The Jigsaw Puzzle

September 29th, 2007

There is much developmentally that LuLu has never done. One of those things has been putting together puzzles. Early therapeutic and intervention suggestions were to introduce puzzles into her environment. I remember one of her shower gifts after arriving home was a set of wooden puzzles just right for toddlers with animals, alphabet and common objects. LuLu never used them. Despite any attempt to engage her in the activity, she wasn’t interested. Once, while cleaning out the attic, I found a life-size Barney puzzle that Kay had used. I excitedly presented it to LuLu, helping her start. No go…she wasn’t interested. I now realize that she truly didn’t have the skills, developmentally to do the puzzle. Frankly, my interest in getting her… [more]