Jigsaw Puzzles

Recently.....my son kept pestering me to get him a a box of jigsaw puzzles....Wondering why this lil rascal suddenly gotten interested in such hobby ?

I was a bit reluctant to buy one as I don't expect him to be able to perform such task. This young man would surely loose his interest and give up pretty soon. Naturally a tedious task to fix tiny pieces of picture together. The incomplete piece would soon ended up into the heap of rubbish in no time.

On a contradiction, perhaps I should give it a try. The matching and fixing job.... would definitely occupied much of his time.....say..a month or more....! At least, this hobby is better than him getting 'glued to the TV" on weekends.

I also believe that this task will build his patience. It also applies one of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences @ Visual Spartial. Accomodates his spare time meaningfully. So..it's a good idea..after all.

I bought him one set @ 5000 pieces.

As soon as we arrived home, without wasting a single second....he unwrapped the box. getting pretty excited over his new toy. Hopefully....he's NOT....."hangat-hangat tahi ayam" and gotten bored over it in a couple of days.

He began his 'project' almost immediately. He sorted out the many pieces according to colours and shapes....and then layed them pieces by pieces by pieces on a cardboard. Looks like he knows what he's doing and plans his strategy well.
Cheers for my boy....7 year old child..... !

He indulged in this passion whenever he has time to spare.....as if he's building a huge castle for the king. I could see that he is very much into it.

I made him promise that he would only 'play' with his puzzle after completing all his school work. Deal or no deal ! Mesti deal punya.....

For the past weeks, he was so passionate over his new found hobby. He searched, looked, matched tiny pieces........with full concentration.

On several occasions, I too joined him in this activity...figuring and fixing bits of pictures. Mind you...".....the more pieces you fixed, you'll tend to get more addicted towards it...sort of like achieving a certain task....and you'll enjoy it"

The next thing I knew.... I was sitting beside my boy in the study room...... hahahaha

Now it's a "mother-son team". I noticed that the quality time both of us spent in this 'mission' is valuable. We shared and discussed....in this joint ventured task.

Funny ya....such a simple game could actually bind an adult and child together. It's like a bridge joining two generations.

I intend to frame the master piece once completed....!
It's definitely going to brighten up our humble living room.

At this moment, the puzzle is still half way done.