzle designed to help young children develop their eye-hand coordination. With large block pieces perfect for little hands, this puzzle allows children to arrange the pieces on the tray to reveal a friendly elephant.

Alternatively, they can use the pieces to create other imaginative figures, promoting creativity and problem-solving skills. Ideal for toddlers 12+ months, this puzzle offers a simple yet effective way to encourage fine motor development and cognitive growth.

Benefits for Educational Use:

• Eye-Hand Coordination: The large, easy-to-handle pieces help young children improve their fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination as they fit the pieces together.
• Creativity and Imagination: While the goal is to complete the elephant, the open-ended design of the puzzle pieces encourages children to create their own figures and shapes, fostering creativity.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Completing the puzzle helps children develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they figure out how the pieces fit together.
• Motor Skill Development: As children move the pieces around the tray, they refine their grasping and manipulation skills, which are important for later stages of development.
• Cognitive Growth: The process of fitting pieces into place helps develop a child's understanding of spatial relationships and shape recognition.

Classroom Ideas:

• Puzzle Completion Challenge: Have children complete the elephant image as a group activity, helping them with problem-solving and promoting teamwork.
• Creative Exploration: Once the elephant puzzle is completed, encourage children to use the pieces to create their own designs or animals, enhancing creativity.
• Sorting and Matching: Before completing the puzzle, have children sort the pieces by color or shape, encouraging further learning about categories and shapes.

Size: 17 x 17 x 5 cm

Recommended Age: 12+ months

MTA's range of high quality, wooden and plastic puzzles include basic knob puzzles, layered puzzles, large floor puzzles, and complex jigsaws for higher education and advanced puzzlers.