A baby learns to recognize objects by their shape and not necessarily what position the object is in. A chair is a chair whether it is upright, lying down, or upside down-it doesn’t matter. The simple puzzles produced for younger children develop more refined and defined skills and recognition.

One of the first things a young child will learn is that it does matter which way up the pieces to fit in the hole. A typical early childhood puzzle is wooden with a picture and has spaces where the pieces fit to complete the picture. With a street scene, for example, there might be a separate car shape, bus shape, and a truck shape that complete a puzzle. These puzzles are typically robust as the first response of a child is to try to force the piece into place taking no notice of its shape. With adult guidance the young child learns to manipulate the piece until it does fit exactly.

There are several learning experiences that can be drawn from these very basic puzzles. Firstly it’s the hand eye coordination to manipulate the puzzle piece into position. To get the piece in also involves observation of the shape of the hole and the shape of the puzzle piece. At first the child deals with the problem by trial and error. The example and guidance of an adult begins to solidify the thinking process. The child starts to apply spatial awareness and mental manipulation as well as physical. This comes however, after the child has learned to put the piece in correctly through trial and error and memory.

The role of the adult at this stage is very important. The conversation about the picture, talking and demonstrating the correct method to complete it, accelerates the child’s learning process. Puzzles can create a great opportunity for increase in vocabulary, and recognition of objects and situations outside the child’s immediate world. The fact that the child learns that the piece only fits one way is in fact a pre reading skill. A letter needs to be the right way up and not backwards or upside down in a word.

These early childhood puzzles can be purchased in varying degrees of difficulty as the child’s spatial and reasoning skills become more developed. The child also learns through puzzles the recognition of color and shape with, of course, adult conversation increasing the potential of the child’s understanding and development. The green shape only fits in the green hole. This type of matching activity develops early reading skills.

At this stage it is good to introduce a new puzzle and do it with the child at first. Make this a happy social time and lots of fun. Do the puzzles with the child long enough to maintain the child’s interest and attention, but be ready to move on to another activity. Eventually when the child’s dexterity and confidence has increased, he will want to do it by himself. With praise and encouragement the child will practice until the skills become familiar. Then is the time to introduce puzzles with greater challenge.

The best thing about Smart Ass Game is that its basically just like a trivia type of game however the catch is that it offers you the chance to be able to pick more than one type of clue. I learned about this game when my daughter gave it to me as a present. She said that she had never laughed harder than she has with this game. So what I do?

I decided to play this game at my next party and as it turns out all of my friends completely loved this game so much they kept asking me where did I get it from? Well I got it is a gift! I would say. Anyways there are many good things about this game which I will reveal to you slowly in detail as the articles progresses.

One of my favorite things about Smart Ass Game is that it is short, sweet, and uncomplicated. As compared to playing board games like Monopoly this can be quite a relief. Not everyone can afford to spend eight hours of their day to play a board game, this is usually of course how most Monopoly games end up.

Another reason why I like this game more than a board game like Monopoly is because the stress level is very low with this game. While in Monopoly what is it like? Stress levels go through the roof with people getting into actual real life arguments over a Monopoly game. How’s that for crazy sober reality?

This is what it has come to. Anger seeping out everywhere, at the seams, all over the place. Contain yourselves, constrain yourselves, don’t stress. This isn’t what we were meant for, attacking a fellow man over playing a board game, be peaceful towards your fellow human entity. If you play Smart Ass Game your stress levels will be at your normal level and everyone will stay friends. What an excellent concept for a board game!

I’ll give you a bizarre tip about this game, one thing that a lot people don’t know and I am about to reveal to you a pretty crazy secret about this game. Basically if you play the game backwards and nobody says a word a board game monster will climb out of your wall and hand you ten thousand dollars.

I’ve never personally tried it but you definitely should check it out because that’s some awesome stuff. One other really amazing thing that you can do while playing Smart Ass Board Game is that you can play without the game board all together! Do you think I’m kidding, because I’m actually not. You just use the cards and if you don’t feel like whipping the board out then you don’t have to.

For example if your traveling with Smart Ass Board Game and you don’t necessarily have the room to bring a game board with you, but you can always bring the cards. An easy solution to an otherwise complicated problem. Abstinence is the true savior of our logistics with board games.