The Growing Puzzle Set features six life cycles found in the natural world and depicts the four main stages of each of these cycles of growth. It includes:
Apple tree (bare branches - thick foliage - flowering - apple)
Chicken (egg - hatching - chick - adult hen)
Pumpkin (seed - germination - flowering - pumpkin)
Butterfly (eggs - caterpillar - cocoon - butterfly)
Sunflower (seeds - germination - bud - flower)
Frog (egg spawn - tadpole - tadpole with legs - frog)
As children work to sort and sequence the pieces they learn about the wonders of nature and exercise their motor control while also building their memory, problem-solving and critical thinking skills
This beautiful set features wooden puzzle pieces. Each piece measures approximately 5cm x 5cm, so when a life cycle set of four is pieced together it measures approximately 20cm in width and 5cm in height.
Isolating a single life cycle sequence from the set can also be a great way to link the puzzle to a unit of inquiry about a particular topic