January 19, 2010

Introducing New Siblings to Young Children Meets Children’s Play

Beleduc Mother Body 5 layer puzzle Explaining to your young child that a new sibling will be joining the family can be a pretty difficult task; Beleduc, a company that prides itself on helping children to learn during their play, have created 5-layer puzzles that make it easy to teach children about the human body while putting together a fun puzzle.

One of the puzzles teaches boys and girls about their bodies, from the skull and outward to what they see when they look in the mirror, and more interestingly, a mother’s body puzzle ($22.50) that makes it easy to teach small children about their mother’s new pregnancy, showing them the various stages of their new sibling’s development. The puzzle is directed towards children ages 4 and up, but I would think could be used for children as young as 3. It contains 29 wooden pieces in all and made of birch plywood, German water-based paint and lacquer.

I think this puzzle is a great idea; it’s always a good idea to back up any close-to serious conversation you need to have with your small child with some fun games and toys and it can definitely be a tremendous feat to portray exactly what is going on that they should be aware of during a pregnancy and an impending new sibling. However, of course concepts like this are novelty items that aren’t always “in season” when it comes to the various toys children accumulate, so this puzzle is a bit on the pricier side.

Would you use a puzzle like this to help explain pregnancy and a new sibling entering the household to your child or is it a waste of money?

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5 Comments on Introducing New Siblings to Young Children Meets Children’s Play / Add Your Comment

  1. Hi,
    I would recommend such puzzles not to be shown to children of 3 to 10 years old as you are exploiting them. Its better after you can use such toys and puzzles to tell them about the Glory of God and new individual joining the family.

    Thanks
    Dailytrader

    • Holly says:

      @Dailytrader: How does this puzzle or anything like it exploit children? Or did you mean it exploits mothers? I don’t understand either way because this puzzle does not show nudity, it is completely PC and I think that by the time someone is 10 years old, they see things much worse than a completely innocent toy.

  2. i don’t think children will have that much maturity to understand all this stuff. it’s enough to teach them what they can understand in their age.

  3. I think this puzzle is a great idea.Thanks for submitting this article.

  4. Water tanks says:

    I don’t think small children will understand anything…they will be more interested in putting the puzzles together than understanding what it is about…anyway they will learn after a few years…I agree with Global wholesaler Trader, why exploit them at such a small age?

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