Map Puzzle: USA

Description

The USA puzzle map breaks the country down into all fifty states, each lifting out as its own knobbed wooden piece set against a coloured control map that shows state borders and relative size at a glance.

Assembling the puzzle again and again teaches a child which states share a border, how the country widens and narrows from coast to coast, and where its largest and smallest states sit in relation to one another, building a genuine working knowledge of the country’s internal geography well ahead of formal classroom instruction. The fine motor practice of lifting and replacing fifty individual pieces also continues to refine the pincer grip developed throughout earlier, simpler puzzles.

Solid wood construction with a durable, child-safe finish makes this puzzle sturdy enough for years of daily use, turning fifty abstract names into fifty familiar, well-placed shapes.