Pentamino Puzzle - Develops Shape Recognition and Problem Solving Skills

Shape is one of the mathematical concepts. The idea of the shape of the object is most easily acquired by the child at the time when he puts the parts into a whole. Playing puzzles, the child develops combinatorial abilities, holistic perception, arbitrariness of actions, imagination; they help to study geometric figures, give the child a concept of shape, size (including in comparison) of objects; develop fine motor skills of fingers, which affects the intellectual abilities of a person; realise the creative potential of children In the methodical manual - methodology and schemes The essence of the game: folding of various figures from a given set. The set of pentaminoes contains 12 figures, each of which is made of five identical squares, and the squares are neighbouring only by the sides. It is rather difficult to make up silhouettes of this game, so it is necessary together with the child to look carefully at the elements and find their external similarity to objects, letters, etc. Puzzle size: 21515010 mm