This car is for racing (Orchard Toys - Big Racing Car)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Orchard Toys - Big Racing Car
Date:	20/11/08 (147 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: good puzzle for any age

Disadvantages: None

Are the boys and girls in your family mad about racing cars? Well Orchard toys have just the jigsaw for them.

This jigsaw is suitable for those aged between 3 and 6 years old. But if you have an older person whose development is not above this age then this is a good puzzle for them as the picture is not especially childish.

This puzzle has 45 pieces and measures62 by 42.5cm.
This puzzle is made of a thick card it's brightly coloured. The puzzle pieces are quite large not small and fiddly. I it has traditional puzzle fitting interlocking "male and female" bits.

The picture is of a red racing car with driver. The car has just drawn into the pits .The mechanic crew are filling up the petrol and changing the tyres. A crowd in the background looks on. There's a tool kit on the floor .All this going on in the picture makes it fairly easy to find the pieces that fit together. It's quite an exciting scene.

As well as making it interesting to do so much happening around the car gives plenty of talking points. This is good for developing language.

Doing this puzzle will help your child develop their fine motor skills , no not ones that will help him drive a motor (well yes I suppose they will) but the movements and control over movements in muscle groups in the arms and hands to enable grasping , gripping holding, precise movements. We need these skills to hold a pen, to hold a spoon, to use a computer keyboard.

This toy is available from http://www.orchardtoys.com/ advanced_search_result.php?categories_id=2&inc _subcat=1&sort=2a&page=2. For £8. Amazon shops have it available for between £7.45p and £12.00p Kiddicare in Peterborough sell it for £7.99

So would I recommend this puzzle? Yes

Summary: A jigsaw puzzle of a racing car