Who Actually Invented Jigsaw Puzzles?
I was doing a jigsaw puzzle with the kids this week, and had a random thought…
Who actually invented jigsaw puzzles? Was it accidental… or did someone come up with this on purpose?
Does anyone else have random wonderings like this?
Anyway - a quick Google search told me that the first jigsaw-style puzzles were actually made by a cartographer to help kids learn geography. He cut around countries on maps so kids could piece them back together and learn where everything was.
I thought that was pretty cool… especially since all these years later, we still have geography puzzles here at Brain Spice!
I wonder what that cartographer would think of our little shop - still helping kids learn geography through puzzles.
Anyway, if you’d like to find some wonderful hands-on learning resources (like jigsaw puzzles!), drop by these school holidays and have a browse!
…by the way - I’m so glad I had this thought the night before my daughter came to work with me. She’s such a good sport helping me take these photos 😆
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Janelle is a Mum of four daughters. She spends her days homeschooling her girls, while also managing the Brain Spice webstore. Janelle's belief about education is that the best way to learn, is to live your best life, enjoying the journey, and following and nurturing your natural curiosity, wonder, and sense of fun!