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[quote=Anonymous]He's never liked them so I've never forced them.  Today I was clearing out some toys he's outgrown, so he of course became interested.  It was a 24 piece puzzle of jungle animals labeled 3-5 yoa.  He kept saying "it's impossible" and "I can't figure this out", so I started giving him tips, like "start with the corners" and look for similar colors.  He understands shapes, told me there are 4 angles in the rectangle, knew what every animal was and knows all his colors.  He understood the sky and sun needed to be on top, however it never dawned on him to rotate the corner piece to make it fit into another corner.  Even after I showed him a couple of times, he couldn't comprehend that a puzzle piece could be turned different ways to fit.  (If he picked it up and it was rotated upside down, he'd believe that it had to go onto the puzzle board in exactly that manner.)  I've never been that great at the spatial problem solving myself and wondered if this is the problem he's having, and if so, is there any way to help him improve on this skill?

It was a battle getting him to finish one puzzle, so practicing a puzzle doesn't seem possible.  I've bought puzzles in every interest he has, so even getting different puzzles will not work.  Thanks for any ideas!![/quote]

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