Pajaggle!

Pajaggle! - A variety of shapes fit snugly into the pattern board

Sixty Pajaggle! pieces fit precisely on a pattern board. Can you complete it without making a pajiggle (putting a piece in the wrong hole)?

Place each piece in its matching hole on the board. Some of the designs are 2-piece, a smaller piece inside a larger piece, but most are a single piece. Pieces are shaped roughly like gears, sunbursts, stars, and flowers. Some of the pieces look very similar, but vary slightly in size. Others are distinct and easy to find, such as the large flower with five petals.

A timer is included so that you can time yourself and then try to beat your time. There is also a stick type piece that is used to push through the hole from the bottom if you get a wrong piece wedged in and can't pull it out. The board slides off and the pieces can be stored below in the plastic tray. The pieces may take a little shifting to fit them in the holes, but as far as spatial orientation goes, most of the pieces are symmetrical.

Try this:

• Give only a few pieces at a time if the person will be overwhelmed with them all at once. Give pieces that are all in the same area to start.
• Give the pieces in order of difficulty in finding them on the board. There are a couple of very obvious large flowers and gears you could start with.
• Set the timer to count down for just a few minutes and see how many you can place. Try to beat that score.
• Shift the piece in-hand to position it for placement. 
• Work on manual dexterity, fine motor precision, in-hand manipulation, spatial relations, visual discrimination, eye-hand coordination, figure ground, executive functioning skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation

In the box: Plastic board/carry case, timer (count up and count down), pouch, 61 plastic pieces

Ages 3+

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